Category Archives for "ScanSnap"

ScanSnap’s new partner is… Neat?

In the consumer paperless space, there were two main players for going paperless. There’s the ScanSnap, the scanner that I have been using since 2008, and there was their main rival (at least from my perspective), the Neat line of scanners. It was funny when I would go to tech conferences or professional organizer conferences, […]

ScanSnap Cloud Now Makes Searchable PDFs And Adds Cloud Services

I am writing this from the pool area of the Sheraton Atlanta. I only mention this because Fujitsu has released their new ScanSnap Cloud feature, and I figure there is no better way to test it out than with the dreaded hotel Wi-Fi connection. ScanSnap Cloud At The Pool What Is ScanSnap Cloud? ScanSnap Cloud […]

Scan To iCloud Drive – 3 Options

iCloud Drive is Apple’s online storage system. Individual apps can store data there, but you can use it to store your own documents and access them from any Mac, iOS, or Windows device. I was recently asked by an awesome DocumentSnap reader how to scan to iCloud Drive, so here’s how to do it. Option […]

ScanSnap on Sierra – Your Experience?

The latest Mac operating system, macOS 10.12 Sierra, is out on September 20. How does the Fujitsu ScanSnap work with it? Are there any ScanSnap Sierra issues? Whenever a new Mac OS is released there are often a few bumps here and there, but this time there are some warnings from Fujitsu. Update 10/06/2016: Fujitsu […]

Scan To Box With A ScanSnap – 2 Easy Options

If you’re not familar, Box.com is an online file storage service. It’s especially popular with businesses. Until recently, there haven’t been great options to scan to Box. You were more or less limited to “scan to a computer or network, then upload the files in a web browser”. Thankfully, Fujitsu has released its first update […]

ScanSnap Included Software – iX500 Includes Nuance Power PDF

Buried in the big ScanSnap Cloud announcement is another interesting tidbit. There is a change to the ScanSnap included software: the ScanSnap iX500 now comes with Nuance Power PDF for Windows and Nuance PDF Converter for Mac. A ScanSnap Included Software History Lesson Once upon a time, there were Windows ScanSnaps (Black) and Mac ScanSnaps […]

ScanSnap Cloud – Scan To The Cloud Without A Computer

I am writing this from the pool area of the Sheraton Atlanta. I only mention this because Fujitsu has released their new ScanSnap Cloud feature, and I figure there is no better way to test it out than with the dreaded hotel Wi-Fi connection. ScanSnap Cloud At The Pool What Is ScanSnap Cloud? ScanSnap Cloud […]

Grace’s Journey To A Paperless Life

What do you do when you go paperless at the office, then move to a home office, and then transition to retirement? How do you create a paperless life? Here’s a guest article by awesome DocumentSnap reader Grace in San Francisco. Take it away Grace: I began my journey towards a paperless life in 1996, […]

Scan To Excel – How A Professional Organizer Did It

What do you do if you have a year (or more!) worth of paper credit card statements and you want the individual transactions itemized in Excel? The thousands of transactions would be a nightmare to input manually – is there a way to scan to Excel and have the data populated automatically? This is the […]

ScanSnap Evernote Edition: Buy It Or A Normal ScanSnap?

Here’s a question I get quite a bit: “I use Evernote and I want a ScanSnap scanner to go paperless – should I buy the ScanSnap Evernote Edition, or a ‘normal’ ScanSnap like the ScanSnap iX500?” Like most things in life the answer is “it depends”, but I won’t leave you hanging. This guide will […]