I suggest you contact the developer; his email is on the website and he has been willing to try to help when people have had problems. I'm not sure what version I am on; I tend not to upgrade unless I am having problems. But as for "find folder" I've always just left it at the default.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Nov 24, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I've tried six ways from sunday to get VueScan to play nice and it > ain't happening. I don't consider myself to be a stupid person - I do have a > degree in Computer Science - but this version of VuesScan is not stable on > either my iMac or my MBA. > > it is version 9.3.22 released on Nov 15. I have followed, or tried to follow > the directions on "I an work this thing", and that's where things go south on > me. > > One example, on the output tab, trying to click the "find folder" button when > specifying a default folder does not open a browse dialog, and instead > causes instability that eventually requires a force quit. Also, when > navigating through the various tabs, there comes a point where button names > and other item names get garbled and appear out of order - its just random > weirdness. I've repaired permissions and everything is stilled screwed up. > Honestly, if I just tried out the app without having first heard about from > others here, I'd say it has major stability problems and isn't VO friendly. > > I wonder if this version is problematic and I might have better luck with an > earlier version. That's all I can think of - both my machines are working > flawlessly in all other respects. I'll just stick with Abbyy FR Express and > its one page at a time limitation for now. > > You know, with all the Mavericks problems and this sort of stuff, I'm > starting to think the Mac is Crap. > I'm glad I've still got Windows to retreat to - at least its stable, and they > don't break accessibility with every new release like on the apple. > . > > On Nov 24, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here are some things to check since you don't mention whether you knew about >> or did anything at these steps. Not trying to insult your intelligence if >> any of this sounds obvious to you; just didn't know how close to the >> beginning to start. >> >> Did you check to see if you needed to do something in the registration >> window? >> Do you know that there are instructions on icanworkthisthing.com for setting >> up vuescan and if so, have you done that? Some may be slightly different now >> but for the most part that should work. >> Did you check what the tip of the day window said to make sure it was >> recognizing your scanner? >> If you've done all the above, make sure you can't stop interacting at the >> preview button. >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ann's description of VuesScan setup sounded so good that I downloaded and >>> installed it, but I'm finding it uncooperative at best. >>> >>> After dropping the .app file into my applications folder and opening it, I >>> am presented with the registration screen, which I close. Then I have the >>> tip of the day dialog and I close that too. Finally, I am placed in a >>> screen with only one button - a preview button, and there is no menu, no >>> close button, nothing above it in the hierarchy - in short, I can do >>> nothing with vue scan at that point except to route the mouse and click on >>> the preview button. >>> >>> That causes my epson perfection V33 scanner to run and I can see that a >>> image of the document is on screen, but I can do nothing at all with it and >>> VueScan goes endlessly busy. >>> >>> I've downloaded and reinstalled twice, repairing permissions after both >>> installs, and still no joy with vuescan. >>> >>> As I said, I cannot get to any settings or do anything except click that >>> one preview button. I can't even VO space on it - I have to mouse click it. >>> >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? This app is supposed to be great on the mac, but >>> it's not doing so well on this particular Mac. >>> >>> P.S. >>> >>> I noticed that there are several versions of VueScan on the downloads page >>> including 32 and 64 bit versions. Initially, I downloaded the 32 bit by >>> mistake and thought that might have been the problem, so I deleted it and >>> downloaded the latest 64 bit version with the same results. 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