Have you upgraded your kindle for Mac to 1.26 or even later version? If you did, you'll get kindle kcr format, not the old Kindle format. Is there any method to download the older kindle format with Kindle for Mac 1.26 or later version? Sure, you can download older kindle format with kindle 1.26 and even remove kindle drm, but you need to patch the Kindle for Mac. Want to know how, keep reading.
Things will be much easier if you are still using the Mac 10.14 or older system. You just need to downgrade kindle for mac to old version. Then you can download kindle books in old kindle format.
But if you are on Mac Catalina or Big Sur, please follow the following steps to get your kindle books decrypted.
This method is published by odamizu and initially posted on MobileRead Forum.
Note Please ensure your Kindle for MAC is older than 1.32 because books downloaded via kindle for Mac 1.32 is unable to be cracked. If you've already installed the kindle for MAC 1.32, please uninstall it and then download & install the kindle for MAC 1.31.
Step 1. Remove downloaded kindle books from computer at first.
Step 2. Close Kindle for Mac and open the terminal window and input following code:
chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
Some users will fail to remove Kindle DRM even if they have execute this command. That’s because some of you don’t have the root privilege to stop the render-test program. To ensure you can 100% to remove Kindle DRM successfully, please add Sudo before the above command.
sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
When you put the above code in the Terminal and then click on “Enter”, you will be requested to fill in your computer passwords. Just fill in it and click on “Enter” again. All done.
Step 3. Re-download Kindle books.
Note: Please right click on the book title and then select “Download” from the drop-down menu. Or download from the menu bar “File-->Download”.
Important:
If you double click the book title to download the kindle book, you will get the Kindle KCR format with the latest DRM scheme which cannot be stripped for now. So please ensure your books are downloaded correctly. Also, please don’t open or read your downloaded books before removing kindle DRM. Otherwise, the Kindle files will be changed from .azw to .kcr which cannot be cracked for now.
Step 4. Remove Kindle DRM on Mac with Epubor Ultimate---the best ebook DRM Removal and converter.
When you run Epubor Ultimate, it will detect the kindle books and display them on the left column under Kindle tab. Just drag the books to the right column, Kindle DRM will be remove successfully.
If you have kindle eink device, you can follow the Ultimate guide to remove Kindle drm on Mac Catalina or watch the below video to remove kindle drm.
If you still have not updated your MacOS system to 10.15 Catalina, please read How to Remove DRM from Kindle Books .
- After executed the above command, your kindle for Mac may be crashed every time you open it, you can reverse to it to the original by using the following command: sudo chmod +x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test.
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It is out of our control. If you can download kindle cloud reader, then epubor kcr converter can still handle them.
Anyway, we are sincerely sorry for this issue.Also, we offer the some workaround. Please contact support@epubor.com to get further assistance.
We are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience caused.
We've tested your license and ensure it can register well at our side.
Please try to register it again. If you are still failed, please let us know. We'll help you check this issue via Teamviewer.
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If you have any issue on removing kindle drm, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com to get further assistance.
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is it normal that the software only converts the first 20/30 pages of the ebook?
thank you
Thank you for asking. Are you using the trial version of Epubor Ultimate?
Please note that the trial version of Epubor Ultimate only converts 20% content of each book. To obtain the full content, please upgrade it to full version.
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com
after running the sudo command, downloading and convertig kindle books to pdf-files, I can no longer use the kindle app to read books/ display book contents. The kindle app crashes. Even reverting the chmod command (sudo chmod +x …) does not help. Any advice?
Then you need to redownload your kindle books again.
Hi Would you send an email to me for the below issue?
1. Not decrypt a book: The trerasury of David: The Complete Seven Volumes (Best Navigation) 8.18MB
2. Cannot upload here png or pdf Screen Shot.
Thanks,
ST Lee
Hi,
I cannot decrypt a Kindle book (azw3): The Treasury of David (8.18MB).
Please send a corresponding email for this case as I cannot upload the screnshot in any format of png & pdf.
Thanks,
SungTae Lee
Hello, I just finished using your software on my mac with kindle version 1.30 and Big Sur OS. It definitely works and I am very happy with it. If I could make a few suggestions that I think will help you and other buyers. It wasn't working at first and then in one of your explanations I saw where you said to make sure Kindle was off while I convert my files. I had not remembered reading that in any of the other write ups and that's what it took to work. Second...after converting the files, my kindle would crash. I remembered seeing the terminal command in one of the reader comment sections to reverse what I had performed prior but it took me a while to find it. I would suggest that everywhere you put the thermal line to change Kindle, you would include the terminal line to change it back the way it was. Lastly, you have done a tremendous amount of work on this product and depending on what your source is and what you are converting it to, it can be somewhat overwhelming which directions to follow. For a bit, I even tried to go back to kindle version 1.23 but then realized that that was a 32bit software and those instructions wouldn't work for me. If you had a page that had a decision tree or algorithm where at the top you start with your source material identification after a few other pertinent questions that guide you different directions down the algorithm, end with your destination choice and there would be a link to directions specific to your situation that would be fantastic. I really liked the video you put in the KFK section to confirm my steps were correct.
Again...love the software and will be a great resource to have from now on.
Steven
Look forward to your early reply.
Thank you so much for this! It worked perfectly for months, but I tried opening my Kindle app this morning to download some books and it will no longer open on my Mac (OS 10.15.7). I opened Terminal and entered the command again in case it had somehow gotten erased (can that even happen???) but it still won't open.
Any advice?
Do you mean that your kindle for Mac cannot open anymore on Mac catalina? Please close the kindle app and you can reverse to it to the original by using the following command: sudo chmod +x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test.
Then try to open the kindle for mac again on your Mac platform.
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com
Ok so here is the guide for people that have Big Sur 11.1
1. Go to mac.filehorse[DOTCOM]/download-kindle-for-mac/
1.1 and select OLDER VERSIONS from the tab
1.2 download the 1.26.1 version of kindle
2. Then to stop the kindle from updating !
2.1 Amazon has gotten aggressive with forced auto-updates, even if you have unchecked auto-updates in
Preferences. To get around this, go to User > Library > Application Support > Kindle folder and
replace the "updates" folder with an empty txt file named "updates" (no extension)
OR
apply chmod -w to the "updates" folder. After you do that, K4Mac will ask if you want to download a
new version every time you launch the app, and you can choose no.
3. Folow the guide on this page:
3.1 - Remove all books
3.2 - Run the terminal command - sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
3.3 - Right click then download
3.4 - Run Epuber and convert the book
IT DOESN'T WORK AND IS A WASTE OF MONEY!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for using our software and sincerely sorry for this issue. That's because the kindle app 1.32 has changed something. To remove kindle drm, please install kindle for MAC 1.31 and then run the command to avoid the kindle kfx format. Please follow this guide to get this issue fixed: https://www.epubor.com/updating-kindle-for-mac-to-132-or-higher-will-prevent-you-from-removing-kindle-drm.html
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com.
i bought epubor today and spend all day trying to make it work with no success.
i am in the exact same situation as Marion (owner of Mcbook air) and followed the instructions to the letter, even download older version of kindle, looked at all your videos, tutos, FAQs and whatnot but when it comes to the input on the terminal, i have the same message "No such file or directory" which is blocking me once i want to convert my book.
You do have great reviews so please find us a solution or please make a commercial gesture and give us a refund.
Glad I checked the comments and found this - I think because I was jumping around these articles/tutorials and they're not all updated accordingly I did not think downgrading to Kindle 1.31 would work (another epubor article states that downgrading will not work on Big Sur).
Anyways, I was able to successfully downgrade within the epuborUltimate app (trial). The process was unbelievably easy and smooth for me. Command line worked properly after doing so but very important that the command is entered PRIOR TO opening Kindle 1.31 after downgrade.
Had some minor issues getting Ultimate to find my downloaded Kindle books (they were not automatically showing up in the list) but was able to resolve this by redirecting my Kindle downloads in the Kindle app to a folder I created on my desktop. Altered the Kindle Source Location to that same desktop folder in Ultimate. Tested two ebooks this way and seems to be working perfectly now.
Wanted to share in case anybody else is still having issues. I'll be purchasing the full version now.
How can you sell a product that does NOT work??!!!
Thank you for using our software and sincerely sorry for this issue. That's because the kindle app 1.32 has changed something. To remove kindle drm, please install kindle for MAC 1.31 and then run the command to avoid the kindle kfx format. Please follow this guide to get this issue fixed: https://www.epubor.com/updating-kindle-for-mac-to-132-or-higher-will-prevent-you-from-removing-kindle-drm.html
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com
I NEVER GOT MY REFUND! AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK!!!
I am using Mac version Kindle 1.31 as suggested. I typed in the command in terminal exactly as stated. The file that downloads IS a .azw. I still get "failed" when dragging and dropping the file into Epubor Ultimate.
I don't understand why you want to scam people by selling a product that does not work. Only to collect people's money and never offer support, no replying to emails, and refuse to give refunds.
Yes, please screenshot and send it to us via support@epubor.com. Then we will try our best to help you. Also, you can try to fix your problem by following this instructions at first: https://www.epubor.com/updating-kindle-for-mac-to-132-or-higher-will-prevent-you-from-removing-kindle-drm.html
Look forward to your early reply.
I am in the same boat
MacOS Monterey v12.1
epubor ultimate 3.0.13.1216
verified and documented Kindle device ID
Kindle version 1.26.1 for mac
ran sudo chmod -x.....
downloaded books via Kindle app
used Epubor Ultimate
getting KFX error
Worked before just fine, could it be the version of Mac OS ???
any help would be appreciated (BTW, long time supporter of this group, thanks for having this solution)
Thank you for contacting us. Please check your mail box again, even spam. We've sent the email again to show you how to fix this issue. Please don't worry. If you still have not received the email, please just feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com.
Have a nice day!