I'm looking for a good, Mac-compatible Business Card Scanner. I've looked at both CardScan and Iris products, and both get pretty negative reviews by customers, especially on ease of use, compatibility & support (the latter often described as deplorable or non-existent) with Macs. I'm a '20-year-plus' Mac user, so I guess you could say that I'm spoiled and have high expectations. I really don't want to play any "plug & crash" games, which some users experienced. I need something that will work with OSX S-Leopard on a MacBook Pro and/or MacBook Air. Any suggestions?
Mac-compatible Business Card Scanners
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We use the Fujitsu scanners at work. They do have smaller models that what we have. They work great other than you find most people will say that the driver has a few stupid issues, but nothing that stops it from functioning.
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I have a Cardscan 800c, and I have never had an issue with it. Mind you that these things are meant to be fed the business cards, I know it has functionality to batch scan cards, but that doesn't work too well unfortunately. I inherited mine from my boss, a $250 value, and the one i got was the PC version. Supposedly there's a Mac and PC set, so i contacted them, and they sent me out the software for Mac with no issue.
Like you, i'm a 22-year-old Mac user, and I don't have a ton of cards to scan, so individually isn't a big deal to me. But it is nice when it interfaces with Address book, if only it could with Outlook though, but i can import from Address book to there. I have been able to get them to address book, then sync to my Palm, so that all works out for me.
You mentioned you might have a Macbook Air; how do you like it? I was thinking about buying one at the end of the summer.
Like you, i'm a 22-year-old Mac user, and I don't have a ton of cards to scan, so individually isn't a big deal to me. But it is nice when it interfaces with Address book, if only it could with Outlook though, but i can import from Address book to there. I have been able to get them to address book, then sync to my Palm, so that all works out for me.
You mentioned you might have a Macbook Air; how do you like it? I was thinking about buying one at the end of the summer.
Well, I've actually been USING Macs for over 20 years (started with a Mac-SE in 1988), so I'm quite a bit older than you! In any case, thanks for your post; very helpful. As for MacBook Air -- AWESOME -- provided you don't try to hang a bunch of peripherals on it! Also, buy the external Superdrive; it's well worth the $$. And if you're used to a mouse, get the Magic Mouse, but I prefer the built-in mouse pad b/c I've been using a MacBook Pro exclusively for the past 8 years, so I prefer the M-Pad.
You have exactly the same MB Pro I have & configured the same! I'll check out Fuji -- they did not come up on my initial search... MM
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I have been giving one of these a lot of thought lately. NeatDesk for Mac
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