On 28 Apr 2012, at 10:03 , "Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [E]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Charles, > > Thanks for confirming. I was afraid it was gone, but I thought it was worth > asking. > > Was there some big overhead to continue supporting their own modem? No idea. However, it's possible that Apple merely thinks that faxing is an outmoded technology which no-one cares about. Note that the print option under System Preferences is no longer Print & Fax, but is rather Print & Scan instead. I suspect that they simply don't care. > > I sure don't get a lot of faxes these days, but it seemed nice to have the > capability of sending or receiving if necessary. I fax using my Brother MFD. That works. > > Gregg > > On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:59 PM, Charles Dyer wrote: > >> It's dead, Jim. >> >> Apple's old USB modem no longer works with Lion. It's gone. History. >> Finished. A paperweight. >> >> Anyone who can make one work let me know, I have one. >> >> On 27 Apr 2012, at 16:58 , "Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [E]" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have an Apple USB modem, which was attached to my Snow Leopard Mac Pro. >>> When I switched to a new Mac Pro running Lion, I connected the modem, but I >>> got an error message when logging in (or booting?) that said it was not >>> supported under Lion. >>> >>> I can't remember if the message suggested that no usb modems were supported >>> or just this specific model. In the system profiler, I see the following >>> message when I click on Modems (under the Network menu): >>> >>> "No Apple modem found. If the Modem is external, make sure it’s connected >>> via USB." >>> >>> This message suggests that an Apple USB modem should work. Does anyone >>> know which is true? Should an Apple USB modem work on a new Mac Pro >>> running Lion (10.7.3) or not? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gregg > _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
