That is no longer the case and I no longer recommend UMAX products.Īnd I should mention that I've had considerable experience getting SCSI devices to work. I do Mac tech support and consulting for professional Mac users and always recommended UMAX due to their good tech support and good scanners and excellent software.
UMAX has drastically changed its policies about scanner software, free downloads, and has been VERY slow about releasing software updates for Mac OS X. This beta UMAX driver was available last year. I did download a beta OS X driver from UMAX. Sorry about how wordy this response is but I did spend A LOT of time trying to troubleshoot this issue and thought I'd pass on some of those efforts. That is no longer the case and I no longer recommend UMAX products." "I do Mac tech support and consulting for professional Mac users and always recommended UMAX due to their good tech support and good scanners and excellent software.
Daniel Settles, who works as a technical consultant for professional designers, printers, and publishers, have spend a lot of time researching the possibilities for the PowerLook II and OS X to live in harmony. That's a mighty same since it renders my 2400dpi PowerLook II all but useless once I've discarded my two remaining PC's (which runs the scanner just fine under XP).ĭon't take my word for it, though. UMAX apparently doesn't think it's good for business to support older scanners with driver updates for current operating systems. March 08, 12:46 UMAX PowerLook II scanning under OS X