Questions tagged [scanning]
the process of converting an image, printed text, handwriting, etc. into a digital image by using a scanner
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How do I scan images with 48-bit color?
I'd like to scan some photos with a 48-bit color depth in macOS Tahoe. My scanner is a Canon LiDE 400. It claims to support "scanning mode" of "48-bit Internal / 48-bit or 24-bit ...
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Canon Pixma MX922 and Mac extensions help
First off, I hope this is correct forum and not Stack Exchange for instance. I have Apple M3 Max chip MacBook Pro running Sequoia 15.4.1
With the last 2 OS updates I've received the attached Mac ...
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Preview is attaching "quarantine" metadata to every file
Preview has forever been my go to app on Apple. Trusted, versatile, a major component in my workflow.
Now it appears to be potentially handicapped (in Sonoma 14.14.1) because it is attaching ...
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Scanning images with default macOS Scanner app always produces horrible jpeg artifacts, even with PNG?
When scanning images using the default macOS Scanner app (from Printers & Scanners) I noticed that when I do a 600 dpi scan and choose a lossless image format like PNG or BMP, the resulting image ...
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Why/How does Image Capture make TIFF scans 85% smaller when rotation is applied?
When I use Image Capture to scan a 4x6 print photo on my flatbed scanner at 600 dpi, with no rotation applied to the bounding box, the resulting TIFF file is generally around 11 MB in size, and the ...
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Scan a page from a photo in the iOS Notes app
The Notes app has a nice feature to "scan" a letter by clicking the camera icon and selecting "scan document". This will use the camera, search for a letter-like object, correct ...
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Preview arbitrarily breaks up scans into multiple PDFs, Image Capture does not?
I'm running macOS 14.1 (23B74). I have a Canon MF656Cdw.
I find if I scan from the document feeder using Preview, it will sometimes break up the scan into separate PDFs in a way that's, well, ...
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What Applications can use to scan? [closed]
What Applications other than the Image Capture can be used to scan documents with a scanner?
The drivers for the scanner are installed, but I wonder if there is any good macos Application out there ...
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Scanned document on Sonoma not modifiable
My usual workflow when I scan a text document is to correct colors and play with contract to reduce their file size. However, since I upgraded to Sonoma, I find that whatever image I scan, to whatever ...
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Onyx File System check has taken 5 hours so far 😮
Mac Mini M1
macOS 13.5.2
2TB Internal SSD
2TB External SSD
Onyx 4.4.3
I've always had good results running the usual Maintenance scan of Onyx. This time, however, it reported a problem with the disk ...
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M2 MacBook Pro cannot scan BLE devices
I have some devices BLE (based on ESP32-S3) that do not appear on the bluetooth scan list of my M2 MacBook Pro but I can see them using a PC. This is my MacBook bluetooth system report:
Bluetooth ...
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Canon LiDE 220 scanner issues under macOS Ventura
I have two macOS systems, one on Monterey (Intel) and one on Ventura (Apple Silicon), both with latests updates etc. I also have a Canon LiDE 220 scanner.
On the Monterey system this scanner works ...
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Brother MFC scanner not recognized on one computer
I have multiple Macs at home. I have a Brother MFC L8850CDW. On all the computers except for one, this printer is recognized as a scanner by Apple's Brother print driver. I can't figure out why this ...
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Hard copy photos to image files using Files iphone app?
I have a large collection of old family photos (1000s of them). I need to get these into individual image files for a portrait project.
I have an iphone and a mac, nothing else available to me.
I ...
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When I want to use the scanner on macOS Ventura, it is necessary to remove and re-add the printer
I own a Samsung Xpress SL-C480W Multifunction Printer, which is connected through WiFi. Since updating my OS to macOS Ventura a couple of months ago, I have been encountering an interesting issue with ...
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