Sony ereader and El Capitan

I've been having a similar problem with my Kobo Touch - since upgrading to 10.11.2 my iMac refuses to see it, though the charging function still works. Neither Calibre nor Kobo Utilities nor any of my disk utilities can see it. New cables haven't helped, nor has resetting or restarting things. It's frustrating as anything - the only way I can read new books is to use a micro-SD card, and that can be incredibly inconvenient...

I have lost almost half a day trying to connect my Sony Reader to my MacBook Air after upgrading to OS 10.11. I finally called the Sony Help Line where I was told that Sony does not support Mac OS higher than 10.8.. Great way how to treat your customer I thought as this news does not appear on any Sony document. The Help Line guy was, however, very helpful and told me I should feed my Reader through the Adope Digital Edition Program which I did and it works. It is, however, important that you eliminate the Reader Program from you Program Folder before downloading books into Digital Edition.The download to the Reader is not automatic but you can copy the .epub file of the book from the Adobe Digital Edition. You will find the .epub file in Documents/Digital Editions on your Mac. Link the Reader to the Mac, say yes, open the Reader Icon that will appear (forget the Setup Icon), go to the Folder Reader, then to Folder Sony Reader then move the .epub file into the Folder Books. That's it ! By the way, I have blacklisted Sony.... but their helpline was great. Before I forget, if you want your library that sits on the Reader on the Mac you can copy all the .epub files from the "Books" Folder on the Reader to the Documents/Digital Edition Folder. Hope this works for you - it did for me.

But this doesn't resolve the DRM issue, right? I can't use purchased or books borrowed from the library, through services like Overdrive, on the Reader anymore. I can transfer the epub file, but opening the book on Reader results in a digital rights management roadblock. Somehow access can't be transferred under El Capitan. Does anyone have a solution to this?

Hi Peter,

Great reply. I have the same problem, but I have a question. Is it necessary "link" the eReader with the Adobe Digital Editions program? Or, is it enough move (drag&drop) the .epub files from the folder in Mac to the folder in the Reader?

Thank you.

B.R.

I did not have any DRM issues. I imported the newest book through Adobe Digital Editions where I have an Adobe ID that allows me to read DRM protected books and copy them subsequently to the Reader.

Another question: How can I "link" the eReader to the Adobe Digital Editions? The program doesn't detect the eReader (but the mac does it) and I cannot "authorize" the eReader from the ADE.

Sorry ilojo, but you can't "link" the reader any more. But it is not really necessary, just simply drag and drop the epub. file as I described it in my earlier post.