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Re:macOS Catalina by spitfire on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:04PM (#21187333)
Have a look at vuescan. It's 64bit clean and supports scanners back to the late 1990's.

I use it myself and ignore the manufacturers software altogether. Which form my scanner only supported PowerPC.

https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/supported-scanners.html

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Re:macOS Catalina by appleiigs on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:25AM (#21189340)
Wow, VueScan! A blast from the past. I used it 15 years ago. Glad to see it's still around, maintained by the one guy (and now him and his son according to the website). I'm definitely going to buy a license now ($99) and ditch the 32-bit manufacturer's software.

Software like VueScan and USB Overdrive (just bought a license for that too $20) deserve to be in some sort of Apple Hall of Fame.

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Re:macOS Catalina by js2 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:00AM (#21189507)
I switched to ExactScan to support my Fujitsu S1500M:

https://www.exactscan.com

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Re:macOS Catalina by Aloha on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:39PM (#21187525)
Vuescan is great, its better than most scanner apps too, insomuch as, its actually good at scanning.
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Re:macOS Catalina by Twirrim on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:32PM (#21188472)
> its actually good at scanning

Careful now. Scanner manufacturers would have you believe that's nearly impossible unless you remember to make the appropriate sacrifices under a full moon on a marble altar.

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Re:macOS Catalina by Operyl on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:53PM (#21187610)
I found this application the other day, and despite its look, it really is great.
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