Kindle Classic
Kindle Classic is Amazon's legacy e-book reading application for Mac, designed to let users read their purchased Kindle books on their desktop or laptop computers. The app syncs with your Amazon account to download and display your Kindle library, offering features like adjustable text size, bookmarks, notes, and highlighting. It was popular among users who preferred reading on larger screens or needed to reference multiple books simultaneously while working. Kindle Classic maintained the traditional interface and functionality that many long-time Kindle users were accustomed to, but Amazon discontinued development of this version in favor of a newer Kindle app.
Suggested Replacements
1 suggestionAmazon has released a new native Apple Silicon version of their Kindle app to replace Kindle Classic. According to the search results, Kindle Classic reached end-of-life on October 31, 2023, with version 1.40.3 being the final release that still requires Rosetta. The new 'Amazon Kindle' app (version 6.85.3 and later) runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs and is available on the Mac App Store. You should download this newer version, which provides the same core functionality for reading your Kindle books but with native performance on Apple Silicon. Your existing library and bookmarks should transfer over when you sign in with the same Amazon account.
Native version · Reported by in the community.
This app may have been updated to a native build — device(s) no longer report it as Intel-only, but no explicit confirmation has been received.
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