Ugh... just had a look around my G3 and realised it doesn't have a modem
anyway. Bah!
Tiger indeedy does have fax stuff built in, but it's not as easy to find
as clicking on an app - have to go to system prefs, printers, click on
the fax tab, and click "enable recevive faxes" and add in a fax modem in
the printers so you can "print" via fax in any app.
Anyway, finally got an ancient fax machine I acquired recently from
dumpster diving to work (bloody phone cables - needed to find the right
one) but the inkjet cartridge is empty and a replacemnt is well over £25
(around $45-$50) bit pricey - so now have the following option:
Receive fax: using efax.com like you suggested - works nicely.
Send faxes: using the old fax machine I have - works nicely tho took me
2 hours to get to work - gah.
Bit of a kludge, but works just fine and it's easy to print out faxes,
write stuff down if needed and use old machine to fax things out. Sorted.
Thanks for everyone's help and sorry to have wasted your time, tho
Brian's suggestion of efax was great :)
Cheers - Piers
Brian McEwen wrote:
On Aug 19, 2005, at 4:13 PM, Piers Kittel wrote:
I've got both OSX and OS9 - OS9 installed on OSX as "compatability
mode" that is. Would prefer a native OSX app though.
Will I be able to use just any phone cable with the modem or will the
Mac need a specific one? I doubt it, but asking anyway ;)
Cheers - Piers
Look in the OSX help for "fax". At some point they bundled an OSS
one, in 10.3 I think.
Also, have you heard of efax? www.efax.com
free faxing thru email. you set up an account, they have a phone # for
you, faxes come in email and are viewable with their free application,
works fine. they have an OSX version on their web site, used to have a
classic version but I didn't dig. I've had a free account for ages.
That would let you receive and print one out. You'd still have to find
a send but at least you'd have your document in the meantime.
The free efax account, your phone # will be any area code, if you
register you will get one that is a local # for your area. If you are
having a company send you something, they won't care if the number is
local or not...
www.versiontracker.com says HylaFAX is a free enterprise-quality fax
solution. OS X capable. that should be OK, if it's straightforward to
set up.
Brian
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