Post #2164937
2026-04-07 13:55 UTC
The latest software update for my decade-old Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 scanner weighs in at ONE POINT ONE GIGABYTES. 🤯
Want a fresh install? Ricoh’s website offers up a DMG, the size of which is listed as, and I quote, “1,129,105,452 Bytes.” Massive! And also, bizarrely precise?!
https://www.pfu.ricoh.com/global/scanners/scansnap/dl/setup/m-sshoffline-3_6_1.html?MODEL=5018
(cc @atpfm @caseyliss @siracusa @marcoarment, per recent discussions of efficient, responsible development practices)
Replies (2)
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@markgrambau@techhub.social 2026-04-09 20:43
542MB of the “ScanSnap Home.app“ bundle is an app called “PfuSsFirmwareUpdate.app,” 460MB of which is a binary file called “iX2500_0V00.bin” Considering my scanner is an ix500, I'm thinking nearly 50% of this massive app package is firmware for a scanner *I don't even own.* Sigh.
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@markgrambau@techhub.social 2026-04-09 21:30
@gruber@mastodon.social I feel like the ScanSnap Mac app weighing 1.1GB is classic @daringfireball@mastodon.social fodder.