On 17 Oct 2012, at 20:39 , Vince LaMonica <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > > } Is there any technical reason why I'd need an MFD ? Can't a software > } interpret the fax data fed to it directly from the landline and convert > } it to tiff or whatever without it going through the fax machine ? > > Yeah, lots of great software, including PageSender, do all that and work > well with Apple's USB modem. Just make sure you stick with 10.6 though! PageSender and other apps like it work only if you have a USB modem. No USB modem, no work. And Apple's modem is dead in 10.7 and later. Apple has deliberately removed the support for it. It's dead. Kaput. Game over. > > } > Apple's USB modem will not work. It's dead. > } > } Isn't there a way to get the driver from an old backup ? I'm just asking > } in case somebody know. I'll be checking that on the web right away. > > It's part of OS X - I don't think it can be moved from one version to > another, but it is worth searching. I loved FrontRow and there were hacks > to make it work in 10.7 and those hacks were perfect, but now with 10.8, > FrontRow can't be ported over. So the same thing may have happened with > the USB modem. It's a shame, as the modem is small and built well. Heck, > my G4 PowerBook has a modem built in and that's come in handy many times > when I've needed dial-up access or to FAX something on the road [i usually > know this ahead of time, as my PowerBook isn't something I normally travel > with since it's not got a lot of the software I'm now using, on it :) ]. > > /vjl/ > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
