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will apple's usb modem work with Lion

I don't care so much about whether it will work for faxing. Well, I care a little. But mostly, I use the usb modem for communicating with a bulletin board. You probably think this must be so old-fashioned that why should Apple care. Well, I'm talking about the U.S. government. I submit claims to Medicare, Medicare requires electronic transmission, and the only way you can submit without paying a third party is through a bulletin board accessible only via a data modem. Is Apple saying that health care isn't that important? Just kidding, but what's the answer: Will the Apple USB modem work with Apple's own system?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jul 7, 2011 12:35 PM

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Jul 7, 2011 12:38 PM in response to Raja Hornstein

Apparently it doesn't work with newer hardware so it may no longer be supported even in Snow Leopard. We don't know about Lion, but odds are Apple is no longer supporting it because they no longer have it as an available product.


There are other similar types of modems, however, that do work and you can find them via Google.

Jul 20, 2011 12:21 PM in response to Raja Hornstein

I use Apple Usb Modem to wake by ring my imac, it work in snow leopard, but now i have big problems with LION, when i plug-in i got this message You cannot use an Apple USB Modem with this computer. 😒 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

Jul 22, 2011 8:23 AM in response to Raja Hornstein

The issue with the USB modem is that the drivers are 32 bit only. The Apple USB modem won't work under Snow Leopard when it's forced to 64 bit. Lion runs 64 bit default. Unless you can force 32 bit it WILL NOT work. I have not tried forcing Lion to 32 bit, so I don't know if that will even help. If it does not help or you cannot force Lion to 32 bit, then apple usb modem users are basically screwed.

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