I'm also none too happy about Fujitsu dropping ScanSnap support for older scanners, but the S1500/S1500M is supported by a lot of good third-party scanning tools like VueScan, so that's an option if you do choose to upgrade.

--Chris

Patrick Rentsch wrote:

Thanks for the warning about Catalina.

I am a happy owner of a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M. Now I found this info
on their website
(https://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/scansnap/faq/s1500-catalina.html

>ScanSnap S1500/S1500M Compatibility Status With macOS 10.15 Catalina:
>The ScanSnap software (*) is not available on macOS 10.15 Catalina. To
keep using your ScanSnap, use it on the current version of macOS. When
you >update your macOS, please consider purchasing a ScanSnap that is
currently available.
>Details
>The ScanSnap software (*) is not available on the macOS as it does not
support any 32-bit applications.（No further updates will be
provided to the ScanSnap software.）
>If you will use macOS 10.13 or earlier, you can keep using ScanSnap
S1500/S1500M on the OS.
>When you use macOS 10.14 or later, please consider purchasing a
ScanSnap that is currently available.

These things make me angry ...