As of mid 2022 I understood no driver was available to match the S1500 scanner with then current Mac OS. I have Sonoma 14 and would like to hook up my S1500. Has the driver situation improved or do I need to throw the scanner away with my old PC?
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.0
As of February 23, 2024, the following procedure installs ScanSnap Manager v7.2.70.1001 on a Mac. With it, ScanSnap S1500M runs perfectly well.
[01] Go to this RICHO web page.
[02] In the middle of the page, click on MacSSInst2S1100WW.dmg to download it.
[03] Mount the dmg on the Desktop and open.
[04] It will have ScanSnap Installer. Double-click to launch it.
[05] Follow online steps, choosing ScanSnap Online Update download…
[06] Another volume “ScanSnap” mounts. Open it.
[07] Double-click on the ScanSnap “CD” icon to run it.
[08] When done, you will be greeted with a window “All updates For ScanSnap have been installed”
[09] Click on “Complete” to finish.
[10] In the Applications folder, you will see a folder “ScanSnap”. Open it.
[11] Here are the contents of the folder:
[12] Double-click on ScanSnap Manager to launch it.
[13] The familiar window will appear:
[14] Enjoy scanning.
As of February 23, 2024, the following procedure installs ScanSnap Manager v7.2.70.1001 on a Mac. With it, ScanSnap S1500M runs perfectly well.
[01] Go to this RICHO web page.
[02] In the middle of the page, click on MacSSInst2S1100WW.dmg to download it.
[03] Mount the dmg on the Desktop and open.
[04] It will have ScanSnap Installer. Double-click to launch it.
[05] Follow online steps, choosing ScanSnap Online Update download…
[06] Another volume “ScanSnap” mounts. Open it.
[07] Double-click on the ScanSnap “CD” icon to run it.
[08] When done, you will be greeted with a window “All updates For ScanSnap have been installed”
[09] Click on “Complete” to finish.
[10] In the Applications folder, you will see a folder “ScanSnap”. Open it.
[11] Here are the contents of the folder:
[12] Double-click on ScanSnap Manager to launch it.
[13] The familiar window will appear:
[14] Enjoy scanning.
The fix above worked for me. Here is the direct link. It is easier than typing in the URL from the youtube page. Thank you SO MUCH Edwardo168 for finding it!
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Did you get it to work? Did you use VueScan? I might get that in the future, but for now, I found this 2 year old YouTube video which provides a link to download the software for free and it still works on Sonoma!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLdI38Q3ZMw
Thanks nunz_Apple. No worries, after un-installing everything, I managed to install it and get everything working. To the OP, thanks so much for the link. So happy I don't have to buy a new scanner and can now continue using the great S5100M. 😀
Consider the paid, but free trial of VueScan Professional that supports the ScanSnap S1500 series without any vendor drivers.
I purchased VueScan Professional in 2010 to drive an unsupported Canon scanner at that time, and that scanner still works with the current VueScan on macOS Sonoma. I have never paid for a VueScan software update in 13 years, nor do I benefit in any way from mentioning VueScan here.
I downloaded Scansnap software from YouTube video above on my OS Ventura and looks like my old S1500M is working just fine.
Thank you
After all this time, my amazing s1500M works on Apple Silicone / Sonoma. So happy!
thank you so much Edwardo168
Thank you!! This worked perfectly to connect my old Scansnap s1500m to my 2024 Mac. Yay! I love my Scansnap :)
You’re welcome. I also discovered that you use ScanSnap Home too! It needs ScanSnap Manager in order to work. I can’t remember which link I found in order to download ScanSnap Home. It has some nice features like scanning receipts OCR and organizing it.
How did you get it to install? I'm not able to. After repeated tries, all I get is this:
I wish I had suggestions for you. But, the steps I wrote above are what I have gone through and worked. Sorry.
Fujitsu Scansnap s1500 Driver Software
