How to By-Pass Preview in Image Capture and Scan whole document right away

Does anyone know how to by-pass the Preview mode in Image Capture? And ideally have it scan and save to desktop automatically??
What happens is I scan a document from the printer. It performs a preview. The rectangles it chooses are often wrong, I have to delete them, then do a select box around the whole document, then click Scan.
What I would like is for it to just scan the whole document from first button press, not have to go through this process which includes a double scanning.
Thanks!

If you hide the details pane Image Capture will scan immediately to a specified folder. Other way is to open printers and faxing from the system preferences , select the scanning tab of your printer and click Open scanner. It will start scanning immediately without opening Image Capture. To set other software as default you should open Image Capture, select your printer/scanner and click the scanner buttons. It will then let you chose which program should be launched when you scan a document.

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Image Capture and Scanning Film?

So I recently purchased an Epson v600 photo scanner for scanning film. However, the Espon scanning software does not work on the iMac Lion osx 10.7.
Epson directed me to update Image Capture on mac to scan film, but I'm not even finding how to do it. In the help manual it says there is a "Mode" module that says whether I'm scanning a document or trancparancy but I can't seem to find it.
Does anyone know how to get this module so I can scan film in Image Capture?!
Thank you!

The only thing that I've been able to do is manually (and of course time consumingly) scan each page and then combine the pages as a single PDF after it's all over.
I'm not entirely convinced Apple gives two squats about customers at this point. Haven't you noticed how their support keeps getting pared back and diminished? You can't even get a support rep on the weekend now. But they can post outrageous profits. Someone, somewhere, is getting shafted for those kinds of profits. I think it's both the Chinese workers, and all of us customers. I even found out recently that they don't support "obsolete," hardware, even if it's a fault they know about (specifically a bad battery in the case I'm referencing).
Frankly, it is my opinion that Apple has forgotten that their real product is their customer service.
In order to get this fixed, you ~might~ be able to help make enough noise in their support department through their, "report a bug," page. I'm sure someone they don't pay well reads those messages... eventually.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
I no longer have high expectations, or hopes, relative to Apple. And even though I'm in the market for a new computer, I'm really checking my options for something that isn't an Apple.
Please, before you declare that I'm just a troll, make note that I have three towers, three minis, and two MacBook Pros to my name. I have, on average for the past ten years, spent 4.5k on each of my primary computers from Apple (every year and a half or so). It was the customer service that I loved about this company, more than anythihg else. Now they just look like greedmongers who can't even get a a loop counter right.
PLEASE give them feedback relative to this isssue!

Image Capture and Preview "folder not writable" error importing to shared folder

I'm running 10.8.5 on a Late 2012 model Mac Mini. I'm trying to create a folder under my home directory where my wife can import pictures using Image Capture or Preview while logged into her account. I've tried setting permissions on the folder by setting POSIX permissions and ACLs from the command line, and also by setting ACLs using Get Info in Finder, but it seems as though both Image Capture and Preview ignore the ACLs and instead rely solely on the POSIX permissions for everyone/other (even when a relevant group is set). Unless the POSIX permissions for everyone/other are "rwx" Image Capture and Preview both give an error that the import failed, and /var/log/system.log shows errors that the "folder is not writable". I'd like to be able to set this up without making the folder and the files in it writable by everyone. My understanding was that ACLs should take precedence over POSIX permissions, but even the POSIX permissions don't seem to be getting handled properly, because the group is ignored. Any help or explanation of what's happening would be appreciated.
Here's an example with details:
Suppose we have the users alice and bob. We want to set permissions on the directory /Users/bob/importdir such that Alice can import files from a camera there using Image Capture (or Preview, either would do), but don't want to relax the permissions more than necessary.
We create a group named bob_and_alice
We set the following permissions on /Users/bob:
POSIX: rwxr-xr-x, owner=bob, group=staff (i.e. default POSIX permissions)
ACLs:
0: group:everyone deny delete
1: group:bob_and_alice allow list,search,readattr,readextattr,readsecurity
2: user:alice allow list,search,readattr,readextattr,readsecurity
"Get Info" shows "Read & Write" for bob and "Read Only" for alice, bob_and_alice, staff, and everyone
We set the following permissions on /Users/bob/importdir:
POSIX: rwxrwxr-x owner=bob, group=bob_and_alice
ACLS: (these are already probably more permissive than should be necessary)
0: group:bob_and_alice allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,re adextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit
1: user:alice allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,re adextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit
"Get Info" shows "Custom" for both alice and bob_and_alice, "Read & Write" for bob, and "Read Only" for everyone
Alice opens a Terminal and cd's to /Users/bob/importdir. Alice can create and delete files in this directory.
Now Alice opens Image Capture and with our camera connected we try to import a photo to /Users/bob/importdir. Image Capture shows an error dialog with the text "Import error. An error occurred while importing. The item 'foo.jpg' was not imported." /var/log/system.log shows the message: "Jul 20 22:12:34 computer_name.local Image Capture[32804]: Document destination folder is not writable" If instead Alice uses Preview it shows an error dialog with the text "The selected folder is not writable" and /var/log/system.log shows two error messages:
Jul 20 22:23:45 computer_name.local Preview[33280]: Document destination folder is not writable
Jul 20 22:23:45 computer_name.local Preview[33280]: Encountered error during image import: Error Domain=com.apple.ImageCaptureCore Code=-9934 "The selected folder is not writable" UserInfo=0x7ffda4881f00 {NSLocalizedDescription=The selected folder is not writable}
Now we change the POSIX permissions on /Users/bob/importdir to: rwxrwxrwx
The import succeeds with both Image Capture and Preview
Can anyone explain what's going on here? Is there another reasonable way to do this without, moving this shared directory to /Users/shared?

Did you figure out how to fix this?

Image Capture and/or Canon MF4350d -- How do I set up Auto Document Feeder?

I can't find a setting for it within Image Capture, and I was told by a Canon customer service agent that she had a similar customer with a similar problem who had to get some updated Image Capture software from Apple to fix the problem. If that's true, I looked for the Image Capture software but couldn't find it, and if not, I'd love to know how to make the ADF work for me. The printer says it can do it, but I can't get my computer to ask the right way...
thanks in advance for your help!

Hello there and welcome to Apple Discussions.
I am not aware of a new version of Image Capture, apart from the one that is included with 10.6 but this is not available for 10.5.
I don't have an MF4300 series to test (I have the MF4680 and 4270) so I cannot check the settings you should see with the Canon ScanGear application for your MF4350. However, I think the issue is that Image Capture does not open the Scan Gear viewer and therefore you do not get the option of where to scan from. So instead of using Image Capture to scan, try using Preview and selecting the MF4350 via the File > Import Image menu.
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Hello apple guys, i can't open app store, reminders, contacts, mail(crash), maps, Image Capture, and other apps that comes with Mavericks OS, how i can solve this problem?

hello apple guys, after installing OS X Mavericks, i can't open app store, reminders, contacts, mail(crash), maps, Image Capture, and other apps that comes with Mavericks OS, how i can solve this problem?

So is this the way Apple works now? Not solving customers problems? I'm sure so many users have had this problem. I've had, and I reinstalled Mavericks 3 times. Works fine for some days and then several Apple Apps stop working. Is that a way to force us ti update to Yosemite? (I don't want to) and then pay to update some third party programs (i.e. Pro Tools). Also, there are so many 15" MacBooks Pro with graphic problems and of course the guys at the Apple Service Centers always say: "It's the logic board, you can have it replaced, but it's so expensive I would recommend a new Mac". I really, really miss Steve Jobs!

Image Capture and Preview have trouble finding scanner. Photoshop no problem.

Image Capture and Preview have trouble finding the scanner wirelessly unless it is on when the Mac starts up. Photoshop finds the scanner no problem. Any suggestions for Image Capture or Preview?
The scanner is Canon MP620. Mac is MBP, running 10.8.2
I have done all the uninstall, reinstall, update drivers, etc. Please don't bother suggesting that stuff.
Thanks.

As for the scanner - so is this new one wireless? When I hooked up my Epson All-in-One, I had to install it via USB first before I could install the wireless (per their instructions). With Snow Leopard, I simply installed the driver and it covered and recognized both the print and scan function - not so in Lion; I had to go through hoops with the scanner part and it finally showed up as a separate unit. I thought that is silly, but - as long as it works..... I'm trying to think of possibilities since I'm about out of ideas, so you might want to consider that (if it applies). The other troubleshooting suggestions usually include redoing the "add" function after a reboot.
As for Image Capture, I am out of ideas. FWIW, I never use it - in my workflow, there is no need for it. Not sure if this would have an impact, but make sure that you choose Image Capture in the CDs&DVDs Preference Pane (mine is set to ignore or ask purposely):
If that does not work, I'd suggest reinstalling the OS over the top of what you have.

Preview, QuickTime, Image Capture crash?

I have a strange problem since the upgrade to Mavericks.
Preview, QuickTime, Image Capture apps simply don't work. Their icons appear in the dock for a brief second and disappear. No error message...
Any idea what's happening? Is there any way to reinstall only these apps?

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Image Capture and Samsung All-in-One SCX4825FN Preview Delay

I am trying to scan using a Samsung SCX4825FN all-in-one printer, scanner and fax machine. It is installed using an ethernet cable via my internal network. Two Macs see and scan with it without a problem. The third used to, but since I tried installing Samsung's own scan software (just to see if there were any OCR capability in it, which there wasn't), each time I try to open up the flatbed scanning, it takes hours (literally) to do the preview scan, and in the meantime, the computer is almost unusable. The printer (scanner) appears to correctly do the preview scan, then do a more detailed scan (at very high resolution?), which takes it ages, and it uses this to build the preview scan.
Other computers haven't changed, so I assume it is the since Mac that needs fixing. It also doesn't happen with the multi-sheet feeder scan on any of the computers, so it is only the flat-bed scan that causes the problem.
I have tried fixing permissions, removing the Samsung software completely (I then couldn't see the scanner at all) then reinstalling the minimal amount, deleting permissions for Image Capture and for the Samsung Scanning software, changing preferences within the Samsung software, but all to no avail. It still takes a couple of hours to complete the initial preview scan on the one computer but not the others. Has anyone got any other ideas?
I would like to delete the Samsung software off the problem Mac and then copy over the required drivers from another computer to let it scan without a problem using the standard Snow Leopard install, but I am not sure which files to copy over. I am worried that the (not very good) Samsung installation software is taking off more files than it is supposed to when I remove it, but I am not sure what it is supposed to leave on there, or perhaps it is leaving too much on there.
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Interestingly here is what I received from Brother. (Note that scanning using the Control Center works fine.):
Dear Brother Customer,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us.
Is your machine able to scan using the Brother ControlCenter software?
If you are able to scan with the ControlCenter, the drivers are
installed and working properly.
Your issue is with Apple's Image Capture software and should be referred
to them for support.
When you open the Apple software, you will need to click DEVICES in the
Menu Bar, then select the disclosure triangle next to TWAIN devices to
reveal the Brother TWAIN device.
Select the Brother TWAIN and click OK.
You should now be able to scan with Apple's Image Capture application.
For any additional assistance with the Apple application, we suggest you
contact Apple for assistance.
We hope this information will be useful to you. If we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
Best Regards,
MFC Macintosh Support
Brother International, USA
Email: [email protected]
So, who owns the problem: Brother or Apple? If I go to the Apple Store I see Canon and HP scannners for sale but not Brother. Maybe that is part of the problem. Corporate relations between Brother and Apple.

How to Get Photo Info in Image Capture?

I use Image Capture to download photos from my Sony digital camera. Is there a way to view some of the information about each image (such as date, file number, etc.) from within Image Capture prior to downloading the images? It seems that I am forced to go back to quit Image Capture and go back to my camera and view the image information there and then go back to Image Capture.
Thanks,
Steve M.

Hello,
Setting view options in Image Capture:
You can view images and other items from your digital camera in Image Capture. You can see the items in icon view or list view. In list view, you can see information about each item, such as the date it was created, its size, and the exposure. You can specify which information gets displayed.
Connect your digital camera, and click Download Some.
Choose View > as List.
Control-click any column header, and choose the columns you want to display.
Now, if you want, you can get iLife 06 and use iPhoto instead. You can set your default preferences so that either Image Capture or iPhoto launches when you connect your camera. But in iPhoto, once the images are downloaded to your Mac, you can see all the information in the bottom lefthand corner of the iPhoto window by simply selecting an image in your iPhoto library. It's so much more convenient then Image Capture. I use IC for scanning... that's about it.
If you need further assistance post back... and.. with Image Capture open, you can always click Help in the Menu top of your screen. If you don't find an answer there, just post here.
Carolyn

My videos only download into image capture and they don't show up in imovie because image capture wont let me download in photo,event,face ect... so is there anyway i can get it to go to imoive please help!!!!!!!!!

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In iMovie, click FILE/IMPORT/MOVIE and navigate to the folder where Image Capture stored your movies.
If that does not work...
Open iPhoto, and click FIle/Import To Library and navigate to your camera.
You can also click on your camera in Image Capture and set it to automatically open iPhoto, if you want.

I have used Image Capture to scan images/documents and then saved them as either PDFs or PNG files. For some reason, just this past week Image Capture will no longer save the file. It scans, and the Scan Results window pops up, but it won't save file.

I have used Image Capture to scan images/documents and then saved them as either PDFs or PNG files. For some reason, just this past week, Image Capture will no longer save the file. It scans, and the Scan Results window pops up, but it won't save file.
The file name has no special character in it, just letters and no spaces.
I have done this in the past and it has worked, but now it will not.
I have not upgraded any software, that I am aware of.
After scanning, the Image Capture pops up the Scan Results with the file name in the window, but neither the Scan Results nor the Image Capture window responds to inputs. The Image Capture window is frozen, with only the "Overview" and "Cancel" buttons active (but non-responsive).
Is this a software issue or a scanner hardware issue? I am using a HP Photosmart C6200 series printer/scanner on a network using a Time Capsule airport.
Thanks.

I had the same problem.
Got a 90% fix. Apparently the Mavericks preferences won't work with Yosemite, so I just deleted the Image Capture preferences.
Unfortunately, the "Scan to" folder seems to be permanently set to the Pictures folder.
1. Quit Image Capture
2. Go to Finder > Go > Home, which opens up your home folder (named after your user name)
3. Open Library > Preferences > com.apple.ImageCapture.plist - Drag this file to the Trash
4. Start "Image Capture", click "Details" and change all your settings as you prefer
5. Quit and restart "Image Capture". Notice it remembers all your settings except "Scan to" folder. It insists on saving to "Pictures".
That's as far as I was successful. I tried changing the "Scan to" folder to "Desktop", but on launch, Image Capture always sets it back to "Pictures".
This is what I tried:
6. Download and install "Pref Setter" from http://www.nightproductions.net/prefsetter.html
7. Quit "Image Capture". Right-click on "com.apple.ImageCapture.plist" and open with Pref Setter.
8. Search for "Pictures", which finds "~/Pictures" (the tilde character at the start means your home directory).
9. Double-click on "~/Pictures" and change it to the folder you prefer. I like "~/Desktop"
10. Choose File > Save then Quit from Pref Setter. Note that re-opening the plist file still shows "~/Desktop"
11. Start up "Image Capture" -- on startup, "Image Capture" sets "Scan to" folder to "Pictures"
I consider this a bug.

Taking pictures using image capture and Nikon d50

Hi, does any one know if it is possible to take pictures using image capture whilst my nikon d50 is connected to my MacBook so that the image is shown on the MacBook screen.

Yes! Indeed, I have that very same D50 (lovely isn't it?) and I just happenned to have taken already some pictures with it, from the computer.
Once it's pluggeg, go in Applications> Image Capture.
From there, you will either be able to download all the picture from the D50, or take new shots.
You can even share the camera (and it's pictures) online, so someone can even take picture with it (through a webpage). You could even try this yourself, play around in Image Capture and with it's share features, and somewhere it will give you the adress (internal ip adress) so suposely someone from your network (including your own computer) could go, check, and take pictures.
I've tried the web interface from my computer, but couldn't make it work with another one from my LAN. Have to work around this.
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Have fun!

How can I pass a file refnum into and out of external c++ code? What type does it convert to in c++?

I am trying to write external c++ code that will read a file already opened by Labview and therefore assigned a refnum. (Unfortunately, I definately can't use the standard Labview vis.) However I am not sure what c++ type to use in order to manage the refnum.
All help and thoughts appreciated. Thanks,
Joanna

You could do ALL your file handling in C or C++ (MFC CFile for
example) and pass Microsoft file handles into and out of LabVIEW
instead of LabVIEW file references into and out of C. This may be an
easier way to attack the problem.
You could create a DLL in MSVC that exports a FileOpen function, a
FileClose function and a FileRead and/or FileWrite Function and then
call that DLL from place to place as required in your code.
It would help us if you would explain what kind of data you are trying
to read or write and what the application is. Is it binary data?
text files? Do you need some special Win32 file system feature like
file mapped memory? I guess what I am asking is what is your
motivation for doing file handling in C or C++?
Douglas De Clue
LabVIEW developer
[email protected]
"Rolf" wrote in message news:...
> A LabVIEW file refnum is an internal Magic Cookie to LabVIEW and there is no
> way to directly extract the actual information assigned to that Magic
> Cookie.
> However the CIN Reference Manual describes one function which allows to
> retrieve a lower level "File" handle and at least on Windows 32 bit and
> LabVIEW
> from version 5 up to and including 6.1 this "File" LabVIEW datatype directly
> maps
> to the Win32 API "FILE" Handle.
>
> The function to use is
>
> MgErr FRefNumToFD(LVRefNum refNum, File *fdp);
>
> It is declared in extcode.h or one of its dependant headers and exported
> from "labview.lib"
> all located in the cintools directory and you can link this lib also to a
> normal DLL project.
> However calling this DLL then from any other process than LabVIEW or a
> LabVIEW
> executable will not initialize the DLL anymore correctly.
>
> Your best option if you need to write in C(++) should be to use the LabVIEW
> file manager
> functions described on the External Code Manual (manual/lvexcode.pdf) on
> this File handle.
> If you need to use directly some Win32 API functions with it please note
> that although currently
> the "File" in the LabVIEW file manager functions matches the FILE in Windows
> 32 bit API
> functions this is an undocumented and hence unsupported feature. The next
> LabVIEW version
> may actually use a different datatype for its "File" parameter to the
> LabVIEW file manager calls
> and your use of assuming File == FILE may simply crash.
>
> Also operating on a file refnum in LabVIEW which has been accessed directly
> with Win API
> functions may result in strange behaviour such as the file read/write mark
> not being updated as
> you would maybe expect it.
>
> "Jo" wrote in message
> news:50650000000800000016520000-1023576873000@exchange.ni.com...
> > How can I pass a file refnum into and out of external c++ code? What
> > type does it convert to in c++?
> >
> > I am trying to write external c++ code that will read a file already
> > opened by Labview and therefore assigned a refnum. (Unfortunately, I
> > definately can't use the standard Labview vis.) However I am not sure
> > what c++ type to use in order to manage the refnum.
> > All help and thoughts appreciated. Thanks,
> > Joanna

Image Capture and iPhoto recognize my camera as a device but won't display photos

Everything worked fine under Mavericks. Might have to revert to that again if this problem isn't fixed. I'm downloading the Mavericks installer as I write this.

As has been noted in other posts about this problem, reformatting the card is not a solution. I format the card after I download pics in Mavericks on a regular basis. The problem lies with Yosemite's remake of Image Capture (and iPhoto), not with my old Canon camera.

Scanning with Image Capture and HP C4780

I am using Image Capture to scan photos from my HP Photosmart C4780.
When I "hide details" first an overview scan performs and then the scan performs and saves to the chosen folder.
When I "show details" I run into problems. An overview scan will perform in the same amount of time that it takes when I "hide details." However, when it performs an actual scan to save the photo, the time it takes to scan is much greater: approximately two minutes longer than above. Then, once the scan is complete it does not save the photo nor does it allow me to do anything within Image Capture. It simply shows a completed "scanning" bar and no photo in the background. At that time the only button available is cancel and nothing happens when I click it. (However, the cancel button does work if I do it in the middle of the scan.) Additionally, after quitting and reopening Image Capture I receive a message “Trying to open scanner session” then “Failed to open a session on the device.” The same problem persists when I shut down the computer and printer and then restart both.
I have tried reinstalling the HP software and drivers.
Also, I have changed the settings on "show details" and then went back to "hide details" to perform the scan and found that the new settings are applied. Therefore, I don't believe that it is the actual settings causing the problem.
I can scan using "hide details" since it seems to be a workaround, but I was wondering if someone else has had this problem, and/or if it is a sign that there is a bug somewhere that could mess up my scans. I'm planning on scanning lots of photos and wanted to make sure everything is working properly before I get too deep into this project.

Why use Image Capture when HP's software can do the same thing?

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