Plug one end of that USB cable into a Mac and the other into a Kindle, and the. If you've bought stuff from Amazon and downloaded it onto your Kindle, you'll. Go to Manage Your Content and Devices and locate the content you want to transfer to your Kindle. Select the Actions button next to the title, and click Download & Transfer via USB. From the drop-down menu, select your Kindle, and then click Download. Important: Note which folder you download your content to.
The Kindle, like the Mac, is designed to be easy to use. You do not have to plug the Kindle into your computer; you can access the Amazon store and sync your account through the Kindle itself. However, there are times when you need to manually connect your Kindle to the computer -- usually when you've downloaded an ebook from somewhere other than Amazon, and you want to add the content to your Kindle.
Step 1
Remove the plug from the end of your Kindle's power/USB cord. This exposes the USB plug.
Step 2
Plug the USB cable into an empty port on your Mac. The Kindle icon appears on the desktop.
Step 3
Double-click on the Kindle icon to browse through your Kindle. You can drag content to it from the Finder.
Step 4
Drag the Kindle icon to the Trash can. The Trash can appears as an eject button; drag the icon to the button to unmount the Kindle from your computer.
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