Click on “Kindle” app in the “Apps” list under “File Sharing”. You may drag & drop the eBook (.azk) onto the “Kindle Documents” section. You may click on “Add” button and select a file from the pop up file explorer window. Safely remove the device by selecting “Safely Remove Mass Storage” (Windows PC) or “Eject. In order to get those books on your Mac, you need to download them using Kindle for Mac App. Once the kindle books are downloaded in Kindle App, you can find them in Library of your Mac hard drive. The media files and documents you download from internet are stored in Downloads folder.

How To Uninstall Kindle From Mac
Uninstall Kindle App From Mac Desktop

You might not have noticed, but your Kindle for Mac has probably stopped syncing with Amazon since updating to OS X Lion, even if you have the most recent Kindle update. Even re-downloading it from Amazon doesn’t solve the problem.

Here’s how to fix it:

1. Delete Kindle.app from your Applications folder (don’t panic! This doesn’t delete your purchases or any added files, just the app).

2. Drag the Kindle icon off the Dock and release it anywhere on the desktop.

2. Click on the App Store icon on the Dock, search for Kindle and install.

3. Don’t forget to make a new icon for your Dock by dragging the Kindle app over from Finder.

That’s it! Syncing restored, but be aware that the App store version of Kindle is an old build. The latest Kindle build with support for Collections won’t work with Lion yet. For that, we’ll all have to wait on the developers… 🙂

Catalina is the first version of macOS to exclusively support 64-bit applications. Kindle for Mac 1.23 no longer runs at all on MacOS 10.15 Catalina since it is 32bits application.

Can I still remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina or Big Sur? This is the most frequently asked questions for Mac users.

Yes, you can. And in this article I will share the easiest way to remove Kindle drm on Mac Catalina and Big Sur.

There are two ways to remove kindle drm on mac Catalina or later version which is divided by Kindle holder and non-kindle user.

1 If you have kindle eink devices, please use download & transfer via usb to get kindle books for drm removing.

2 If you don't have kindle eink devices, just disable kindle kfx format on the latest kindle for mac.

Remove Kindle DRM Mac Catalina(Download & Transfer via USB)

Do you have any Kindle eink device? If yes, then this method will work for you.

If you don't have kindle eink device, please patch your kindle for mac to remove Kindle drm on Mac Catalina.

To use this method, please ensure:

You have a kindle e-ink device that registered with your Amazon Account. If you have this kindle eink device at your hand, that would be great. If it is not nearby, please also don't worry. We just need to find its kindle serial number on the Amazon website. Finding kindle serial number will be described in the following part.

Step 1 Go to your Manage your Content and Devices on Amazon website. Under 'Content' tab, you can see all your kindle ebooks (purchased and borrowed) .

Step 2 Download Kindle books to your computer at first.

Click the 'Action' bottom besides the books title, then choose 'Download &Transfer via USB'.

Step 3 Choose your registered Kindle e-ink device in your pop-up window, then click on 'Download'

Your kindle books will be downloaded to your Mac.

Step 4 Remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina with Epubor Ultimate.

1Download and install Epubor Ultimate, the best kindle drm removal and ebook format converter.

Download Epubor Ultimate for free trial now

2Plugin your Kindle device to your Mac Catalina.

If your Kindle e-ink device is not in your hand right now, you need to go to the Amazon.com to find your Kindle serial Number and then go to User center>> Setting>>Kindle>>fill in the kindle serial number.

Pro tip: the easiest way to find kindle serial number on Amazon website

1. Go to 'Device' tab under 'Manage your Content and Devices', you'll see all your registered kindle device and app. Just click the kindle eink device you selected in the previous step and then click on the Kindle name.

2. Find the Kindle serial number in the kindle device details.

3Just drag and drop the kindle ebooks from your computer to the main interface of Epubor Ultimate. You can get rid of kindle drm easily as the below picture.

To find the drm-free kindle books, just click the output folder icon on the bottom-right corner. Only few steps, you can strip Kindle drm on Mac catalina. It can be called the ultimate way to remove kindle drm on mac Catalina.

Remove Kindle DRM without Downgrading Kindle for MAC

Since there is no way to revert kindle for Mac to 1.23 on Mac Catalina or Big Sur, is there any way to remove kindle drm from Kindle for Mac 1.30? Yes, with some command excuting, you can also remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina and Big Sur.

1. Open your terminal, copy& paste the following command, and then click enter.

chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test

If the chmod command fails with a permission error try again using sudo.

sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test

Then fill in the computer passwords, and press 'Enter'. This chmod command will help you avoid the kindle kfx downloading from kindle for mac 1.30.

2. Then remove your previous downloaded kindle books and then right click the book cover to download them again and run Epubor Ultimate to remove kindle DRM.

For the detailed steps, you can read Patch Kindle for Mac on Mac Catalina

Final Words

Transmit server closed connection.. 1With Epubor Ultimate, you can remove kindle drm and convert kindle books to epub/pdf/azw3/mobi/txt.

2You don't have to downgrade kindle for mac to older version any more. Just download Kindle books via 'Download & Transfer via USB'.

3Epubor Ultimate works both on windows and mac so that you can use this method to remove kindle drm on windows 10/7/8.

4Certainly, there are other methods of removing kindle drm on mac Catalina, such as use the command to stop kindle executing the render-test function published by Odamizu. However, if you have no kindle eink devices, follow this guide path your kindle for Mac for removing Kindle drm on Mac Catalina.

5Kindle Fire is not Kindle e-Ink device. Kindle eink devices here are referring to the devices with eink screen, such as kindle paperwhite, kindle oasis.

6The trial version of Epubor Ultimate only convert 20% content of each and the decrypted kindle books will be in txt format. But the licensed version will enable you to obtain the whole content in its original format and quality.

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Iris Yan joined Epubor since 2017. Obs studio mac os 10.11. She always wants to share everything related to ebook reading and improve your reading journey.