Monterey not detecting Amazon Fire tablet

[paieye]

I have several hundred books on this MacBook Air. Over the years, I have successfully downloaded them from my previous MacBook (El Capitan) to Kindle e-readers, using a USB-cable. Last year, I bought a new Amazon Fire tablet HD 8 (10th generation). When I connect it to the MacBook, using a USB-cable supplied by Amazon specifically for data-transfer, the MacBook does not detect the tablet. By the way, both USB-ports on the MacBook work perfectly with other devices such as an external drive or a memory-stick. When I go to Settings in the tablet, it can find the MacBook, but has greyed out the choice to allow the MacBook to control file-transfer. As an experiment, I yesterday bought a new book from Amazon on my MacBook, and downloaded it via the USB-cable to the tablet. That worked perfectly. However, the tablet was still not shown as recognised by the MacBook, whether in Finder or in Disk Utility. I have posted a similar cry for help in the Fire Users Forum, and have not had a single answer. I am hoping that someone in this helpful forum can come to my aid ! My apology if I have chosen the wrong venue.

 

[dmdewey]

Have you tried a different USB port on the mac making sure that the computer is also hooked up to a power outlet? It may be that the cord has gone bad, the software is glitching. If that doesn't work, I'd try hard reseting the Kindle, updating the Kindle software (only if minor updates - it would suck to lose your content) or re-installing any drivers you may be using on the computer. Worse case scenario would be to try another computer and using it to transfer the files to an external hard drive. Just make sure that the external is formatted ExFat for maximum compatibility (between Windows and Mac). The computer's OS might be too outdated as well. I hope you find a way.

 

[paieye]

Here is how I eventually resolved thihs. For the benefit of any others that have struggled as I have with this. -- and judging from what I have seen online, there are many,, many such others -- here is the eventual solution:


1. I went to Manage My Content and Devices in Amazon, and ticked my Amazon Fire as my default Device.

2. I uninstalled Calibre from my new MacBook, and reinstalled it.

3. On my old MacBook, I exported the contents of the Calibre Library to an empty folder on an external drive.

4. On my new MacBook, I imported the contents to Calibre.

5. Wearied by interminable discussion about special file-transfer software, the need for a particular type of cable, using wifi or email, I connected the Fire to my MacBook with a cheap generic. cable of the kind scorned by Amazon as unfit for the purpose. I now noticed that, even though Finder on my MacBook had not detected the Fire, Calibre had done so, in tiny print at the foot of the window.

6. I clicked Send to Device in Calibre selected all 124 books, and sent them to the Fire. A good many of them were in a format not recognised by the. software, but I clicked Convert as required. The task took about half-an-hour, but to my great joy the books are now for the 1st time in nearly a year in the Fire, and I have read parts of them to verify that all is well there.

Again, thank you all that have tried to help me.