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The ScanSnap Scanner from Fujitsu Adds Snow Leopard Compatibility

john — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:44 +0000

The excellent ScanSnap family of scanners from Fujitsu have had their software updated to the ScanSnap Manager software package, bringing ScanSnap scanning to Mac Snow Leopard users. The software preference patch offers a workaround for Snow Leopard users by temporally disabling the “Quick Menu” and “Scan to Office” functions until Fujitsu offers a full software update for the ScanSnap. The download and instructions for the patch are available here. Essentially, download the .zip file, unzip it and drag the “jp.co.pfu.ScanSnap.V10L10.plist” to your “user/library/preferences” folder and replace the old .plist with the new one.

Apple Releases 10.6.2 Software Update

john — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:22:26 +0000

The second update to Snow Leopard has been released by Apple, including patches for 58 bugs to the operating system. Included in the update is a patch for the data-munching bug that could cause a users data to be deleted when they logged into, and then out of a guest account. The download for the update is available in your Software Update in the Apple Menu or via download here. Among the other bugs squashed in the update include various fixes for Font, Graphics, Mail, Mobile Me, Networking, Safari and Printing.

Snow Leopard Application & Printer Compatibility

john — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:34:57 +0000

So you’ve take the plunge or your thinking of upgrading your Mac to the new lean and mean version of OS X Snow Leopard. Even though there has been quite a bit of press about some compatibility issues with the Snow Leopard 10.6 upgrade, the vast majority of applications are indeed running smoothly under 10.6. You can find a full and daily updated list of applications and their compatibility with Snow Leopard here.

Printer Updates for Snow Leopard 10.6

One of the most common compatibility issues with the initial release of 10.6 was with printer drivers. The Apple 10.6.1 update, available by launching the Software Update application in your Apple Menu, fixes numerous printer incompatibilities. Once you’ve updated to 10.6.1, run the Software Update one more time and Software Update will look for installed drivers on your Mac and ask you to download and install the updates. If you are looking for HP drivers or if you are installing new HP drivers for the first time on Snow Leopard 10.6, a complete disk image file of all available HP Snow Leopard drivers is available on the Apple web site. One word of warning though, this disk image is close to 400 megabytes and will install all of the available HP printer drivers supported on Snow Leopard. Apple also recently released a complete disk image file of available Epson printer drivers for Snow Leopard. Run Software Update to install drivers for your Epson or download the complete Epson driver package here.

A complete list of all Snow Leopard 10.6 compatible printers and scanners is available here.