Since updating to Mac OS X 10.15 (Catalina) Adobe Digital Editions for Mac will not allow me to open books downloaded from the public library. Error message insists that the “device is not authorized”.
I factory reset the device and still no solution. I downloaded an older version of ADE version 3.0 and Catalina will not recognize 32-bit apps – only 64-bit apps. Any suggestions from people who have had this same experience since updating to Catalina?
Adobe Digital Editions Mac App Store
Adobe Digital Editions for Mac provides you with a way to view and manage media rich eBooks and other digital publications. You can use it to download and purchase digital content, to be read both online and offline. I have followed all the instructions from the ereader manufacturer (Kobo) on “re-setting” the device, de-authorizing and re-authorizing the device and still the same problem.
With Adobe Digital Editions for Mac you can transfer copy-protected eBooks from your PC to other computers or devices and you can organize your eBooks into a custom library. You also have the capability to annotate pages of your eBooks too.
Key features include
- EPUB 3 support.
- Search support.
- Accessibility.
- Full screen support.
- Multi language support.
- Editing support.
- File organization.
- Book borrowing support.
- Multiple format support.
- Print support.
Overall, Adobe Digital Editions for Mac is a great application to view and annotate PDF and EPUB documents. The application itself is fairly lightweight and consumes little system resources on your Mac. The user interface is standard, but well organized and is easy to use.
There are a few cool features that are worth mentioning with Adobe Digital Editions for Mac, such as the ability to ‘borrow’ digital content from a public library; the process remains as it would to purchase digital content, but without the payment process. The annotation and highlighting functions work well too. So, if you need a basic EPUB and PDF reader/manager then Adobe Digital Editions for Mac is a great free tool.
Key Features
Adobe Digital Editions is built from the ground up as a lightweight, Rich Internet Application (RIA). Digital Editions works online and offline, and supports PDF and XHTML-based content as well as Flash SWF for rich interactivity.
Adobe Digital Editions is also meant to work together with online ebook stores and public libraries, enabling you to manage the books you buy or borrow directly from the program. You need to find these resources by yourself though, because Adobe Digital Editions only provides a few sample books to download.
Adobe Digital Editions is a handy ebook manager with a nice simple interface although it is very basic – there’s even no full screen mode – and it only works with two formats: PDF and ePUB.
Adobe Digital Editions for Mac
Read and organize digital publications on your Mac device. Organize your documents into various categories. Keep track of recently added, read, purchased, borrowed, or not read items. Create multiple bookshelves and browse them in the list or thumbnail mode.
Adobe Digital Editions for Mac can be downloaded from our website for free. Adobe Digital Editions was developed to work on Mac OS X 10.7 or later.
This free software for Mac OS X is a product of Adobe Systems Inc. The app’s installation files are commonly found as ade_4.0_installer.dmg, ade_3.0_installer.dmg, mac.zip or ade_2.0_installer.dmg etc. The following versions: 4.0, 3.0 and 2.0 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users. Adobe Digital Editions for Mac lies within Productivity Tools, more precisely E-book Tools.
Adobe Digital Editions for Macbook Air
Adobe Digital Editions is an engaging new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications.
Digital Editions is built from the ground up as a lightweight, Rich Internet Application (RIA). Digital Editions works online and offline, and supports PDF and XHTML-based content as well as Flash SWF for rich interactivity.
You may want to check out more Mac applications, such as EPubsoft Adobe PDF ePub DRM Removal, Adobe Photoshop CC or Adobe InDesign CS5, which might be related to Adobe Digital Editions.
Basic ebook manager and reader from Adobe
Ebook readers are becoming more and more and popular these days, and this gives developers a good reason to create ebook-related software like Adobe Digital Editions.
With Adobe Digital Editions not only can you have your ebook library perfectly organized, but also read your favorite ebooks on the computer. Adobe Digital Edition lets you add new items to your library and distribute them in different categories (‘bookshelves’), read a selected book on the screen with several viewing options, insert bookmarks in your book and easily move around pages.
Adobe Digital Editions is also meant to work together with online ebook stores and public libraries, enabling you to manage the books you buy or borrow directly from the program. You need to find these resources by yourself though, because Adobe Digital Editions only provides a few sample books to download.
In all, Adobe Digital Editions is a handy ebook manager with a nice interface design, though I have to say if fell off my expectations: it doesn’t have many features, and it only works with two formats: PDF and ePUB.
Adobe Digital Editions is a nicely designed yet simple ebook manager for PDF and ePUB ebooks.
PROS
- Easy to use
- Sleek interface
- Organizes ebooks in categories
- Support for bookmarks
- Works with online ebook stores and libraries
CONS
- Only supports ebooks in PDF and ePUB