Choose to archive documents in your Kindle Library, where you can re-download them conveniently at any time. When you download and install, Send to Kindle will appear on your Dock. Send to Kindle will also appear when you control-click on a file from Finder or in the print dialog of any Mac application. To copy a book to your Kindle, just drag the file into the Documents folder, eject the Kindle from your Mac, and unplug the USB cable. The book should automatically appear in the list of books on.
Why downgrade kindle for pc/mac to older version? As amazon has released its new Kindle for PC/MAC version 1.25, its DRM scheme is much tougher than ever before. Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/MAC 1.25 (or higher version) will be encrypted with the new kindle kfx DRM, namely Kindle KFX 2. Currently there is not any software around the world can remove DRM from Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/MAC 1.25 or even higher version. As every software is not perfect, we believe that we can find the direct way to crack kindle new kfx DRM sooner or later. For readers who are reading this article, we have provided the temporary solution to bypass the kindle kfx 2 which is downgrading kindle for PC/Mac to older version. In this way, you can get the older kindle kfx books and find many tools on the market to decrypt these kindle books and convert them to any format as you like.
Method 1. Manually Downgrade Kindle for PC/Mac
Method 2. Automatically Downgrade Kindle for PC/Mac
Notice: If you are on Mac Catalina 10.15, downgrading kindle to 1.23 or older will not work any more, but you still can remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina if you have any kindle e-ink device.
Method 1. Manually Downgrade Kindle for PC/MAC
Since the new kindle kfx DRM has been employed to kindle books from Kindle desktop version 1.25, we only need to downgrade Kindle App to version 1.24 or earlier. The latest kindle version before 1.25 for Kindle for PC is 1.24 while kindle for Mac is 1.23. In this part, I will walk you through how to downgrade Kindle for PC/Mac to older version manually.
Manually downgrade kindle for PC from 1.25 to 1.24.
1Run Kindle for PC. Go to the top menu bar, select “Tools”-->> “Options”.
2The option window will pop up. Select “Registration” at the left side and click on “Deregister”.
3In the popped up window, tick “ I understand….be removed from this device” and then click on “Deregister”.
4Uninstall Kindle for PC 1.25 and download Kindle for PC version 1.24.
5Install Kindle for PC 1.24 and then uncheck the Kindle automatically update option by clicking on 'Tools'-->>'Options'-->>'General'-->> uncheck “Automatically install updates when they are available without asking me.'
If the 'Software Update Available' notification pops up, please click on 'Skip this version' button. Then redownload the kindle books again via old kindle for PC/Mac.
The steps for downgrading Kindle for Mac is almost the same as downgrading Kindle for PC, but the older version for Kindle for Mac is 1.23. Referring detailed steps, please check how to downgrade Kindle for Mac to version 1.23.
Method 2. Automatically Downgrade Kindle for PC/Mac
If the above steps are a little bit complex for you, Epubor Ultimate can help you downgrade your Kindle for PC/Mac to older version automatically. What’s more, it can remove Kindle KFX DRM as well. Below are detailed steps.
1Download and install Epubor Ultimate.
2Run Epubor Ultimate. Click the menu button at the top left corner to display the book library of this software.
3Click on “Kindle” tab, if you are using the Kindle for PC/MAC version higher than 1.24, there will be a notification to remind you to downgrade your Kindle version, see below picture.
Click the notification to open the window of downgrading the Kindle for PC and click on “Start” button to start the automatic downgrading process.
Once finished, the old version of kindle for PC(version1.24) will be installed successfully and restart automatically on your computer.
Also, click on “Yes” to accept the Kindle Terms of Use in the popped up window. The Kindle for PC version 1.24 has been successfully installed.
Just a few clicks, you can downgrade your Kindle for PC to older version. If you are using Mac, the steps are the same as on Windows, but the Kindle for Mac will be downgraded to version 1.23.
Note: If your MacOS has been updated to the MacOS10.15 Catalina, kindle for Mac 1.23 will no long work on your computer any more because it is the 32 bits application while the new MacOS 10.15 only supports 64 bits applications. But if you have a kindle e-ink device, here is the complete guide on How to Remove Kindle DRM on MacOS 10.15 Catalina.
Bonus tips--Remove kindle drm and convert kindle to any format
When the old version of Kindle desktop version has installed successfully, you can just register it and re-download your Kindle books.
Run Epubor Ultimate, then drag the Kindle books from the left bar to the right main interface, and all Kindle books will be decrypted successfully.
For converting kindle books, please choose the output format from central bottom button and click on “Convert to XX”.
Once finished, “succeeded” will appear at the end of each book title. Just click on the “Succeeded” or click on the “Output folder” at the bottom right to locate the converted files.
Since you have liberated your Kindle books, just enjoy it at any devices as you like.
Conclusion
These are two methods I want to share with you today for downgrading Kindle for PC/Mac. Compared with manually downgrading, automatic downgrading is much easier, especially for people who are not so good at computer operation. No matter which way you are using to downgrade Kindle application, the final goal you want to achieve is to remove Kindle DRM. Taking this into consideration, downgrading Kindle for PC/Mac automatically is your perfect choice because Epubor Ultimate cannot only help you downgrade Kindle application, but also remove Kindle DRM smoothly and easily. Why not give it a chance to help you now?
Iris Yan joined Epubor since 2017. She always wants to share everything related to ebook reading and improve your reading journey.
Recently there are many people asked me can I read Kindle books on Mac and how to. It is really a little a waste of time to answer these questions one by one (of course it's also my honor to read them), so today I write this article in details for you about how to read Kindle books on Mac by 3 different ways. For reading Kindle books on PC, there are also three methods to read Kindle books on PC.
Method 1: Read Kindle Books with Kindle for Mac app
You don't need a Kindle device to read Kindle books. Here is a free app from amazon store that you can use on your Mac. Access to Amazon.com to get free Kindle for Mac app. Then download and install it on the Mac.
The Kindle books you bought from Amazon will appear in Kindle for Mac because of its sync function. Choose one and right click it. Then you can choose the option to read from the appeared menu.
This is the easiest way to read Kindle books on mac. But every coin has two sides. It also makes our eBook reading a little disappointed because we can only read Kindle on Kindle apps but not in iBooks. This is because these books are only bonded with Amazon Kindle store. It's forbidden to transfer downloaded books to Kindle for mac app with iTunes but only Send to Kindle. What's worse, the app can't read ePub books purchased from another eBooks stores.
So Method 2 or Method 3 may become your best choice.
Method 2: Read Kindle Books on Mac with iBooks
EPUB is one of the most common ebook formats (the other one is PDF) and Most e-readers support including Mac computer. Though there are many ePub readers we can use on the mac, but here I strongly recommend you use iBooks app to read ePub books as it is definitely the best reading app on the mac.
1Transfer Kindle Books to Your Mac
With Kindle for Mac, you can see all Kindle books you bought. Right click the book and choose the download option. Then the book will be downloaded to your local folder.
Tips: Click 'Kindle' and Choose 'Preferences'. From the general window, you can see 'Content Folder' and the letters below is the address of your Kindle books stored. Find the books you downloaded in 'My Kindle Content' folder of your mac.
Except for the above way you also can use USB cable to collect your Kindle device with mac and transfer your books.
2Download & Install Epubor Ultimate on Mac
Most Kindle eBooks are protected with Kindle DRM. Kindle books has their own formats such as AZW3, AZW, Mobi, PRC, but not the common ePub format. Epubor Ultimate is the best DRM Removal + eBook Converter. Epubor Ultimate can also help us edit eBook metadata if we want. Just with this one tool you can also read Kindle books on iPad Pro, and read Kindle books on android.
3Decrypt & Convert Kindle Books
Open Epubor Ultimate, you can drag and drop Kindle books in it. After your Kindle books added, it will automatically remove the DRM from your selected Kindle eBooks. Then just choose the output format as ePub and click 'Convert to ePub' button. Wait for a moment and you can get the fresh ePub books from the pop-up window.
The best point of Epubor Ultimate is it can automatically identify books of devices or apps if you have opened Kindle for Mac app or your Kindle device has collected with your mac. You will see your kindle eBooks are listed in the left area after you get the Epubor Ultimate started. Select the books you want to convert to, then drag them from the left to the right area. You can also click '+Add' to load them.
4Read Converted Books in iBoooks
You can find your converted epub books at the output folder. Then right click, select 'open with iBooks', you will see your eBooks clearly listed in the library.
It also has another way to add books. Open your iBooks app, drag and drop the books you want to add. In the library, you can see them and right click the book to choose read option.
Method 3: Read Kindle Books on Mac with Adobe Digital Editions
1Transfer Kindle Books to Your Mac
This is a necessary step for you to transfer Kindle books to your mac. But how to achieve it. So here is the method.
2Decrypt & Convert Kindle Books to ePub
If we want to read books with Adobe Digital Editions, we must convert their formats to ePub. Learn the details of how to decrypt & convert Kindle books to ePub. After you do that, you can continue the next steps. Mpeg to avi converter for mac.
3Download & Install Adobe Digital Editions for Mac
You can check official Adobe to download it.
4Add Kindle Books to Adobe Digital Editions
Open Adobe Digital Editions for mac app. Drag and drop the converted books to Adobe Digital Editions. Right click the book and select the read option.
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I hope this article has resolved your problems, and wish you have a nice reading on your mac. Or if you have other methods it will be nice of you to leave a comment.
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Jonny Greenwood joined Epubor since 2011, loves everything about eBooks and eReaders. He seeks the methods to read eBooks more freely and wants to share all he has got with you.