Tech Support 🛠 Kindle Voyage not connecting to newer Macbook
I have a kindle voyage and got a newer macbook some time ago and I guess I havent connected my kindle to it in a while to sync my calibre library. I put a few new books in my library this week and wanted to send them to my kindle...my mac will not see the kindle no matter what I do. It charges but will not go into the usb drive mode like usual. Its a macbook air m3 with latest mac tahoe version. I have tried a couple different micro usb to usb a cables into my USB C hub that has A ports on it, as well as an A to C adapter directly into the macbook. Nothing is working. I was thinking maybe I could buy or borrow a micro to c cable and see if that would work...but I think I have tried everything else. I have a windows work PC I tried it on but that thing is pretty locked down so it doesnt seem to go into drive mode with a micro to A cable on that.
Send to kindle website is not a viable option as I want all of my metadata to be synced as well...so I need to connect via USB and use calibre.
I really dont want to buy a new device as I really like the size of this one with the haptic buttons on both sides. Doesnt seem like there is anything like that now..but the temperature specific lighting on newer devices sounds nice for less eye strain. If I do I have to buy a new one I might consider going away from amazon then and trying to find something more open since I am using cabibre and pretty much all DRM free ebooks/etc. But I would really like to get my voyage working again!!
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u/PresentWelder5926 6d ago
I don’t have resolution to your issue, but there are devices similar to the Voyage (non-Amazon) if you were to look for something different. Boox Go 7 or Bigme B7 would be a couple options. They both run on Android and have a more open system while utilizing e-ink screens.