PageSender Fax Center for Mac4.6

For those Mac users running current MacOS that do not want to downgrade their OS or have to reboot from another OS version, I have found that by running Windows in emulation mode with VMWare's Fusion, including Windows 10, I can attach my fax modem to the emulator and directly fax documents from using Windows without any charges per page, that is typical with current Mac solutions. Something not often considered when using remote fax technology is that your document is generally being sent unencrypted over the internet to a server, which could be a real security issue as it can expose your document to hackers. This defeats the intent of many institutions using fax for security reasons, as it is a technology that currently prevents such attacks by its hardware based transmission technology.

Psychiatry is only partially correct when he states that "it is sad that [PageSender] is no longer being updated or sold." While developer Smile abandoned further development and support of PageSender at Snow Leopard, you can fortunately still buy PageSender 4.6 and run a licensed copy under Snow Leopard. Through intense (and fortuitous) Google searching, I managed to come across a site that still sells PageSender 4.6. Here are the links that took me to the page where I could buy PageSender: http://sandbox.smileonmymac.net/PageSender/index.html Clicking on the “Buy Now $39.95” PageSender button takes you to: http://sites.fastspring.com/smile/product/pagesender?_ga=1.145680308.1802394830.1394719529 After completing the order, I got an email directly from Smile Support (support@smilesoftware.com) which included a serial number, along with a link to download the software. The download link turned out to be invalid, so I contacted Smile Support by email to ask them to either update the link in their confirmatory email, or to send me a direct link to download the program itself. Fortunately, MacUpdate still maintains a valid link with which to down PageSender, so I am covered in regards to obtaining a disk image of the application with which to install it. But it might be helpful to MacUpdate members if MacUpdate administrators also include the links where the program can still be purchased, instead of mentioning only that the program has been discontinued, with the implication that it can no be bought. My buying experience proves that one can still buy PageSender, although neither the developer nor MacUpdate (yet) makes it easy to do so. Let's hope that both websites do so from this point on. I told Smile that there is still a market for this software, since nothing better has come along to replace it, nor is anything likely ever to be develop to replace it, now that faxing has been so deprecated as a viable communications medium on Mac computers. Yet, there is a need for faxing, and that need is not likely to disappear in the immediate future, so there will always be a need to use fax in certain situations, provided one is willing to use legacy software, legacy hardware, and legacy techniques to get the job done. I could always put my Global Village Teleport Gold and Teleport Gold II modems into service with my Mac II si or my PowerTowerPro clones, but I'd prefer to let those pre-Mac OS X collectibles rest in the attic, while I employ some variant of the Mac OS X to do my faxing. Thanks to PageSender, which I have yet to test out but have purchased based on universally positive recommendations here and elsewhere, I hope to be able to implement broadcast faxing merely by booting up into a previous Mac OS X version, namely Snow Leopard. Sounds good to me!

I am still using PageSender Fax Center 4.6 EVERY DAY on Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4. I LOVE IT. It is still the best software for RECEIVING AND ORGANIZING a large number of faxes. I get sometimes hundreds of faxes a day. It works well, reliably and stably with USRobotics USR5637 USB FaxModem. I love the way it automatically saves the faxes as PDFs in a selected folder and how it can automatically forward the faxes via eMail to multiple email addresses. It can notify you by email if there is a problem. It notifies you of a new fax using Growl. And it can show the fax automatically as they come in in Preview. It can also optionally print the faxes automatically. This is a better feature set than any other fax software including that built into Mac OS X which is very rudimentary. The print to fax and print to email modules no longer work. But I still use them to as virtual printers - such as printing from Windows on Parallels when connecting to some systems which don't print well to local printers. The print jobs I can then transfer to an actual printer for output. This is very handy since Adobe Acrobat's Print-to-PDF modules no longer work. For Print-to-Fax or simply faxing printed documents, I recommend buying an Epson WorkForce All-in-One Fax-Copy-Printer such as the WF-3540. These least expensive of these is only $89. Mac OS X has built in drivers to print to fax to these fax machines. For receiving and organizing and displaying faxes, there is simply NOTHING better than PageSender Fax Center. It is sad that it is no longer being updated or sold. But for me, it is still going strong on Mac OS X 10.8.4 on the latest Macs. I would have to jury-rig macros to get the built-in fax software to work someone like PageSender. I am happy that it is still working stably, reliably, and efficiently in the latest version of Mac OS X. Hopefully it will still work with Mac OS X 10.9 this summer. But I am hopeful it will work since it has been a well-written and well-behaved app so far with Mac OS X. Note: you can download PageSender 4.6 from other sites after googling.

Page Sender 4.6 works fine from Tiger to Snow Leopard. Not supported for Lion & beyond. Discontinued, last version is 4.6 released in 2010. No longer available on developer's website. Zoom 3095 external USB modem works well (don't need to install any drivers).

Crashes on launch under 10.7.3. Deleting the preferences files does not solve the problem. Console log is as follows: PageSender Fax Center[9329]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value (key: TB Item Identifiers)'

Incompatible with 10.7.3: crashes on launch and cannot be reopened even after deleting the plist. Here is the error: PageSender Fax Center[9329]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value (key: TB Item Identifiers)'

'Used to be great but since it is lagging in updates with each OS X release the app ran into problems that needed to be " corrected" with reinstalls. Now, it does no longer sends faxes on a brand new iMac Intel i5 running 10.6.6 and brand new Zoom USB fax modem (both a week old). The support team hang in there for a while but I have not heard from them in a several days so I began to use the barebones OS X built in fax support. Since some components of the software were not rewritten from Power PC code when Lion comes without Rosetta that will be the end for PageSender.

This app is not for those who use a DSL line, even when it is coupled with a phone line, unless they want to go back to the 80s' and its helpless modem configuration

Hi .. me again .. I have an update on my comment about dialing .. sorry if I led any astray .. I live in Canada. For local faxes I have set Smart Dialing on ... have entered my area code .. and checked "dial area code for local calls" .... Then when I want to send a local fax ... I enter my area code and the 7 digit number. This works for me .. I hope it works for others as well ..... my apologies for the previous misinfo .

I have owned this program for a number of years. It just keeps getting better and better. Works great on my Leopard Macbook. Beautiful interface with lots of info on your faxes. One tip ... some of the dialing prefs are a little confusting ... Here is what works for me flawlessly. I live in Canada. Say I want to fax a local number. I set Smart Dialing on in the prefs .. and enter my area code. Then when I want to fax a local number i make sure I dial 1-local area code-then my 7 digit local number. Works like a charm!!! Thank you Page sender for this wonderful program ....

I have been a registered user from January 2003. One of the things that has always stood out with the company is their superb customer support before, during, and after a purchase or an upgrade. I use Page Sender in my distance education courses in order to receive proctored exams back for grading. The software has been an indispensable tool in this respect. Just a few minutes ago, I upgraded to v4.x. And, once again the customer support has been second to none. When you must use fax software for work and truly appreciate timely response for help requests from the developer, I wholeheartedly recommend Page Sender.

Great for sending occasional faxes! Keeps a log, and uses Mac Address book. We send about 10 faxes a day via another Mac running PageSender with Printer Sharing on (and a fax phone line) to make a network fax server. It works, but gets jammed up several times a week. Sometimes requires a delete & remaking of the printer spooler (both ends), or Mac OS restart... Not consistent in that regard. Not great as a fax server. Works great for individual, occasional use, even works great for occasional network use.

I have used the trial version a few times and it was easy to use. My faxing needs are too minimal to justify the price but it seems to be a good product.

There are STILL good reasons for having a FAX Service like this: Legal Documents, Medical Records and for serving the needs of a Virtual Office (CMS based). A Virtual Office you say? One of my long-distance business associates is a hunt-n'-pecker typer, so he's better served by WRITING some of his documents and faxing them. Because PageSender digitizes received documents, they end up being stored online (for viewing and annotating by office mates) or forwarded to a typing service. I've evaluated two other SmileOnMyMacs other products to date and I was pleasantly impressed with both. Likewise, in researching PageSender today I see that the professional reviews, and the customer feedback at VersionTracker and MacUpdate, that this is a very good product. Consider me SOLD. My only negative comment is that, IMO, thier software is overpriced. Thank you MU

Interesting idea, but not for 25$.

I have been thinking about this application some time now, I initially thought, why buy this software if OS/X already has the ability to send a fax already? However this ability is fairly basic, and this application provides several additional functions and features, I see lots of people saying that even at $25 this is too much, others stating this would be better value at $10 or $15, this is an application that I would use as a ad-hoc app.

I thought about it, not for $25. Can't wait for the next one!

An interesting idea but surely all of this can be done without spending more on this app. At around $10 it might be worthwhile but I'm not sure about spending this much, even at the offer price.

My brother-in-law swears by this program. (He's a lawyer

I'll stick with the PDF capabilities of OSX., though this does look like a decent program.

great!

I've used the trial version a couple of times. It seems to work well and I never had a problem.

True, most of what this program does can be done in the operating system, but the simplicity and elegance of the program, make it well worth the money.

From experience with other products, I can say they are a good company to deal with. No experience with this product, however.

I'm always suspicious of a program that bills PDF printing as a feature. It's built into OS X, so it's not really something special. Still, if you send or get a lot of faxes, that part of the program would be quite useful.

Sort of expensive.

Whoa, this app looks really nice. Though I rarely have to fax something, it seems like this would be a good app to keep in the "In Case of Fire: Break Glass" archive of utilities.

Stupid question perhaps, but is there an app that doesn't need a landline in order to send and receive faxes (besides Skype)?

That's very nice. Several times I could have used that, and instead worked for hours trying to put things together.

I decided to try PageSender a few months ago after experiencing some frustration with Mac's built-in fax program (which lost my list of completed faxes and doesn't keep a record of anything I sent after that). PageSender is much easier to use and keeps the record of faxes sent and received at your fingertips. It can also send a confirmation as to whether the fax was sent successfully or whether there was an error. I don't send a lot of faxes, but when I do, they're usually important enough that I want to know they went through and want a record of what I sent. PageSender gives me that security.

I have been using FaxCenter with some satisfaction. Landline and modem is required for this

Good app ... but I'm not conviced it's worth the price if you don't send many faxes - since it's not that hard to print to PDF, attach it to an e-mail message, and fill out the cover sheet in the e-mail if you use a fax-by-email service. However, if you do send a lot of faxes, direct through a fax modem, different story - and moreso if you receive a lot.

I use this alongside PhoneValet. They work great together.

I use this alongside PhoneValet. They work great together.

I have been using this software in the past and I think this MU Promo deal is well worth it.

Has anyone compared this to FAXstf Pro?

i always wanted to buy that.

Pagensender is THE faxing program to have for Macs. Good promo.

Just registered a few weeks ago... good app!

Smile makes some very innovative products and is active about improving them. I own three already. My fax machine just died yesterday, so this deal couldn't come at a better time.

I am always looking for ways to streamline my workflow. This application seems like just the ticket to ease a bottleneck at the document sending part of the pipeline and get information out to clients and customers. It sounds great!

No go for me. PageSender has a lot of features I would like to use but limited setup options are completely unacceptable. I use eFax Plus for ougoing faxes and I have Gmail address registered with eFax - PageSender allows me to select eFax as fax service for outgoing faxes, but doesn't have Gmail among email clients. If I select Mail as as my email client (which BTW has my Gmail address among many others) PageSender automatically uses the first (alphabetically) email address of mine from Mail to send fax to eFax service. Of course this address is not registered with eFax and I don't want it to be registered there. There is no way to tell PageSender to use the Gmail address and/or to use Gmail as email client. Bummer...

@no_spam_bb: but what to do when you do not have landline? I might check it...

Demo looks useful, if you're working in a busy office (such as myself) you do need a much quicker workflow when sending faxes. Some people even want the same document faxed and emailed - this saves so much time and is highly recommended.

It looks great!

I'm trying the trial copy and it works well!

It runs also with ISDN, since there is no modem build into the new macs, a good choice.

"or send via any of the popular fax-by-email services" this could be handy...

This is far and away the best way to receive and send faxes AND keep them organized with all the rest of my workflow! (and it's cheaper than paying the local phone company for line AND long-distance charges)

39.99 or even 24.95 seems a bit steep just to send faxes. You can send faxes from the print menu if you have a landline modem.

This looks cool

This can come in very handy!

I've missed the chance in getting this from the last promotion. Time to think again.

Can't think of an easier way to send a Fax... :)

Great tool and very good support. I like Pagesender very much!

Nice app =D

Verry interesting.. I'll ry it

Looks pretty cool, I'll have to think about it.

That's very nice. Several times I could have used that, and instead worked for hours trying to put things together.

Yep - another fine SOYM product

Smile on My Mac should be given an award for services to the Mac platform for this software, brilliantly done - highly recommended!

Interesting software, clever idea and seems to work well. Not sure I have a use for it but I'm glad there are options out there for such things.

I don't need to fax often, but when I do this looks like it would be an easy app to use. Some of the faxing software I've tried in the past has been confusing to operate.

macmansc: I looked on efax.com's site, and to e.mail faxes costs $17USD a month. The free service only allows incoming faxes to an e.mail address. Sending a fax via e.mail costs money. :( Back in the day, I remember some kind of freenet like network that was a fax/e.mail gateway. Kinda a P2P like server where different people in different area codes sent faxes on behalf of others; wonder if that is still an option. Could be used with this fine app then!

This seems to do everything you'd want it to. Wish it worked with Thunderbird, but it works with practically everything else.

faxing is still alive?

It would be nice if it worked with eFax, so one could FAX via e.mail for free. The new Macs don't have a built in modem any more, so dialup and fax usage is hard to come by. :( I use the fax at work a good deal, and it would be handy to have a free fax-to-e.mail gateway.

Too bad faxing documents is not that much used nowadays, but still a nifty app to have around if the occasional need arises.

not sure if i do enough faxing to justify it, maybe time to check it out again

Never used this in conjunction with eFax, but I believe you can. the fax by email isn't free unless you have a service that provides it.

always a nice little app. don't use fax very much now though.

Crud! I already have all of Smile on my Mac's software. Check out their other titles as well--they have some great stuff!

One of the best fax applications around.

This looks like a very cool option for sending faxes if you don't have one built into your computer. I wonder if they charge to fax-by-email? Anyone know?

You serious, you're GIVING AWAY this thing? It's so sleek and nice, makes me want it more!

May try this.

Works fine....Sure wish it had fax/call sensing like the old Global Village App. THEN it would be perfect

Outstanding support from the programmers! They are fast, friendly and effective in their answers - even though I had not (yet) even paid the shareware fee! I had really big trouble setting the software up for a Hermstedt Webshuttle II ISDN modem. Somehow they figured out from the logfiles I sent them that the "T^" dialing prefix in pagesender was the problem. Removed it and pagesender works like a charm.

If you simply have to upgrade, the installer wants to send you to esellerate (or paypal, don't remember) for a registration. Why?

chraches often while typing adresses in the print dialog.

Since my hay-day with FaxSTF I've used PageSender without looking back. I've found the program to use the least amount of effort (from me) than any other utility. I have never had problems with set-up or functionality beyond a day or two, and that time was a few years ago when they started out. Aside from all this I have read the various posts and can say that I've never had any similar problems. I have my G4 come on in the morning, start up PageSender, monitor my phone line all day, and when I come home I go into the Prefs and either select manual answer on turn off the program so I can use my home phone. Either way there has never been an instance with the modem or any other issue. Great Job PageSender crew!

I've been using this app for a year now and, while promising, it definitely has some issues. My main problem with this is that if my fax modem doesn't connect to the send to fax machine, the program will not release the modem unless I restart my machine. I have contacted the developer numerous times, and while he is quick to repsond, has not come up with a solution. He always seems to think the blame lies somewhere else other than his app. Restarting my computer (iBook G4) several times a day is a pain. The email portion of the appdoes work well, though.

I downloaded Page Sender to my new iMac G5 yesterday. Everything went fine until the last item. It said to press "Add Printer" in the Printer Setup Utility panel and then choose pagesender from the menu. Well, I clicked and clicked but nothing happened. After uninstalling and reinstalling with the panel already opened I couldn't even find pagesender as one of the choices. I tried several times, nothing worked. So, I gave up. Any suggestions?

I use PageSender at least a couple of times weekly on my PB w/h 10.3.5 installed w/out any problem. I suggest to reinstall Page Sender after any sys upgrade as I seen that some permission matters don't let the app opens or works after updates. If u don't like to reinstall (why?) u can avoid it repairing the permissions w/h Printer Setup Repair (Disk Ut does not do it).

The features this adds to Panther's fax feature are questionable, at best. Hard to see where this is worth $30.

From previous comments on this app it's clear that faxing software is a challenging and mysterious business. FaxSTF Pro totally refuses to connect to some numbers on my 10.3.3 system. Page Sender is better but it's not perfect. With the ability to send multiple pages it's certainly a better choice at the price. I have not had to dump STF; I use both.

I have used Page Sender for 2 years. Unfortunately I now have to give it up after the recent upgrades. Page Sender freezes on the print command. I have had no response from the company re: my problem. Panther fax works but it's like faxing blindfolded. I hope there is a Page Sender fix on the way ...

After excellent results with Page Sender with my previous Mac systems, after "upgrading" to Panther 10.3.5 I have been unable to print to Page Sender fax; the print center tries to print and then stops printing. I have the latest version of Page Sender (3.2). If anyone has found a solution, please let me know, because Panther fax is not acceptable.

Hello, I am using Panther 10.3.5 and when I tried to install Page Sender it sent my system into kernel panic and I had to do a force reboot of the system. Is the software yet updated to support my current (mentioned above) software and if not, when might it be?

I have now used Page Sender from v 2 through 3.2 with OSX 10.1 through the newest 10.3.5 I have never had a problem, never had a crash. This program has connected with every machine I fax, and I fax a LOT, including overseas. Other programs like FaxSTF failed to connect 20% of the time. So far, this one is 100% Just make sure you follow the installation instructions, and start by purging every other fax program before you install. This one's well worth you time to do so.

I was hoping to improve on Panther faxing, but just cannot get Page Sender to work. Faxes stay "on hold" and never get sent no matter how I check and re-check the settings. Uninstalling leaves files behind that seem to intefere with other fax programmes, so do a manual search if you ever decide to ditch it. Not a happy experience, at least Panther faxing worked albeit crudely.

Excellent software and support, never crashed my Mac like other fax applications. Easy to use and the developer answers within a few minutes !

During the up-date settings from the former version were not tranfered. The registration code I had but not the details on how to modify the settings for the ISDN modem

Excellent sw. Better than faxstf. Why not add voice capability for answering machine function. Keep it up!

Sorry, it doesn't work. The page sender protocol says "ok" while the receiving fax machine reports a "connection lost" error (and the pages are received only half. There is no trouble with my fax machine as it receives any other faxes all right (including those sent using the standard OS X built-in fax feature). This is not acceptable. Sorry, no !

...Page Sender!

It just works

Very easy, handy, fancy. I will buy it.

No equal.

Still the best fax program going for the MAC.