DocumentSnap

Using the Kelly Clarkson quote was just way too easy, I know.  This post is not in fact about American Idol winners, but is about Hazel, a Mac-only rules-based file management application.  It does a ton of stuff, but today I am going to talk about how you can use it in a paperless workflow. [...]

As many of you know, in 2008 I posted an Applescript that will use Adobe Acrobat to make PDFs searchable using Acrobat’s OCR capabilities. In the comments to that post, user nodis pointed out that adding 2 words to one of the lines can make the PDFs quite a bit smaller. In my testing, I [...]

As much of a paperless geek that I am, I normally wouldn’t sit and watch a video of someone scanning and shredding paper. However, I just wanted to point you to this YouTube video by user allenday. He’s got a really cool setup of a ScanSnap S300M, Adobe Acrobat, a Mac Mini, a wall-mounted Sharp [...]

There are, of course, a million ways to convert PDF documents to JPG or PNG files. However, sometimes you just want something quick and easy. A while ago, reader AS pointed me out an Applescript droplet written by Martin Michel over at MacScripter. AS mentioned that it would be nice to have a version that [...]

Update: Of course, a few days after I posted this, Evernote announced that they would make PDFs searchable for Premium users. So if you are not a Premium user, this will help. Otherwise, just upload away. One of the most popular posts on this site is on how to use the Fujitsu ScanSnap with Evernote. [...]

I have received a number of questions recently about the software that is included with the Fujitsu ScanSnap. For example, why does the ScanSnap come with both Abbyy FineReader and Adobe Acrobat? Aren’t they both for doing OCR? I suspect part of the reason that this question comes up is because of my posts about [...]

I haven’t tried this myself as I don’t personally use FineReader, but if you do and you are interested in this Applescript that I came across today from UnderDoug.ca, check it out. Remove Unprocessed By FineReader.scpt is a FolderAction AppleScript to remove files produced by ScanSnap like “/2008_12_28_17_32_30.pdf” once FineReader produces one like “2008_12_28_17_32_30 processed [...]

This was referenced in my ScanSnap workflow series, but I thought I would provide it in its own article as well. I have a ScanSnap S300M and Adobe Acrobat, and was getting pretty tired of sitting there OCRing the PDFs manually in Acrobat. I came across this article by MacWorld which had a great Applescript [...]

This is Part 2 of the My ScanSnap Setup And Workflow series. Make sure to check out Part 1 – ScanSnap Settings. Now that we have set up ScanSnap Manager with my four profiles, here is what I do with the files. At first I started using DevonThink Pro Office, but I found that it [...]