Ultimate Solution to Remove Kindle DRM on macOS Big Sur

After nearly five months of beta testing, macOS Big Sur is finally released to the public on November 12, 2020. Here’s the full list of macOS Big Sur compatible Macs:

• MacBook (2015 and later)

• MacBook Air (2013 and later)

• MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later)

• Mac mini (2014 and later)

• Mac Pro (2013 and later)

• iMac (2014 and later)

• iMac Pro (all models)

Big Sur is a massive update for the Mac, bringing a refreshed design, enhancements to Safari, Messages, Maps, Battery, Widgets, Privacy, and more. To mark the transition, the operating system's version number has been incremented from 10 to 11, for the first time since 2000. 

The design of macOS Big Sur is incredible. The whole OS feels overhauled. Everything is feeling new and much more pleasing to use. We strongly suggest you update to the newest macOS Big Sur. However, there is some bad news for those people who need to remove Kindle DRM on macOS Big Sur. This massive update contains tons of new features and upgrades, which cause all current eBook DRM Removal unable to remove Kindle DRM on macOS Big Sur any more. But the good news is that the Epubor team works around the clock and finds the solution to help you remove Kindle DRM effortlessly. Below is the step by step guide to removing Kindle DRM on macOS Big Sur.

Step 1, delete all Kindle books from My Kindle Content folder. 

Make sure you haven’t downloaded any Kindle books via the latest Kindle for Mac.

Step 2, run the command line.

Before running the command line, you must exit Kindle for Mac first. Then follow the instruction below to run the command line on Mac.

Open a terminal window by typing terminal after clicking the magnifier icon on the upper right corner of the screen, then copy and paste this command line: sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test to the terminal window for disabling KFX support. Next, hit the Enter key and input your power-on password. Last but not the least, hit the Enter key again to run the command line.

Tips: If your Mac has no power-on password or you can’t run the above command line, you should enter this command line instead: chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test

Step 3, re-download Kindle books using the latest Kindle for Mac.

Open Kindle for Mac, find the book you want to download, right-click its book cover, and select Download in the pop-up window.

Step 4, download and install the most powerful DRM Removal--Epubor Ultimate.

Step 5, remove Kindle DRM.

Launch Epubor Ultimate, click the Kindle tab in the left navigation bar to load all of your Kindle books that are already downloaded to the software. Then add them to the right blank window to remove DRM automatically.

You will notice that many Kindle books downloaded in this way are already DRM free. And you can locate the DRM free files by clicking the book folder icon on the lower right corner of the software.

Bonus Tip: 

If you have a Kindle E-Ink device, you can follow this guide to remove Kindle DRM on macOS Big Sur as well.

*Kindle Fire tablet is not supported by Epubor software.

ACSM Converter Download, Convert ACSM to PDF/Epub/Mobi Free

Have you ever encountered acsm files when you download ebooks online? An acsm file is not a real book file but a download link. Do you want to how to get the actual book from this acsm file? We need some tools to help us do the conversion. In the following part, I would like to tell you some tips about how to convert ACSM to PDF/EPUB/MOBI with a powerful ACSM Converter.

Step 1. Download and install Adobe Digital Editions.

You must use Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to open your ACSM files. After downloading, please authorize your computer with Adobe ID. You can also create a new Adobe account to register it if you don’t have an Adobe ID yet.

Step 2. Open ACSM file with ADE.

Drag the acsm file to ADE or just double click the acsm file and it will be opened by ADE by default.

If your ACSM file is not opened by ADE, just right-click the file and select “Open with” >>“ Adobe Digital Editions 4.5”.

After downloading the ebooks, now you’re able to read them successfully on ADE. In this way, they have been automatically converted to epub or pdf. You can find the downloaded epub/pdf books here:

For Windows: …/My Documents (Documents)/My Digital Editions …

For Mac: Users/Your computer name/Digital Editions …

Note: You can only read these epub/pdf books on Adobe Digital Editions because they are protected by Adobe password. If you want to read them on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony, or ReMarkable eReader freely, you must convert the ebook format. Just continue to read, I will give you some solutions.

Step 3. Convert ACSM to PDF/Mobi/EPUB with ACSM Converter

Epubor Ultimate is the best ACSM converter in the market, which enables you to easily convert ebook format to any others you’d like. It’s also this software that I usually deal with my ebooks (it supports converting Kindle/Kobo/Google Play/ADE books).

Download Epubor Ultimate for Free

The ASCM files which have been opened by ADE will be automatically detected by Epubor Ultimate, and they will show under the “Adobe” tab. Just drag and drop the books from the left to the right zone. Then just set the output format as EPUB/PDF/Mobi you want and click the Convert button to start the conversion.

If you want to read ACSM on Kindle, choose Mobi or AZW3 at the output format.

In a few seconds, the conversion will be completed. You can just click the “succeeded” button or the blue file folder at the bottom-right to find your converted book files.

Now you have successfully converted the ACSM files to PDF/EPUB/MOBI. You can start reading ACSM on Kindle/Kobo/Sony/ReMarkable eReader, etc, and sharing them with your friends. Now you may have a clear idea about that ACSM file is a download link, you can open the acsm file with authorized ADE and then convert ACSM format with Epubor Ultimate.

Kobo Firmware 4.25.15875 Has Been Released!

On November 11, 2020, new Kobo Firmware 4.25.15875 has been released to all devices except the Mini. This new firmware adds clear history in a recent search, a traditional Chinese dictionary, and a Notes icon for quick access. 

As usual, you can now download the new firmware update from the Kobo Firmware Downloads page or you can wait for the update to automatically download while syncing, which might take a few weeks. 

Here’s what’s new about this new release:

• Add a Traditional Chinese dictionary

• Search now includes a Clear History button

• In a kepub, tap highlight will display the menu for the highlight.

• In a kepub, an icon is displayed in the margin for all annotations.

  o Tapping the icon displays the notes for the annotation in a popup.

  o You can delete the annotations, or tap the edit button to change it.

  o The icon is only displayed if the margins are wide enough to show it.

• Bug fixes, including:

  o Fix Forma and Libra H2O not sleeping after powering on with the cover closed.

  o Fix dictionary display in MyWords.

  o Handle PDFs with text before the signature.

  o Fix to in-book search when returning to full results. 

Bonus tips: if you want to take full control of your purchased Kobo books and back them up to your local disk, you can follow this guide to remove Kobo DRM effortlessly. 

Remove DRM from the Latest Kindle for PC/Mac V1.32

For a long time, we have had to downgrade our Kindle for PC/Mac to the older version in order to successfully remove Kindle DRM. If we did not downgrade, we would fail to remove the DRM. 

More seriously, Kindle for PC/Mac recently is forcing users to upgrade to the latest version V1.32 without asking for any permissions. It automatically updated itself to version V1.32, which made us unable to remove the DRM from the older version Kindle for PC/Mac. 

As of today, we've finally figured out the solution to removing DRM from Kindle's latest version PC/Mac (now V1.32). You don't need to downgrade anymore. What a wonderful achievement! Now just follow my steps to have it done!

Update 2021/08/06:  Kindle for Mac V1.32 has stopped working on removing Kindle DRM. So 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. Delete all your Kindle books from your Kindle library. 

Run your Kindle for PC/Mac, click "Downloaded" at the left menu, then right-click the book cover, and choose "Remove From Device".

(If you haven't downloaded any Kindle books via the latest version, just ignore this step.)

Step 2. Exit Kindle for PC/Mac.

Step 3. Disable KFX support in Kindle for PC/Mac

In this step, the process on Windows is a bit different from that on Mac. Please pick up the one that is consistent with your computer system.

For Windows users:

Download KFX_begone3.zip to your PC. Unzip it, you will get a Kindle.cmd file. The cmd file is a command. Now double-click the cmd file to run the command line.

When you run the command, your Kindle for PC will be automatically opened. You don't need to do anything further. Just wait for the command to be finished. 

For Mac users:

Open the terminal window, and cut and paste the following command to disable the renderer-test program.

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

If you fail to remove the DRM even though you have run the command, please add "sudo" before the above command to ensure 100% success.

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

Put the above code in the Terminal and then tap "Enter" on your keyboard, you will be requested to fill in your computer passwords. Just fill in it and tap "Enter" again. That's it. Just take the next step. 

Step 4. Run Kindle for PC/Mac V1.32, re-download Kindle books to your computer by "right-click" and choose "Download".

Note: Don't double-click the book to download it. And don't open the book until you remove the DRM. Otherwise,  you will fail. 

Step 5. Download and run Epubor Ultimate (V3.0.13.511 or higher version), the best Kindle DRM Removal.

Download Epubor Ultimate for Free

If you have already downloaded your books from Kindle for PC/Mac, Epubor Ultimate can help you automatically detect them. So you don't need to manually find where they are stored on your computer.

You can just drag the books from the "Kindle" tab at the left column to the right main window. You will find that your books are decrypted immediately. It means the DRM has been successfully removed.

Note: If there isn't a word showing "decrypted" for a book, it means that book is DRM-free. So you don't need to decrypt it. But you may need to convert the ebook formats because the Kindle format AZW is hard to handle. Epubor Ultimate can help you convert the ebook formats to PDF, ePub, Mobi, AZW3, TXT. Just pick up the one you need.

Audible Offers 100,000 Free Podcasts to Rival Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Amazon-owned audiobook company Audible starts featuring third-party podcasts alongside various audiobooks and Audible Originals. Now it is further expanding into podcasts with the addition of approximately 100,000 podcasts to its service, totaling 5 million episodes, including top podcasts like Pod Save America, You’re Wrong About, This American Life, and FiveThirtyEight Politics. The newly added podcasts are free to listen for both Audible members and non-subscribers. 

“Audible listeners now have access to a wider range of innovative and thought-provoking content even beyond our growing library of Audible Originals and our unparalleled catalog of audiobooks — all in one place,” the company said in a statement. 

Obviously, with millions of podcast episodes arrival on Audible, Amazon wants to grab some attention from podcast listeners and compete against existing players such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify. However, Spotify is still amongst the leaders with 1 million podcast shows on its platform. Besides, Spotify also offers various original podcasts for international audiences to stand strong in the race. Alongside Spotify, Apple Podcasts is already a strong competitor for Audible, with over 1.5 million podcast shows. What’s more, both Apple Podcasts and Spotify provide all unique podcasts without spending a dime. Compared to Apple Podcast and Spotify, Audible is significantly behind in the amount of content it offers. But it is just a start. We believe Audible will continue growing its podcast library.