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September 14, 2009

Vodafone K3760 USB modem on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Disclaimer: Try this at your own risk. This should be a temporary fix until Vodafone publishes its own K3760 Snow Leopard compatible software.

The Vodafone K3760 USB modem (black USB stick) is currently not supported on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6). However, you can get it to work by combining the latest Vodafone Mobile Broadband software (VMB, formerly VMC) with the OEM driver (OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer).

This is a step by step guide. You may or may not get some kext errors every now and then during install, just ignore them.

  1. Download software
  2. Install VMB
    • Make sure your K3760 is not plugged in
    • Mount the DMG you downloaded
    • Run the uninstaller (no reboot required)
    • Run the installer
    • Reboot (but do not connect your K3760)
  3. Install the Option iCon 431 driver

That's it! Run the VMB software and make sure it all works. Note that this newest VMB doesn't require you to set up a modem and manually dial up with the K3760, everything is done for you.

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September 7, 2009

Snow Leopard Casualties: Canon and Vodafone

Last Friday I upgraded my MacBook to Snow Leopard. Very easy, noticeable speed improvement, everything worked except for 2 pieces of hardware (both driver issues). My ancient Canon Lide 35 scanner sort of works, but the hardware buttons on the scanner aren't responding. My Vodafone K3760 3G modem (Vodafone's newest modem) causes kernel panics.
 
Of course it would have been ideal if all companies were properly prepared, but it's not an ideal world. However, note the difference in Canon's and Vodafone's response to the Snow Leopard issues:

  • Canon has announces Snow Leopard compatible drivers for the Lide 35 "in a few days" (I'm confident they will, they were also quick to resolve Leopard issues after the Tiger-Leopard upgrade, and Lide 35 was already out of production at the time).
  • Vodafone says "it will probably be October" before the K3760 is working properly under Snow Leopard.

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