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Sat Sep 29, 2018, 12:17 AM Sep 2018

As I have posted here, I got a new iMac. Meaning, I had to get a new printer [View all]

my perfectly previous printer needed a PowerPc which the old iMac had but not the new one.

Thus, we went to Best Buy to get a new B&W Laser Brother which can also scan. (Had to get rid of my old scanner that could not communicate with the El Capitan software.)

I connected the new printer via USB cable and it printed everything. But not scanning.

Finally contacted Brother and... not only did I have to download a scanner software, but has to go to the App store to be able to scan.

Contacted Brother twice. First by chat for the download and then called for the App.

At the end I asked: why do I have to get two application? Or, something new, for the Mac.

I am getting too old for this.. Was a lot easier, back in 1987 with the little Mac SE and a super expensive Apple laser printer..



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