andybarton Posted July 25, 2011 Share #21 Posted July 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Rosetta was a bit more than a "patch", being an integral part of the Operating System, but I do agree with you, it would be great to see Nikon finally support (properly) Macs younger than about 5 years old. I am willing to bet that a disproportionate number of Nikon scanners are connected to Macs, when compared to the numbers on PCs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Hi andybarton, Take a look here Mac OS Lion - Nikonscan 4 not compatible. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
cocker Posted July 25, 2011 Share #22 Posted July 25, 2011 Well. I have VM Fusion anyway as my bank program does not recognize Mac. I find it runs very smoothly and well integrated in a Windows XP Pro window ( I have plenty of legal copies in my practice from defunct computers)- it is a weird sight, a Windows desktop with Mac Aliases popping up at the bottom. It is amazing how well Windows can run if you leave out all the virus scanning etc.. Nikonscan runs in VMWare BUT VMWare (and any virtual machine I gather) cannot see a Firewire connection so its no good for my 9000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker Posted July 25, 2011 Share #23 Posted July 25, 2011 Well. I have VM Fusion anyway as my bank program does not recognize Mac. I find it runs very smoothly and well integrated in a Windows XP Pro window ( I have plenty of legal copies in my practice from defunct computers)- it is a weird sight, a Windows desktop with Mac Aliases popping up at the bottom. It is amazing how well Windows can run if you leave out all the virus scanning etc.. Nikonscan runs in VMWare BUT VMWare (and any virtual machine I gather) cannot see a Firewire connection so its no good for my 9000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen in Montreal Posted July 25, 2011 Share #24 Posted July 25, 2011 I keep a very old Mac G3 running for my Linotype scanner and ferry the scans over to my current machine for PS work. I guess at one point, with the level of scans the 9000 gives being so high, you may want to keep an old machine dedicated to the 9000. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen in Montreal Posted July 25, 2011 Share #25 Posted July 25, 2011 I keep a very old Mac G3 running for my Linotype scanner and ferry the scans over to my current machine for PS work. I guess at one point, with the level of scans the 9000 gives being so high, you may want to keep an old machine dedicated to the 9000. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted July 27, 2011 Share #26 Posted July 27, 2011 Nikonscan runs in VMWare BUT VMWare (and any virtual machine I gather) cannot see a Firewire connection so its no good for my 9000 I suppose there is the option of running Windows via Bootcamp but this would obviously mean having to boot into Windows every time you wanted to use the scanner. It's a real pity that Nikon decided to get out of the scanner market. I wouldn't rely on Nikon spending any time on updating Nikonscan for Lion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert blu Posted July 27, 2011 Share #27 Posted July 27, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I keep a very old Mac G3 running for my Linotype scanner and ferry the scans over to my current machine for PS work. I guess at one point, with the level of scans the 9000 gives being so high, you may want to keep an old machine dedicated to the 9000. This the way I'll try, to keep the i-mac dedicated for scanning and internet surfing. The new machine for other activities. But it would be great if Nikon decide to work out a new (updated) version of NikonScan. Maybe we could try an international on line petition... robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacarape Posted August 1, 2011 Share #28 Posted August 1, 2011 I keep a very old Mac G3 running for my Linotype scanner and ferry the scans over to my current machine for PS work. I guess at one point, with the level of scans the 9000 gives being so high, you may want to keep an old machine dedicated to the 9000. Exactly. A used low end PC can be had for a few hundred bucks. Why bother with solutions if you can avoid the problem? Or you can run a work around and break it again on the next upgrade. I'm cross posting but still, why suffer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 2, 2011 Share #29 Posted August 2, 2011 I suppose there is the option of running Windows via Bootcamp but this would obviously mean having to boot into Windows every time you wanted to use the scanner. No that is not Bootcamp. VMware or Parallels runs Windows in your Mac environment. It looks rather weird to have a Windows desktop floating around on your Mac screen. It is rather practical too as Time Machine will keep the last good copy of Windows, so you can run it without any security. As soon as it gets a virus or malware (which can obviously not escape into your Mac) you trash it and pick up your last clean copy. Come to think of it, I have not checked if these programs run under Lion. It may be they need Rosetta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etms Posted August 2, 2011 Share #30 Posted August 2, 2011 I have Windows XP running fine under VMware and OSX 10.7 (Lion). No problems as yet. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 2, 2011 Share #31 Posted August 2, 2011 Time Machine will keep the last good copy of Windows, so you can run it without any security. As soon as it gets a virus or malware (which can obviously not escape into your Mac) you trash it and pick up your last clean copy. The problem with VMWare Fusion - can't speak for Parallels - is that it keeps the Windows environment in one file that can be several gig in size. Every time something - even if it's just one small Windows file - changes in Windows the file changes and the whole 8 gig or whatever gets backed up the next time Time machine runs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 5, 2011 Share #32 Posted August 5, 2011 I know - but I have a 1 1/2 Terabyte Time Machine disk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlockwood Posted August 6, 2011 Share #33 Posted August 6, 2011 Hi Adrian I have checked with Nikon's customer support pages. I interpret enlightenment there that they will try to come up with an upgraded Nikon Scan 4 software for OS X Lion as fast as they can get it to work. They said the same thing about supporting Leopard and Snow Leopard. Never happened Harry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlockwood Posted August 6, 2011 Share #34 Posted August 6, 2011 I know - but I have a 1 1/2 Terabyte Time Machine disk So, you and Steve are comfortable with Macs and a Windows machine running simultaneously over a Wi-Fi network (Time Machine) connected to the outside world? Isn't the Windows machine vulnerable to the usual malware? And, if so, are you certain that the Mac side is immune? For instance, can Windows-based malware make its way to Time Machine and on to the Mac(s) on the same network? A separate Windows machine not connected to the network sounds like a safer, if somewhat less convenient, route. Harry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srheker Posted August 8, 2011 Share #35 Posted August 8, 2011 Nikon never bothered to develop code for "Intel" Macs, hoping to skate by with PowerPC code plus Rosetta emulation - Lion is (apparently, with luck) forcing them to catch up with the times. Why should someone who quitted the scanner business 5 years ago feel the need to "catch up with time"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srheker Posted August 8, 2011 Share #36 Posted August 8, 2011 Quite interesting to read, as he offers some background info, why silverfast is not ready for Lion: Free Upgrade for SilverFast Users Vuescan was ready for Intel-Macs in 2006 and didn't need Rosetta anymore. All Updates are free if you choose the Pro-Version In March 2011 in a Silverfast User Forum one of the Silverfast people answered a request by a costumer, who had found out that only the Silverfast Launcher was ready for OSX Lion, to develop a true "Universal Binary" Version, not needing Rosetta, regarding the launch of Lion later that year: „We are aware of the future release of OS X Lion for Mac. It is a pre-release version of the operating system with no support for Rossetta applications, this was also the case with the pre-release version of Snow Leopard, however they made work with such applications possible in the final release of the OS. The point is, it is still too early to tell which features and functionalities will or will not work with the future OS.“ Today Silverfast is not working under OS X Lion, as ist is not Universal Binary - despite their 2007 press release that read: „Outstanding Results With SilverFast! Now Running Universal" But the Silverfast Costumers will be granted the honor to buy a new version soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 9, 2011 Share #37 Posted August 9, 2011 So, you and Steve are comfortable with Macs and a Windows machine running simultaneously over a Wi-Fi network (Time Machine) connected to the outside world? Isn't the Windows machine vulnerable to the usual malware? And, if so, are you certain that the Mac side is immune? For instance, can Windows-based malware make its way to Time Machine and on to the Mac(s) on the same network? A separate Windows machine not connected to the network sounds like a safer, if somewhat less convenient, route. Harry No - I am not running through a network - it is running on the same MacPro as a program, with Time Machine writing to a separate internal disk. Yes - Windows is prone to malware, all the more so as I am running it without virus software, but that cannot affect the Mac environment it is running in. As a Windows user from the first, replacing my MsDos computer before that, the most amazing experience when switching to Mac was the liberated feeling of having gotten away from security concerns. A soon as Windows should get infected -unlikely as it is not used for any Internet-based application except a bank program that is on a strongly guarded secure server- I will simply toss it and install a backup copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted August 20, 2011 Share #38 Posted August 20, 2011 Update - Life is back to 95% happiness with Nikon Scan 4 As previously reported I purchased a copy of VueScan, it seems to be a quite capable software, people seems very pleased with it using things like the Epson 700, as far as I can tell it is a very competent software, but in the end I had to reject it. VueScan simply do not support the high-volume features of the Nikon scanners, it is nightmarish to scan strips on the CS9000 and rolls of 36 on the coolscan5000 - important features, such as the 5000 run the strip through in one quick run to create thumbnails which can then be rotated. VueScan create a real preview of each taking a lot of time to do so. Same on the 9000 it don't thumbnail. and more importantly, VueScan do not support any of the build in frame identification tools, The nikon scanners is capable of correctly framing even oddly spaces frames (most of the time). The next try was running NikonScan on my parallels Windows install on the Mac Book, that worked .... somewhat, but did feel deidely slow and sticky.. besides parallels do not support Firewire for the coolscan 9000... so idea was flawed for me. SOLUTION - my retired MacMini file-server - running snow leopard... I hooked both scanners to the MacMini and access it via ScreenSharing from any of the Mac's in the office. surprisingly, because NikonScan always had a little lack in bringing up thumb and preview, the lack of ScreenShare is virtually un-noticable. the MacMini runs both scanners, USB and Firewire flawlessly and I capture all scans to dated folders in the pictures folder.. then action dump the scans to my laptop to a named folder. the part which surprised me most is how little the lack of running ScreenShare impacts the experience of scanning... So far Im very happy. Screenshot of NikonScan 4 running in the ScreenShare window from my MacBook Pro running Lion. SORRY about the image link - I tried the imbed tag as always, but for some reason it don't seem to work for me today. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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