DR DIGBY L. JAMES  This product should now be avoided like the plague.

Omnipage used to be state of the art. But the Mac version, having changed hands several times, has been left in limbo, and has not been updated for nearly 10 years. It runs under OSX X Leopard, even on an Intel Mac. But you can't use the scanning function which requires Classic (not available on an Intel Mac). And if you have a new scanner it's probably not in the scanner list.

Also, if you are upgrading there's another gotcha. It may not open your old files. To get round this, make sure your files have .opd as the file extension. Then open then in a hex editor and examine the resource fork. In all probability there isn't one. And that's why Omnipage won't open them. Create a new Omnipage file (import a single image - even a photograph) and save it. Open in the hex editor. Switch to the resource fork. Copy resource fork and then switch to the problem file. Paste into the resource fork and save. The file should now open (from the menu, not by double-clicking). You can then export the scanned images and use a more modern OCR package. I use, very successfully, ReadIris. Buy that instead.

If you MUST buy Omnipage have a hunt. I found a site (which I now can't find, of course) of a company that had taken it over and was selling at under £100 (~$150).  
(Version 11.0)

COWICIDE  Deceptive. They call it X and make it appear that you'd actually want to run this thing in this decade, but you have to run it in CLASSIC which isn't even available anymore on Mac? Please, either upgrade this app for Leopard 10.5.x or just quit trying to rip off Apple users and mothball this thing entirely.  
(Version 11.0)

PABLOT  Try installing under Classic, on Applications folder (the OS X folder, not the Classic Apps folder). Then, open in OS X, ideally open the OmniPage Pro X app inside the components folder. :)  
(Version 11.0)

ROLAND   Tried to install under OSX.4.3 ... no luck. Tried to find any indication of how to fix the problem. Non on the website to be found. Technical Support only against a charge!? How can anybody market a product which does not install without any warning. I found some report on a work aroud for OSX.2, but I have no longer this old OS.

Be warned there is a problem!  
(Version 11.0)

ANONYMOUS  What are they talking about? It works like a charm.  
(Version 11.0)

ANONYMOUS  Talk about ignoring the user base, this program won't even install natively on MacOS X at least since Panther. The program is good IF you can install it and use your newer scanner to make TIFF files this creaking program can still read, but breaks little by little due to lack of scanner support.

The developer should be ashamed of letting this wonderful program waste away and die. If anybody is even thinking of buying it, they should NOT do so until the developer updates it and should write lots of letters to them as well.  
(Version 11.0)

STEVE  Horrible, horrible program.

It didn't find my scanner (canoscan lide 50). It had no way of trying to find my scanner.

There has been no update for this product for a long, long time.  
(Version 11.0)

SAL  Hey, 500 bucks and it won't even install right? And you cannot even download a demo? Who the hell is stoopid enough to buy this?

Just my 2 lousy kopeks  
(Version 11.0)

ANONYMOUS  As an alternative to installing from OS 9, you can install as root and then meticulously and painfully change ownership and permissions. Works but is a pain in the a** - at least if installed at the volume/applications level. I didn't try to install at the user/applications level.  
(Version 11.0)

ANONYMOUS  Getting this program to install is painful. You have to install it on OS9 and then copy it over to OSX. If you have a newer machine without OS9 booting, you are SOL.

Once you do get it working, it is a really nice application.  
(Version 11.0)