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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I keep a Win10 VM kicking for things like this. Sure I could probably do it with Wine, but sometimes I just take the easy route.

[–] techforwhat@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What do you mean? The guide OP mentioned has instructions for MacOS. Also, the software referenced (Calibre and DeDRM plugin) are available on Linux systems as well.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You're right. Method 2b is for mac.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 3 points 4 weeks ago

The Kindle app needs to be a specific version, and sadly the one needed for MacOS to grab the by Calibre dedrm-able files from Kindle doesn't work anymore.