TrueCrypt Alternatives For Windows Encryption

Remember the good old days? The days when, if you wanted to encrypt files on Windows, the answer was easy. Just install TrueCrypt and you’d be good to go. Then TrueCrypt crashed and burned in epic fashion and everyone was scrambling to figure out TrueCrypt alternatives. The easiest and most common alternative, and the one […]

ScanSnap On El Capitan – Your Experience?

So OS X 10.11 El Capitan is out. Does the Fujitsu ScanSnap work with it? Whenever a new version of an operating system is released, I put up a post to collect experiences and resources for the ScanSnap. If you’ve made the El Capitan upgrade, please leave a comment below with how it is working […]

Save Web Page As PDF On iOS With iBooks

You’re viewing a web page on your iPad or iPhone and you want to save it as PDF. How do you do it? There have long been applications (some good, some bad) that will do this, but with iOS9 it is (almost) built in to the operating system. To do this you will need to […]

ScanSnap Receipt Released In Canada, UK, Australia (And Others?)

When Fujitsu released their ScanSnap Receipt program, it caused excitement among many ScanSnap users, but that excitement quickly turned to annoyance for those outside of the United States: the software was available for US-purchased ScanSnaps only. Well, awesome DocumentSnap reader Nekipedia tipped me off that ScanSnap Receipt is now available in Canada (see the bottom […]

The Three Types Of Shredders (And Which One To Choose)

You’ve decided you want to buy a shredder, so you go into your office supply store and see a huge wall of them. How the heck do you choose which type to buy? At a high level, there are three types of shredders: Strip-Cut: Cuts the paper into strips. Pretty much useless. My kids could […]

Should You Keep Your Tax Receipts?

So you’ve scanned your receipts, organized the PDFs, and made sure everything is backed up. Is it safe to shred the paper? The first thing you should do in answering this question is to consult a tax professional in your jurisdiction. Every tax jurisdiction has its own rules, and you want to make sure that […]

How To Combine PDF Files in Mac OS X Using Automator To Make A Service

Many scanners let you choose between scanning one-PDF-per-page or scanning all the pages into one big PDF. The scanner I use does. However, what happens when you have multiple PDFs that really should go in one document? How do you combine PDFs together? There are a million ways to do this, including some I have […]

Introducing The Paperless Security Guide

Do you know what the most important part of going paperless is? It’s not choosing a good scanner. It’s not how you name your documents. It’s not even how you set up your folders. If you ask me, the most important part of going paperless is making sure that your documents are protected. All the […]

SimpleREV 2015 Ticket Prices $100 Off

I just noticed that tickets for SimpleREV, the event for “simple living enthusiasts” on October 2–3, 2015 have come down in price by $100 (!). Here’s what the coordinators say the goal of the event is: The goal? Intimate workshops, community-sourced meetups, inspiring REV Talks, and two days of deep connection. Thousands of hugs, smiles, […]

Reader Story: Zero Knowledge Backup (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a three part series by awesome DocumentSnap reader Mike from California. In Part 1, he talked about how he jump started his paperless transition. Today is about how he came up with his backup system and what he ended up implementing. Take it away Mike. After my initial push to […]