Faxing in OSX

Charles Martin chasm at mac.com
Mon May 5 00:52:24 PDT 2003


> From: Brian Olesky <brian4 at sbcglobal.net>
>
> For everyone like me who needs to send or receive a few faxes a month 
> via
> their computer, and who had no trouble in the olden days of OS 9, but 
> who's
> been left high and dry in OSX, the answer is finally here.
>
> What I'm referring to is a new program called Page Sender, which I 
> learned
> about in the latest issue of MacWorld.
>
A great option, to be sure (and only $30!), but I feel compelled to 
point out that the $10 shareware product Cocoa eFax does much the same 
thing for less. I bought it early on for my modest sending and 
receiving fax needs (maybe 5 faxes in and out per month) and it's 
performed flawlessly.

So while there's no really great *professional-strength* faxing 
solution out there for OS X yet, I'm happy to tell you that the myth of 
"no good personal fax software for OS X" is dead and buried. Between 
these two products (both of which offer free trials), you're bound to 
find something that meets most personal-faxing needs.

_Chas_

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