On 2/2/07, Kirk McElhearn <kirklists at wanadoo.fr> wrote: > > On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Alec McKenzie wrote: > > >> I have a problem with a CanoScan Lide 70 scanner that I purchased a > >> couple of days ago. None of the buttons on the scanner seem to be > >> able > >> to interact with OS X. If I do things manually through the "toolbox" > >> app, everything works fine. > > > > I have a CanoScan Lide 70 scanner, using OS X 10.4.8. The buttons > > on the scanner work fine, though they do take a second or so to > > respond. With the buttons on the toolbox the response is almost > > instantaneous. > > I've removed the button manager, since with previous Canon LIDE > scanners they used tons of CPU time. But you may need to set them > once from the Toolbox program to get them to work. And you need to > restart after you install the software (in case you haven't). > > > Kirk > Co-author of: Mastering Mac OS X - Tiger Edition > http://www.mcelhearn.com/tiger.html > - - - - - - > Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com > Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more I am confused. Does the button manager need to be running, for the buttons to work? I haven't changed the button manager settings as I was satisfied with the defaults. Cheers, Brian