RE faxing
After a little diddling, it did indeed send a fax.
Unfortunately, it did not save a record of the transmission or any other indication that the thing had been sent and to whom. That's a decided downside. However, I'll wait to read the Apple piece to see if there's a solution to that problem.

That Apple discussion forum was worthless — just a bunch of folk kvetching with no useful information.

So I'm no closer to finding a solution to the above problem.

Last edited by grelber; 10/02/11 04:09 PM. Reason: Addendum