Mac-compatible USB shipping scales?

I run a small retail store using networked iMacs and am looking for USB connected shipping scales to use with USPS, UPS and FedEx websites. Does anyone have any experience with Mac-compatible scales or a recommendation? Thank you. I've looked around the internet and found only PC-compatible models. I would guess that the Apple Store uses Mac-compatible scales to facilitate their shipping.

If the mac mini is intel and high spec enough then just install your windows virtually as suggested by Niel. I use Parallels and it runs Windows 7 perfectly. http://www.parallels.com

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Mac Compatible Wireless USB Dongle

Recently, I purchased a used iBook G4 (Mid 2005). The price was right, but the seller informed me that there was an issue with the Airport card. That issue being that the computer would kernel panic whenever airport was turned on.
I have been running the computer smoothly with airport turned off and a direct connection to the internet. However, the lack of portability is becoming frustrating, and rather than pay to have the computer serviced, or replace the card myself (Airport Card is not a DIY on the mid 2005 iBook like I initially thought), I decided to buy a USB dongle to connect to my wireless network.
However, after several frustrating searches, I have been unable to find a USB dongle that is Mac compatible. I imagine that many are compatible with OS X 10.4.11 even if it isn't explicitly mentioned, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a good USB dongle that I would be able to use with little to no problems.
Ooops! Should have marked this topic as a question. My apologies ...

http://www.macwireless.com/ may have a solution for you, but it won't be USB. You can attach an ethernet wireless router to the ethernet port of the machine and share a wireless network with another wireless router. I don't recommend using USB wireless dongles as they tend to be slower than you may want, and frequently they only have non-standard drivers, which can get very picky if the machine falls asleep.

Mac compatible Rangebooster USB adaptor

I have a powerbook G5 which works very well in a wireless environment (home, cafes, etc). I'm running OS 10.4.9
I want to use it at work, but am just outside of the wireless range on the free wireless provided by the building where my store is (I am about 30 feet and one wall away from receiving the signal).
Is there an OSX compatible USB rangebooster I can use? I've tried a D-Link product -- which never stated that it was MAC compatible -- and there was no recognition of it when I plugged it in. Needless to say it didn't work.
If anyone can recommend a product that will increase my range acceptance, it would be much appreciated.
Many thanks.

These with a USB extension cable can have far better range than Airport...
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=8862&Item=ASUWL167G
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=9851&Item=EDMEW7718UN
And maybe...
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=9853&Item=EDMEW7708PN
Dunno on this last one.

USB Mac-compatible gaming controllers

Are there any USB gaming controllers (especially anything similar to Playstation controller) that are Mac-compatible that I can use to play my emulator games?

Yup,
I use a Logitech one.
Works great.
-FTIWL

Is every midi-usb cable mac compatible?

I want to buy a Midi to USB cable for my keyboard so I can use it with garageband, but I need to know if every cable is mac compatible. Because I saw some really cheap on some chinese site. I don't want to waste my money if it's not even working.

While you may ahve been annoyed with the fun being poked at the question, all the responders were trying to do was point out that no one can say with certainty that every cable made will be compatible...really because there is no way of knowing that the manufacturer is actually meeting the protocal definitions. Any time, every time, you buy something from an unkown source you take the chance of a product that does not comply with the standards. You may get a great deal, or you may not. That is the risk of buying a product line that does not have a "reputation" established.

USB Port=Mac-compatible?

A stills digital camera with a USB port is always Mac-compatible? If this is not the case, how can I be sure of said compatibility?
Thanks in advance.

Hi, Ulises. The Powershot SD600 is listed as an OS X-compatible device in this list; a brief note in this article explaining what that means says:
"...when you plug in your digital camera to the USB port, Mac OS X senses the connection. The preinstalled Image Capture driver tells the Mac you plugged in a camera, and then launches iPhoto to import your pictures."
So you should be able to import pictures directly into iPhoto via the SD600's USB cable. In the worst case — if you find that to be untrue, and you can't figure out a remedy — a $10 card reader will solve the problem. Even if there is no problem importing directly from the camera, a card reader may be desirable, since it would let you perform the import process without running down the camera's battery to power the transfer.

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I have been looking around, without much luck, trying to find a Mac-compatible ethernet printer which also prints (via Ethernet) from a PC.
Does Apple or anyone have a list of Ethernet compatible printers?
Thanks!

...and I've never heard of a network-capable (ethernet) printer that didn't support Macs, either.
If you want to go kinda fancy for not too many buck$ and are looking at a specific model number suggestion, last month I found a Hewlett Packard CP 2025 DN printer on line for $400 (incl. shipping). Color, laserjet, built-in duplexer, ethernet or USB. Only things I didn't like was it doesn't have built-in wireless network (external box $65 option) and it won't take 11x17 paper (which is too bad because it supports "booklet" layout when printing duplex). But for $400, I guess I can live with those "shortcomings." Works fine with my ppc under osx, works fine with my macintel under osx, I know HP-anything works with wintel.
Moderators: I have no pecuniary interest in Hewlett Packard or any online vendor.

How do I install my LG Super Multi BLADE Mac compatible external drive without the install disc?

I can't find my install disc! How do I install my LG Super Multi BLADE Mac compatible external drive without the install disc?

You don't have installer discs with that model. What do you need to do? USB and Thunderbolt external drives do not require any special software. If you need to partition and format them, then use Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.

D-Link-DBT-120 isn't the only one apple compatible usb Adapter!

D-Link-DBT-120 isn't the only one apple compatible usb Adapter!
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iMac G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.4)

It works excellent with Fedora 9 (same pc).
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bash: /etc/rc.d/hcid: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
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/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
/usr/sbin/hcid
/usr/share/man/man5/hcid.conf.5.gz
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Is there a Mac-compatible wireless print server?

This is a variation on a theme many have touched upon. I want to have my Airport Extreme wirelessly connected to two printers (B&W laser, and color inkjet) currently connected by USB cables, stretched to 16' limit. Printers can't be moved conveniently to a closer position. I bought a $100 NetGear wireless print server WGSP606 (two USB ports) at CompUSA yesterday after staff there said it would work with Macs. Alas, it doesn't. The printers are not wireless models; the wireless print server supposedly (if Mac-compatible) would effectively make them wireless. From the various posts I get impression that an Airport Express might work, but could it serve two printers? Anyone know of a Mac-compatible wireless print server? Or have a workaround suggestion? Any help much appreciated.

I'd say if the print server supports standard printing protocols, then OS X will work with it. But there are issues you should learn about.
The network comm protocols you see in Printer Setup Utility are part of the CUPS system. Very few (only Brother so far) non-postscript printer drivers work correctly with the CUPS system. The manufacturers have provided OS 9-style drivers that have USB comm written into the driver, limiting you to USB use only. Postscript printers don't have this issue because they don't need a driver, just a PPD. Apple tried to get around this issue by including Gimp-Print open source CUPS drivers, but the models supported are limited. So, the first issue is - is a CUPS driver available?
Protocol setup on OS X is the next issue. For Windows, there is autosetup software for nearly every print server sold new. We don't have that software on OS X, so we need to enter the correct info into Printer Setup. The IP > IPP and IP > LPD protocols require a print-server-specific queue name together with IP address to route data to the printer. Because of the Windows autosetup software, help desk people at Netgear may not even know this basic info. But nearly all print servers correctly support the standards and the device queue name can be found in the print server manual.
The advantage of Airport Express and Extreme as print servers is that Apple uses the airport/Bonjour software to redirect USB output from the computer to the USB on the Express/Extreme. Kind of avoids the printer driver issue but also takes away some standard IP protocols (only HP jetdirect is supported for non-Bonjour printers).
Sorry for the mini-lecture. Hope this helps.
(Airport Express/Extreme is only for one printer)

Mac Compatible External DVD Burner Not Compatible?

I just recently bought the New Samsung Slim External DVD Writer SE-S084. It does not respond at all. It gives me no desktop icon when I plug it in via USB(which is it's only power source).
It claims on the box that it is MAC Compatible, OS requirement for MAC is version 10.4.6 Tiger. I'm updated to 10.4.11 so shouldn't be a problem there. In my search I came across somebody who had the same issue with the same Samsung product, and with a firmware update recommended by another poster, their problem was resolved. Everything worked fine.
Both of my EFI and SMC firmware is updated. Could it be I have to reinstall the firmware?
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I am a little bit miffed at the fact that you have a newer Macbook and you have a problem with the Optical drive. Did you restart the computer and select OSX instead of Windows, then open Safari and then go to Samsung's web site, and support then find your model of external and download the drivers for it. They should open and run automaticlly, if not they will give you the instructions on how to download them. When you do this make sure you have the external plugged in. I would also make sure that you are plugged into the USB-2 port, and not the USB-1 port.
If all that fails Google for your model Samsung and type in SAMSUNG EXTERNAL SLIMLINE DRIVERS FOR MAC. then hit enter. many times you can find opensource drivers there that are better than factory drivers.
Check as well and make sure there isn't a recall or a fix from Apples Site for your Internal Optical drive. It simply doesn't make since that you have a failure on this newer optical drive.
Did you Run Macjanitor, or Cache OutX, or Onyx, and did you repair permissions. Any one of these or a combination could fix your problem if the optical drive isn' fried.
Any of the software mentioned is FREE and you can Google for them.

Konica Minolta 2590MF Scanner Mac Compatible Software?

I bought this nice, new printer/fax/scanner combo for $350, including shipping, and it really does print beautifully. I've even gotten the fax working to my satisfaction. The scanner is another matter. Vuescan and Silverfast(?) don't have this item on their supported list. I opened Image Capture on my iMac, and it even allows me to chose my printer's name, but it doesn't respond thereafter to any commands, and the scanner commands on it's board don't go past allowing me to choose Scan to PC, but then won't proceed when you hit the Select [the action to Scan to PC] command. I think it will give a high quality scan if it would work with my computer...
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-L

Thanks for that. I am going to check it out.
After hours of fooling around with Image Capture and clicking options and restarting stuff, I am now successfully using Image Capture. The main item was choosing the scanner at a different level and clicking on a Twain option and a few other things I did to the scanner.
The scan quality for photos is astonishing for the money I paid for this machine. Image Capture has a lot of limitations, no doubt, but it works at a passable level, although I am definitely going to see if SANE will be better. We have a lot of old photos I want to digitize.
I really wanted this machine to work, so it's great to find a work-around (haven't we mac users always been about that?, and more than one.
L

Mac compatible Digital voice recorder

I'm looking to buy a Mac compatible Digital voice recorder for interviews (I'm a journalist). Needs are one that is easy and basic, where I don't need to download any software if possible. I'm going to be doing lengthy interviews and need something that can stand up to travel & length of time (about 2-3 hrs per interview). Thanks for an input. Apple store couldn't help.... thanks!

For a high quality portable audio recorder, I've been very happy with the Olympus LS-10, but it is more expensive that the ordinary voice recorder, on the order of $250USD. If you want quality, this has it. I am disappointed at the sound quality of the voice recorders I have tried. It's stereo, about the size of a pack of cigarettes (if anybody remembers that). The built-in microphones are not perfect for music (reduced bass and boosted highs), but are excellent for voice. The device records about 10 hours continuously on 2 AA batteries. It has tiny speakers and earphone jack, and an iPod-easy menu system. It requires no software to transfer files. You connect the USB cable to the Mac, and the recorder shows up on the desktop for you to move whatever files you wish. You can record in WAV, MP3 or WMA formats at several bit depths and sample rates to balance quality with file size.
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Any options for a non-mac-compatible printer?

My Samsung ML-1710 printer is not Mac-compatible (says so clearly on their website). No other options? Just throw my printer out the window and get a new one?

Katia888 wrote:
My Samsung ML-1710 printer is not Mac-compatible (says so clearly on their website).
For what (very!) little it is worth, Samsung used to supply OS X compatible drivers for the ML-1710, but they could be hard to find. I own a 1710 & found a driver that worked well with OS 10.4 Tiger at SAMSUNG's Digital World - Support, although it was released in 2004 & listed as supporting 10.3.
The basic problem seems to be that Samsung used a proprietary printing language ("SPL," for Samsung Printer Language) in the 1710 & some of its other low end laser printers & although the Mac drivers for this were supposed to be CUPS compatible, they were not compatible with CUPS support in later Mac OS versions. Samsung USA never officially supported these drivers (which is why you had to get them from an international Samsung website).
The details are fuzzy in my memory but as I remember it, this "SPL2.5" driver also worked with my G5 iMac when it was first upgraded to Leopard 10.5 & even worked when the ML-1710 was connected to my Airport Extreme 802.11n, but after applying one of the later 10.5 updates (10.5.6 ?) it quit working with the Airport. I never got around to seeing if the same was true for a direct USB printer connection to the G5 & I have not tried using this driver with Snow Leopard or with Leopard on any of my Intel Macs, but I doubt it will work.
Eventually, I'll try the solution mentioned by Matt Broughton & try to post my results here, but this is not a high priority for me since I now use a nice Canon MP-620 color inkjet for my (very limited) printing needs.

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