Extract eBooks on Mac

No. TextMuncher is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. On Mac, install Chrome or Firefox and use the extension there.

Apple Books support depends on whether the content is visible in a compatible browser workflow. TextMuncher is strongest with Kindle Cloud Reader and web-based readers.

It solves a different problem. Calibre manages files. TextMuncher extracts visible text when file downloads or DRM conversion do not work.

Yes. Once extracted, the text is plain text and works in Apple Notes, Pages, Word, or any Mac writing app.

Apple Books is not Kindle Cloud Reader, so the extension cannot turn its pages automatically. Instead, use the Mac screenshot shortcut, Command-Shift-4, to capture each page you need, then upload those images to textmuncher.com. The local OCR reads them and returns clean text. It is a manual capture rather than a hands-free one, but the accuracy is the same.

Yes. Both the automated Kindle capture and the manual screenshot upload process the images right in your browser, so page content never leaves your Mac. Only your account and billing details reach a server. That makes it safer than upload-based OCR websites, which send your book pages to their own servers for processing before returning text.

Yes. TextMuncher is a browser extension, so any Mac that runs a current version of Chrome or Firefox works, whether it has an M-series or an Intel chip. OCR uses your processor, so newer Apple Silicon Macs churn through pages a bit faster, but even older Intel machines handle chapter-scale jobs without trouble.

Yes. Because the output is plain text, anything you save into Apple Notes, Obsidian, or Notion syncs to your iPhone and iPad through that app's normal cloud sync. Extract once on the desktop, where the browser extension runs, and the finished text follows you to every device you already sync.

No. There is nothing to download to macOS beyond the browser extension itself, which installs from the Chrome Web Store in a few seconds. You avoid the fragile converter apps and command-line tools that older ebook workflows relied on. Everything happens inside the browser you already use every day.