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One is the text (& pictures) of the book in HTML format created from the OCR text that’s stored in the Topaz file. The end result is that you end up with two files from one Topaz format ebook. This AppleScript will remove the DRM from the Topaz files, but to allow the file to be converted into other formats, the Topaz format must be converted during the de-drming process. The DropBook application will not run on Mac OS X 10.7 and later.Īmazon Topaz ebooks: Some Amazon Kindle ebooks are in a format known as Topaz. In such a case, Calibre can also import the PMLZ file and convert to other formats. Sometimes there are problems compiling the decode PML file using DropBook. If you have DropBook, a free application available from installed on your Mac, DropBook will be used to also produce an unencrypted eReader file. pmlz zip file of the unencypted PML and images. NotesĮReader ebooks: The output from an encrypted eReader file is a. To remove DRM from several ebooks or folders of ebooks at once, just drag & drop the files and folders onto the DeDRM application when it is not running. Run the DeDRM application by double-clicking it to access the configuration dialogs. To remove DRM from a Kindle for Mac or an Adobe Digital Edition ebook, just drag & drop the ebook file onto the application when it is not running.įor other ebooks, you will need to enter some extra information.

If you wish, drag the “DeDRM.app” application into your Dock to make is easily accessible.

Drag the “DeDRM.app” application to your “Applications” folder or wherever is convenient for you.

Read the “DeDRM ReadMe.rtf” file that’s in the “DeDRM_Application_Macintosh” folder!.

Open the folder “DeDRM_Application_Macintosh” that’s in the unzipped tools folder.

Unzip the tools archive (by double-clicking it).

Download the latest tools zip archive (link in this post).

Run the Python.mpkg application from the disk image, accepting all defaults.

Download Python 2.7.3 from and, if necessary, mount the disk image file by double-clicking it.

Mac OS X 10.4 only: Install Python 2.7.3.

The DeDRM application identifies an ebook’s format, and then removes the DRM from that ebook by running the appropriate DRM removal python script. If you don’t want to use calibre, for whatever reason, here is an alternative. The simplest way to remove the DRM from your ebooks is to use calibre and the DeDRM calibre plugin, as described in my post DeDRM plugin for calibre: the simplest option for removing DRM from most ebooks.

Post updated on 22nd March, 2013 System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 and above.