Mac 10.6 Paperport 12 Equivalent?

Just switched from PC go an iMac and busy setting up things which are really pretty straight forward and in fact so much easier than PC. I have a Brother MPC 490CW, multi function printer, scanner, fax which is up and working on the iMac. However re the scanning I got ScanSoft Paperport 11 with the unit and ran that on the PC - but can't seem to get Paperport for Mac. Is there a good Paperport equivalent available I could use? Thanks. Douglas

You can apparently use Image Capture, included with Mac OS X. Take a look at this Brother support page. You may need the most recent scanner drivers, though I can't find detailed information on Brother's site about that.
Brother also apparently included Presto! PageManager as a Mac equivalent for Paperport, so if you haven't tried that, it should have been bundled with your MPC. It may need an update for 10.6, though, which apparently is available through the developer, NewSoft.
Hope this helps.
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