I just purchased a book from Google play books, but when I click 'Download PDF' what I actually downloaded is a .acsm file. My computer is Mac. How to open .acsm file on Mac?
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Nowadays, reading eBooks has become an important part for our daily life. If you are an avid eBook lover like me, you must have got a large number of eBooks in multiple formats such as Kindle kfx/mobi/azw3, pdf or epub files. But when we download or purchase eBooks online, we also usually get .acsm file, which is not the common eBook format like PDF or EPUB. For Mac users, how can we open ACSM file on Mac and read ACSM files on Mac? You may have tried to double-click it to open ACSM but failed. Don't worry! Here I'm going to show you how to open and read ACSM file on Mac.
Which Software can Open ACSM file?
For downloaded ACSM file, we cannot directly open it via Kindle for Mac, Nook for Mac, Kobo desktop or iBooks reading app. In fact, it's not an actual eBook file, but just a download link for us to get the complete EPUB or PDF file from Adobe Content Server.
The server is created by Adobe. It means that the ACSM file can only be opened via its own reading app--Adobe Digital Editions(ADE). Once you open them wilth ADE, the acsm file will be converted to EPUB or PDF files.
How to open ACSM File on Mac
We have learned that we can only open our downloaded ACSM file on Mac via ADE, so let's learn the detailed steps. Now you may be thinking it's easy-- just install it and double click the URL Link.acsm to open. Yes, it's right, but things are not much simple. In order to open ACSM file successfully, we have to first authorize ADE with our Adobe account which should be same as the email address that is used to download or purchase the ACSM file. Now just follow me to learn the details.
Step1. Download and install Adobe Digital Editions
Download Adobe Digital Editions:Download ADE according to your own operation system
Step2. Authorize ADE with Adobe ID
Usually if this is the first time we install and run ADE, it will ask us to authorize the computer with our Adobe ID. If not, please click Help-->Authorize Computer. Then a dialogue will pop up showing like the following picture. Simply enter your Adobe ID and password to authorize it.
Notes: If you don't have an Adobe ID yet, you can tap 'Create an Adobe ID' to get a new one. But please select the 'Adobe ID' as the eBook Vendor please. DON'T set google vendor ID or others as the Adobe ID.
Reminder: Make sure the email address is the same as the one which is used to purchase the book. If you have already authorized ADE with another Adobe account, please click 'Help-->Erase Authorization' to de-authorize it, and reauthorize ADE with the correct Adobe ID. Otherwise, you cannot open the ACSM at all.
Step3. Open ACSM File with Authorized ADE
After we have authorized ADE successfully, now we can simply double-click the downloaded ACSM file to open it. Usually it will be opened via ADE by default. If not, please right-click the file and select 'Open with-->Adobe Digital Edition'. Or click 'File-->Add to Library' in ADE to load the ACSM files. Then it will download the complete EPUB or PDF for us. After the download is finished, the book will be opened automatically.
You can find the downloaded epub or pdf books here
- For Mac: Users/Your computer name/Digital Editions ...
- For Win: ...My Documents (Documents)My Digital Editions ...
Or you just just right the book cover, then select 'Show File in Finder'
Takeaway: How to Read ACSM with Any Reading App on Mac?
Now we can read ACSM file on Mac with ADE program easily. What if we don't like this reading app? Can we read the downloaded EPUB or PDF file via iBooks app on Mac? The answer is Yes. But if you try to open them via iBooks, you will fail to open. Most of the EPUB or PDF files downloaded from ACSM are always protected by Adobe DRM so that we cannot directly open it via other app except ADE. What can we do to read them on other apps like iBooks? Things will be pretty easy if we can remove the DRM from those EPUB/PDF eBooks.
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Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.
Visualizzare Kindle Su Mac
Amazon’s Kindle has been around for more than a decade, which started as purely an eBook reader, but now it offers a full line of Android tablets too, yet currently most people prefer Apple’s tablets - iPad considering of the performances, quality, display and etc. And for convenience, a great many people would also like to read Kindle books on iPhone. How can we put Kindle books on iPad and iPhone for reading?
Amazon would love to have customers use their products of course, but its’ main focus is on the selling of the books. To that end, Amazon is very welcoming of various software platforms including iOS. As long as you purchase Kindle books, you can read them on various devices, with Kindle App. In this article, we are going to introduce how to read Kindle books on Apple devices with Kindle App step by step. Besides, we are going to show you a unique way to read Kindle books on iBooks without Kindle app.
Method 1. Read Kindle Books on iPad/iPhone with Kindle App
Because of DRM protection, it’s impossible for us to directly read Kindle Books with iBooks on iPad or iPhone. And the easiest way to read Kindle books on an Apple device is to download Kindle app, which gives you access to your entire Amazon Kindle library. Let’s seek for more details:
Step 1: Download Kindle app for iOS
On your iPad or iPhone, go to the App Store – the app with all applications available for the iOS, type “Kindle” into the search pane at the top right of the interface and then tap the Search button, find the app, tap “Get” button and wait until the download is complete.
Step 2: Register the Kindle app with your Amazon account
Open Kindle app, enter your Amazon user name and password and then tap the “Sign In” button to register your iPad/iPhone to your Amazon account.
Step 3. Read Kindle Books on iPad/iPhone in Kindle App
Tap the 'Cloud' tab at the bottom of the screen, and you’ll see all the books that are stored in your Kindle cloud library. Tap the cover of the book you want to read to begin downloading it to your iPad/iPhone. Once you download the book from the Cloud tab, it will appear in the 'Device' section. Just enjoy your reading!
Note: Every book available in the Device tab can be accessed offline, which means you can open and read it even when your iPad is not connected to the internet.
Method 2. Read Kindle Books on iPad/iPhone by Any eBook Converter
In method 2, we are going to apply the most popular eBook tool – Any eBook Converter, to remove the DRM from Kindle books and convert the books to a format that is fully supported by iBook. In this way, we are able to read Kindle books on iPad/iPhone without Kindle app on Apple devices. Before we get started, please have Any eBook Converter well installed on your computer.
Kindle Reader For Mac
Step 1. Remove DRM from Kindle Books
Launch Any eBook Converter, the program will automatically recognize your existent books (synced via Kindle for PC/Mac). Drag the books you want to read on iPad/iPhone to the program, which will get rid of the DRM of the books soon.
Step 2. Convert Kindle Books to EPUB Format
Click “V” on the bottom and choose “EPUB”, which is a common format fully supported by iBooks, as the output format. By clicking the “Settings” button on the upper right, you can customize the output path for the converted books.
Step 3. Click “Convert to EPUB” button to Start Conversion
Click 'Convert to EPUB' button to start converting your Kindle books to EPUB format. Once the conversion is done, the program will show you a successful status.
Step 4. Find Converted Kindle Books on Your Local Computer
By clicking the “History” button on the upper right or directly going to the output path you set in previous step, you can find all the converted Kindle books on your local computer.
Step 5. Transfer the Converted Kindle Books to iPad/iPhone with iTunes
Launch iTunes. Click 'Add file to library' button to import the converted Kindle books to iTunes. Connect your iPad/iPhone to your computer with USB. You will see your iPad/iPhone show up on the upper right corner of iTunes.
Click on your device and tap 'Books' at the navigation bar. Tick the option 'Sync Books” and then click 'Sync' button on the bottom right corner to transfer your Amazon books to your device. Now open your iPad/iPhone and run iBooks, you will see those ePub books ready for you.
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