Did you know that MacOS X has faxing built-in to the OS? It’s true, take a gander at this page on Apple’s site.
Like a chump, I’ve been going to The UPS Store or FedEx Kinko’s to do my faxing, and taking a hit of about $3 every time. It didn’t occur to me this morning that my laptop had a fax/modem built-in. I was about to go dig through my scrap heap to find my old fax/modem and save myself the cost of a #6 Spicy Chicken. Seems those old dinosaurs aren’t useless afterall.
And you know, using the fax feature is easy as pie.
The option to fax is right there in the Print Dialog.
After filling out the relevant information, you just hit fax and you’re part of the 20th century again.
If you use Windows, you can do the same thing. It’s just not as nicely presented. Here are instructions how.
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I can’t believe we didn’t remember ye olde fax modems. You’re an idiot
You know how my dad is paralyzed and can’t move and everything, right? Well, he can slightly move his right thumb so we hooked up a switch to his hand and got him some badass software so he can get on the internet and surf and write emails. Well, a few years ago, he figured out how to fax on his PC. So now he faxes his doctor when he doesn’t feel well and the doctor will come right out. It’s pretty liberating for a man who has to rely on everyone else. I’m a big fan of faxing online!