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dick888

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Feb 2, 2013
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How can I get my CanoScan LiDE 500F scanner to work with Mac OS 10.8.2 Mountain Lion?
 

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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It appears that ML is outside its compatibility

OS Compatibility Windows® 98/2000/Me/XP, Mac® OS X 10.2, 10.2.7 to 10.3.x

If the default drivers for OSX are not working for the scanner and the vendor is not supplying new ones then there's little you can do.
 

James_C

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Sep 13, 2002
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Bristol, UK
Canon are pretty useless when it comes to providing scanner drivers for older hardware on newer releases of OS X. I have been caught out twice, and no longer buy Canon. I now use Epson flatbed scanners.

You might give VueScan a try, it is a 3rd Party solution that works with a large number of scanners, but it is not cheap. They do have a trial so you can check in works first before buying. To be honest I would just get a new scanner, you can pick one up pretty cheaply these days that is not a lot more then a copy of VueScan.
 
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