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calibre for Mac

Complete e-book library management system.

Free
In English
4.2
Based on 242 user rates

calibre overview

Calibre is a complete e-book library manager. Organize your collection, convert your books to multiple formats, and sync with all of your devices. Let Calibre be your multi-tasking digital librarian.

Manage, convert, sync, and more
  • Library management. Calibre keeps things orderly by creating single entries for books that contains multiple formats. Add tags and comments for better searchability.
  • Format conversion. Calibre's robust conversion options support a wide variety of file formats.
  • File syncing. Calibre's device drivers seamlessly support all the top e-readers and devices

What’s new in version 7.19

New Features
  • E-book viewer: Halve the time taken to open large EPUB format books for the first time
  • PDF new engine: Improve header/footer detection
  • For column icons and grid view emblems, support icons for both light and dark themes
  • News downloads: Mark links to locally available articles with a middle-dot
  • When saving a layout also save the main window geometry
Bug Fixes
  • Windows: Read Aloud: Fix an occasional crash when stopping read aloud when using the legacy windows TTS engine
  • Windows: Read Aloud: Fix clicking in text to change what is being read causing tracking of currently read word to fail when using the legacy Windows TTS engine
  • Read aloud: Fix reading large numeric words causing text synchronization to fail when using some legacy TTS engines
  • EPUB3 metadata: Fix setting series number to zero not working
  • Comic Input: Handle comics whose internal files have control codes in their filenames
  • E-book viewer: Fix a regression that broke searching in Japanese books that use text
  • E-book viewer: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke Read aloud for selected text
  • Amazon metadata plugin: Workaround for downloads failing because Google discontinued its webcache
  • Cover grid: Suppress the 2px border Qt draws for the list view
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calibre for Mac

Free
In English
Version 7.19
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calibre qualities

Value
5.0
Ease of use
3.0
Features
5.0
Reliability
5.0
Customer support
4.0

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4.2

(210 Reviews of calibre)

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Lightning
Lightning
Nov 25 2023
7.1
4.5
Nov 25 2023
4.5
Version: 7.1
Version 7.1 requires MacOS 13 or greater not MacOS 11 or greater.
simiel1
simiel1
Nov 20 2023
7.0.0
0.0
Nov 20 2023
0.0
Version: 7.0.0
I have been using Calibre for many years and lost my backup and had to re-purchse it. So happy to get it back as I love it.
Pjaym59
Pjaym59
Nov 19 2023
7.0.0
0.0
Nov 19 2023
0.0
Version: 7.0.0
7.0 is not for OS 11 but for OS 13.0 (Ventura) and higher.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Apr 8 2023
6.15.0
5.0
Apr 8 2023
5.0
Version: 6.15.0
Version: 6.15.1 is out. The release notes are here: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new
d-39
d-39
Aug 25 2022
6.3.0
0.0
Aug 25 2022
0.0
Version: 6.3.0
Fantastic software! Took me forever to find an app which I could use to edit certain elements of my exported epub book
majormikey
majormikey
Jan 6 2024
7.3.0
5.0
Jan 6 2024
5.0
Version: 7.3.0
Aetnaria
Aetnaria
Nov 25 2023
7.1
5.0
Nov 25 2023
5.0
Version: 7.1
AlexAnderson1327
AlexAnderson1327
Apr 12 2023
6.15.1
5.0
Apr 12 2023
5.0
Version: 6.15.1
rglcomputergenius
rglcomputergenius
Feb 13 2023
6.12.0
5.0
Feb 13 2023
5.0
Version: 6.12.0
Sigil
Sigil
Aug 14 2022
6.3.0
5.0
Aug 14 2022
5.0
Version: 6.3.0
Drtyrell969
Drtyrell969
Mar 31 2022
5.39.1
5.0
Mar 31 2022
5.0
Version: 5.39.1
gregraven
gregraven
Feb 19 2022
5.37.0
5.0
Feb 19 2022
5.0
Version: 5.37.0
Chuckk
Chuckk
Sep 27 2021
5.28.0
5.0
Sep 27 2021
5.0
Version: 5.28.0
epkelly
epkelly
Jul 11 2021
5.21.0
5.0
Jul 11 2021
5.0
Version: 5.21.0
iamdavegray
iamdavegray
May 30 2021
5.19.0
5.0
May 30 2021
5.0
Version: 5.19.0
samuel_h
samuel_h
May 19 2021
5.17.0
4.0
May 19 2021
4.0
Version: 5.17.0
tronbrat
tronbrat
May 17 2021
5.17.0
5.0
May 17 2021
5.0
Version: 5.17.0
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Dec 14 2020
5.0
Dec 14 2020
5.0
Version: null
Brian Kendig
Brian Kendig
Nov 13 2020
3.0
Nov 13 2020
3.0
Version: null
The_Blinded
The_Blinded
Oct 18 2020
5.0
Oct 18 2020
5.0
Version: null
time2poppop
time2poppop
Aug 1 2020
5.0
Aug 1 2020
5.0
Version: null
PedantMac
PedantMac
Jul 6 2020
5.0
Jul 6 2020
5.0
Version: null
tommy-10
tommy-10
Jul 5 2020
5.0
Jul 5 2020
5.0
Version: null
Jeff-Schlueter
Jeff-Schlueter
May 27 2020
5.0
May 27 2020
5.0
Version: null
Aargl
Aargl
May 4 2020
4.0
May 4 2020
4.0
Version: null
sarkarsweet
sarkarsweet
Apr 5 2020
5.0
Apr 5 2020
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-swordtail-5987
Dec 27 2019
5.0
Version: null
neartheredrocks
neartheredrocks
Dec 23 2019
5.0
Dec 23 2019
5.0
Version: null
prLab
prLab
Nov 30 2019
2.0
Nov 30 2019
2.0
Version: null
PRjohnson
PRjohnson
Dec 27 2018
5.0
Dec 27 2018
5.0
Version: null
ben-marko
ben-marko
Sep 30 2018
4.0
Sep 30 2018
4.0
Version: null
jasonbnovak0
jasonbnovak0
Aug 28 2018
5.0
Aug 28 2018
5.0
Version: null
Sgspecker
Sgspecker
Jul 21 2018
4.5
Jul 21 2018
4.5
Version: null
Michael-Mayer
Michael-Mayer
Jun 19 2018
5.0
Jun 19 2018
5.0
Version: null
shellyroddy758
shellyroddy758
Jun 3 2018
3.5
Jun 3 2018
3.5
Version: null
StimulusR9647
StimulusR9647
May 26 2018
5.0
May 26 2018
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Mar 25 2018
5.0
Mar 25 2018
5.0
Version: null
thosbsamsgom
thosbsamsgom
Feb 6 2018
4.0
Feb 6 2018
4.0
Version: null
Hamid914
Hamid914
Nov 17 2017
5.0
Nov 17 2017
5.0
Version: null
npoorkarimi
npoorkarimi
Aug 3 2017
4.5
Aug 3 2017
4.5
Version: null
m-67man
m-67man
Mar 29 2017
4.0
Mar 29 2017
4.0
Version: null
trottta
trottta
Nov 9 2016
3.5
Nov 9 2016
3.5
Version: null
Nontroppo
Nontroppo
Nov 7 2016
5.0
Nov 7 2016
5.0
Version: null
Hachepunto
Hachepunto
Nov 5 2016
5.0
Nov 5 2016
5.0
Version: null
jimixdnb
jimixdnb
Jun 17 2016
5.0
Jun 17 2016
5.0
Version: null