Sony® Reader PRS-505 don't appears on Digital Edition for Mac OSX 10.5

How do I transfer my old ADE files from my Mac to the Sony Reader? I've done what Jim Lester said and had my Sony Reader authorized to my Adobe ID using my ASUS notebook. But after I connect my reader to my Mac, I still can't get to transfer it. I very dumb about these things, but how do I transfer the files using the finder? With the ASUS, it is easy enough as the ADE recognizes my Reader and it is just a matter of dragging the files. Is the Mac ADE suppose to recognize the Reader also? Please help.

Sorry it's been a long day..

Hi,

I have been toying with the idea of getting a Sony reader but have been put off by the lack of Mac support.

Thank you Jim for your help and advice. With you being a Mac user (and more to the point your wife) I'm sure there will be a Mac 'workaround' for most problems.

Now if I can only get ADE to authorise!

Christian,
If you haven't already, you will need to install the Sony Library software into your VM. The Sony Library software installs drivers that Digital Editions requires in order to recognize and communicate with the Sony Reader.

You can get the latest version of the Sony Library software from the Sony support site:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=PRS505
(Click on "Drivers & Software")

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Jim Lester
Adobe Systems

Having some problems getting the reader to show up in Adobe Digital Edition under Windows XP in a VMWare machine. It shows up just fine as a drive in Explorer, but it doesn't come up in the Adobe app.

Kanna,
I'm glad it's working for you. BTW I think senility is setting in on me - I looked around on the other Mac related posts on this forums, and I hadn't given the detailed instructions out here yet, so it was good that you asked.

BTW I've only be asked about 1000 times on the forums (here and others) about our Mac support - the other 9,000 times have been from my wife - who I converted to being a Mac user, and has a 505 :)

Thanks, Jim! Apologies first of all because I didn't know you answered this already about the Mac. I thought I did a pretty thorough review of the site, but clearly not enough.

I had already tried this and wanted actually to come back here to let everyone else know that this does work! I also wanted to find out how this worked and why, and found this other information on your site (same as what you wrote above):

"The first time you run Digital Editions, you are prompted to authorize the application by entering an Adobe ID. If you don't have an Adobe ID, you are provided with a link to get one. Then, when you purchase an item online or borrow one from a library with Digital Editions, the item is automatically "tied" to your Adobe ID, rather than your computer. This way, you are free to move your items to up to six computers and devices that have been authorized with Digital Editions."

You are great for putting in all this work and responding to questions. I am sure you have said ten thousand times that you don't support Mac software (and probably wonder why people like me still ask questions anyway), but this kind of service is going to keep me using the adobe format for ebooks. Thanks!

Hmmm I thought I had answered this one already....

But with that kind introduction, I'll guess I'll repeat it anyway :)

Here's the story:

- The firmware update is a Windows only program. You will need to apply the firmware update in order to get the new goodies that Sony and we put in there: ePub support, reflowable PDF, and DRM portability.

- There is a driver that we use to talk to the Sony Reader to put the authentication information for the DRM on the Sony Reader. With this driver we are able to identify when Sony Readers are plugged in to the PC (and when they are disconnected), because of this on Windows, the Sony Readers will show up as Bookshelves in ADE, and you can authenticate your Sony Reader so that it will also display DRM content.

- The only Mac support for the 505 is that it does show up as a USB Mass Storage device, at the file system, and Sony has not made the driver that ADE uses for the Mac. Because of this, ADE on the Mac does not support the Sony Reader and the Reader will not show up in the ADE UI.

However you can work around this to get DRM content portability working.

First, on the same Windows machine that you upgraded your Sony Reader, install ADE and authorize it to your AdobeID.

Next, plug in your Sony Reader and then in ADE, select the Reader and choose "Authorize Device" from the Library menu (I'm doing this from memory, and I don't have a Sony Reader to test it on right now - so the wording may be off).

At this point you have a Sony Reader which is authorized to your AdobeID. For any eBooks you purchase on the Mac (with ADE 1.5 authorized to the same AdobeID), you will be able to copy the .pdf/.epub files to your Sony Reader, using the Finder, and then be able to view then on your Sony Reader.

I agree, its ugly, and its very un-Mac like.

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Jim Lester
Adobe Systems

<<I have a specific question, and then the background: when I authorize a Sony Reader with Adobe DE, does it recognize a specific computer or a specific Adobe DE registration (ie, my email registration at Adobe)?>>

The ADE authorization creates a machine fingerprint that ties that authorization to your computer (and if you have a PRS-505 there's a unique fingerprint for that as well that counts as another authorization)

Beyond that I have no idea how to answer your question. Since we only officially support what Sony supports (ie, official support is only for Windows) there isn't really anything I can do. If it were my setup I'd just try it. Jim Lester might come along and have a better answer (he's one of the actual engineers who builds ADE... you guys have no idea how RARE it is for code-level engineers to hang out on forums! Be nice to him!!)

Regards,

Bentley Wolfe
Senior Support Engineer, Flash/Flash Player/Digital Editions
Adobe

Hi,

First of all, thanks a lot for these forums. I am Mac user who is used to getting this kind of information-sharing and service from the Apple Discussion Boards, and it is nice to see Adobe doing the same.

I have a specific question, and then the background: when I authorize a Sony Reader with Adobe DE, does it recognize a specific computer or a specific Adobe DE registration (ie, my email registration at Adobe)?

Background: I have a MAC and have been able to get content back-and-forth by using Calibre (so have avoided the PC-only Sony eLibrary). However, this has only been non-DRM content. I bought an Adobe-DRM book and have been able to view it on DE on my Mac, but would like to get it on my Reader.

I used a PC to update the firmware on my Sony Reader to 1.1 (for Adobe DRM viewing), but the Mac version of the DE does not recognize my Sony Reader as connected. According to the Adobe site, you need to download DE 1.5, the new Sony eLibrary 2.2, and also the Sony Reader firmware upgrade to get all the drivers necessary for DE to recognize the reader on a PC.

If I do the following, will it work?: I get on a PC and do the three steps above. Then I authorize the Sony Reader with the Adobe DE on that PC. Back on my mac, I know DE won't recognize my reader, because I won't have the right drivers. But if I can get content back and forth to the reader with Calibre, will the Sony Reader still be able to open DRM-content that was bought using the same EMAIL that I authorized that reader with on a PC?

As I am borrowing the PC, it won't work for me to authorize that computer, but if I am authorizing by my Adobe email account, then using Calibre after the first authorization gives me a nice workaround to use only my Mac and Sony Reader. Sorry for long explanation, but I thought better to write everything at once. Any help appreciated. Thanks.