[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs. Scan Dual II

["Brad Davis" <DocBradd@mac.com>]

Carlisle,

Thanks for amplifying my answer, yours is so much clearer and sensible.  I
recognize that I was assuming that everyone knows Unix to some degree, even
though I also know that isn't true.

Brad
> Berry,
>
> To amplify Brad's answer:
>
> When you first set up your Mac under OSX, you create accounts that
> will have various levels of administrative privileges. That way you
> can set up your machine for multiple users, and everybody gets their
> own directory space for storing files, etc., and you can limit what
> some of the users (for example, your child, friend, co-worker, etc.)
> can get to and do.  At least one of the users has administrative
> privileges, that is, can add and delete files and applications at
> will.  So, if you set up your machine with an account for you and
> your kid, and you fixed it so that your kid had limited privileges,
> then only you could load the software, not your kid.
>
> With regards to native vs non-native, what this means is that if you
> have some OS9 software that use with plugins for the scanner, then
> although that software will run in OSX, the plugins won't.  You will
> have to upgrade to the OSX version of the software to run the plugins.
>
> Have a great evening!
>
> Carlisle
>
> At 10:46 AM -0700 9/14/04, Brad Davis wrote:
>> Berry,,
>> OS X is basically a Unix system, I'm sure you've heard that.  #3 just means
>> that you have to have full privileges on the system - the administrator
>> privileges.  When you go to OS X you will find that there are differing
>> levels of privileges which define what you can do and administrator is the
>> only one who can install software.
>>
>> #4 just means that the program controlling plug-in must have been written
>> for OS X.  There were programs that were cobbled together and would run
>> under OS X, but weren't native to the operating system.  These existed early
>> on for OS X, when there hadn't been time to rewrite everything to run under
>> OS X.  Generally, these required an added layer between the program and the
>> OS so that a translation could be done.  By now, most everything is native.
>>
>> By the way, when you go to OS X, you will find that it will run OS 9.2 under
>> OS X.  This is so you can run legacy programs. I found that it worked, but
>> was not satisfactory (and you can't use the Minolta plug-in with say
>> Photoshop running under 9.1, for instance).
>>
>> With OS X, you get a chance to learn UNIX, if you so choose, or not, there
>> is not real need.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>>  I notice on the Minolta compatibility chart, the following footnotes
>>>  regarding use of the Scan Dual IV with Mac OS-X:
>>>
>>>  *3:You must be logged on as an administrator to complete the driver
>>>  installation.
>>>  *4:The Mac OS X plug-in cannot be used with applications that are not OS X
>>>  native.
>>>
>>>  Since it is stated that various versions of OS-X are compatible, *4 is a
>>>  little puzzling.  *3 is a mystery to me.
>>>
>>>  My main question is whether SD-IV works fine with OS-X 3.x, or are there
>>>  some issues.
>>>
>>>  (I am still using OS 9.1 on a G4, but am considering upgrading the OS or to
>>>  G5.)
>>>
>>>  Berry
>>>
>>>
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