Wacom ADB iMate Tablet Driver for Mac OS X

The code referenced here can be found at http://code.google.com/p/imate-osx/

The death...

Wacom tablets with ADB connectors have never been supported by TabletMagic because until recently no one –not even Apple– had provided complete ADB support in Mac OS X. The Griffin iMate ADB adapter supports Wacom tablets in Mac OS 9 so this gave us some hope early in the TabletMagic project. But it was a vain hope because Griffin left out the necessary hooks to support fast-polled devices (like tablets). Conversations with Wacom and Griffin convinced us finally that it was a dead end.

Inevitably with updates to Mac OS X, Griffin's iMate driver became obsolete. It isn't compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, and Griffin never provided any driver update in spite of selling quite a lot of iMates.

...and resurrection...

In response to this situation Simon Stapleton developed a free open source driver for the iMate in June of 2009 to supplant Griffin's obsolete driver. In proper open source fashion, the driver is a complete implementation of the ADB specification, allowing for faster polled devices like tablets to work just fine with Mac OS X.

As an added bonus the driver includes basic support for some Wacom tablet models. Though fully functional and reliable, the driver isn't quite ideal. Installation requires some Terminal commands, and it doesn't include any means to change tablet settings.

So there you have it! If you've got an iMate and an old Wacom ADB tablet, give this driver a try! I'd love to hear how it works for you!