Occasionally, readers will ask me if there is a way on the Mac to automatically password protect a PDF, or even better encrypt a group of PDFs. I always figured that this was something that could be done using Automator, but have never had the chance to sit down and figure it out. Fortunately, now […]
Continue readingRecently I posted an Alfred Workflow to Select A ScanSnap Manager Profile. Awesome DocumentSnap reader Ray asked if I could turn the instructions into a video, so that is exactly what I have done. Here is a video that shows how to install and use an Alfred workflow, using the ScanSnap one as an example. […]
Continue readingTo my great surprise, the latest version of Mac OS X, 10.9 Mavericks, was released yesterday. I am about to go on a trip so I am holding off upgrading for a bit, but I want to check – how is the Fujitsu ScanSnap on Mavericks working for you? ScanSnap Mavericks Compatibility The short version […]
Continue readingBack when OS X 10.9 Mavericks was announced, one of the big features (to some anyways), was the addition of built-in file tagging. This led some, myself included, to wonder what that would mean for the current tagging “standard”, OpenMeta. Would they play nicely together? Tom Anderson from Ironic Software (one of the creators of […]
Continue readingIf you are a Mac user, you probably know that the latest version of Mac OS X, 10.8 Mountain Lion, has been released today via the Mac App Store. As I have done with Lion and the fun that was Snow Leopard, I am providing this post as a way to share our experience with […]
Continue readingUse your Mac’s camera to capture your signature. Avoid the print-sign-scan dance once and for all.
Continue readingThis video on password protecting PDFs is part of a series of quick videos on paperless tips and topics. View more in the series here. Sometimes you have a PDF that you want to keep from prying eyes. If you have a Mac, the Preview.app that comes with OS X has password protection functionality built […]
Continue readingBack in July, Mac OS X Lion was released, and Fujitsu was ahead of the curve and had already released Lion ScanSnap drivers. Most things were working fine, with the exception of CardIris, the business card app that ships with ScanSnap scanners. It looks like Fujitsu has now posted the CardIris for ScanSnap Update as […]
Continue readingThis video on Cover Flow is part of a series of quick videos on paperless tips and topics. View more in the series here. If you are on a Mac and want to process your documents without using extra software, Cover Flow can be a really handy feature. I believe I first picked up this […]
Continue readingIf there was some way to find out what the most used non-Apple app on my iPhone and iPad is, it would almost certainly be Instapaper by Marco Arment. I am either saving or reading articles in there every single day. Between my Instapaper use and listening to the Build and Analyze podcast, I spend […]
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