scansnap for mac -- organizing software Forgive me in advance for this dumb question: I'm planning to purchase the Scansnap 1500 for mac for home use. I want to be able to eliminate paper clutter from bills, invoices, kids' poetry, the label from a great Cabernet, and those other million bits of miscellaneous paper I want to keep and be able to find one day. Easy, fast and intuitive organizing is critical. Can anyone tell me what the best PDF organizing software would be (for use with the Scansnap for mac) for this kind of use (preferably one that does not rely on the inputter's memory of how or where things are "e-filed"? I've heard Yep, Paperless and the NeatDesk software. Yep scares me because I'm afraid I'd have to remember how I tagged something. Thank you for your comments. scansnap for mac -- organizing software Forgive me in advance for this dumb question: I'm planning to purchase the Scansnap 1500 for mac for home use. I want to be able to eliminate paper... » Read More scansnap for mac -- organizing software Forgive me in advance for this dumb question: I'm planning to purchase the Scansnap 1500 for mac for home use. I want to be able to eliminate paper clutter from bills, invoices, kids' poetry, the label from a great Cabernet, and those other million bits of miscellaneous paper I want to keep and be able to find one day. Easy, fast and intuitive organizing is critical. Can anyone tell me what the best PDF organizing software would be (for use with the Scansnap for mac) for this kind of use (preferably one that does not rely on the inputter's memory of how or where things are "e-filed"? I've heard Yep, Paperless and the NeatDesk software. Yep scares me because I'm afraid I'd have to remember how I tagged something. Thank you for your comments. « Show Less
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I have used Devonthink Pro Office for several years and am very happy with it. It is hard to find software that is compatible with a Mac.
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I second the recommendation of Evernote. I use a MacBook Pro, an Acer Netbook and an iPod touch to do my work. I have Evernote installed on all three, I scan PDF's directly in to Evernote on my Mac using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M. I can then watch the sync happen on my Netbook and my iPod touch. Very useful and cool to boot.
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As an aside on DevonThink Pro Office - I have been using it as well for managing documents at work. From a single user standpoint the application does function well - but as the company grew and more employees needed access to scanned documents Devon falls on its face. It only allows one user to access the database at the same time. We have since moved to simply scanning files to our servers folders and haven't noticed much downside to this rather rudimentary approach. Like indicated above, if the PDF is OCR'd it doesn't matter where its stored since Spotlight will find it.
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FWIW, I bought the Scansnap 1500 for Mac 6 months ago; use it with MacBook Pro. Haven't bought any organizing software yet, and so far, haven't missed it. I just run OCR in Acrobat AFTER I have scanned the docs (doing it during scanning takes too much time). When I want to find something, I just put the word in the Finder spotlight window, and 99% of time it finds the doc. I only 'name' docs that I think are really important (e.g. taxes).
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I just ordered my scanner and I plan on using Evernote so that I can find things again. Evernote.com
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Can ScanSnap Organizer run on a MAC under VMWare with Windows xp? If so which scanner would you need to buy? The s1500 or the s1500m?
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I have just explored YEP and LEAP apps from IronicSoftware. They YEP is especially for organizing PDFs. Super cool program. LEAP is for organizing all documents. They have a 10 day fully functional demo so give it a try!http://www.ironicsoftware.com
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I believe there's a separate model for Macs. Try a search here for: scansnap mac
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Under Vista Home Premium the ScanSnap Organizer software did not allow me to select a NAS device as a save location, I could browse the directories but could not select them. I had no problems selecting a folder in a local drive. I searched the Registry and located the save location in the following location: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PFU\ScanSnap Organizer\V1.0L10]Just modify the value of the "RootFolder" key to fit your needs. I tested it using a mapped drive and a UNC path, it worked fine for me. When I scanned while the network device was off, the software changed the save location back to its default which in Vista is C:\Users\<your profile>\Documents\ScanSnap\.The scanner works great and is pretty fast. Under Vista Home Premium the ScanSnap Organizer software did not allow me to select a NAS device as a save location, I could browse the directories but could not select them. I had no problems selecting a folder in a local drive. I searched the Registry and located the save location in the following location: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PFU\ScanSnap Organizer\V1.0L10]Just modify the value of the "RootFolder" key to fit your needs. I tested it using a mapped drive and a UNC path, it worked fine for me. When I scanned while the network device was off, the software... » Read More Under Vista Home Premium the ScanSnap Organizer software did not allow me to select a NAS device as a save location, I could browse the directories but could not select them. I had no problems selecting a folder in a local drive. I searched the Registry and located the save location in the following location: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PFU\ScanSnap Organizer\V1.0L10]Just modify the value of the "RootFolder" key to fit your needs. I tested it using a mapped drive and a UNC path, it worked fine for me. When I scanned while the network device was off, the software changed the save location back to its default which in Vista is C:\Users\<your profile>\Documents\ScanSnap\.The scanner works great and is pretty fast. « Show Less
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I have both, and the ScanSnap gets my vote. The Neat Receipts idea is great, but the software didn't deliver. It was good at character recognition, but after scanning only 100 documents/receipts or so, it started loading extremely slowly, and got slower and slower each time I scanned a new receipt. It was basically useless, unless you want to wait 10-15 minutes for it to load, and the same amount of time to scan one receipt. I don't know about you, but my paper backlog amounts to a lot more than 100 receipts. I went out and purchased the ScanSnap. There's no character recognition, but if you just want to digitize your documents and receipts, the ScanSnap is your product. Compared to the Neat Receipts scanner (when first purchased) it is as fast (or faster) with single or double sided scanning. It automatically detects blank pages, and it has never once jammed. It creates a pdf wherever you want it saved, and I can easily email the document (which I often do, instead of faxing). ScanSnap is still as fast as the day I opened the box. It gets my vote hands down. Maybe someday they'll add character recognition to the included software.
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I bought my S510 with Rack2 filer and I haven't used it yet. I have scanned 1000's of doucuments this past tax season. Love the S510. The Adobe program was easy to use for saving & organizing my documents, I never saw reason to use the Rack2.
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I was very disappointed with this software and tossed it. I can't answer your question. I've wasted a lot of $$$ buying cheap and not so cheap software that promises great results but I ended up with poor quality results. I've been using Stitch ERA Universal, its been free to use online but that will stop in December, and one of their options is to buy a subscription for monthly use. If I need to scan anything, I use CorelDraw and import it into Stitch Era. I'm happy with the results and they've been professional quality. Good Luck!
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It scans receipts easily, the thin ones did better on straight pass setting like a credit card.The Presto Page manager was fairly easy to use for my limited purposes.The card scanning software sent with my unit was not compatible with Mac Mountain Lion it required a $30 upgrade. Which was why I sent the unit back. But the unit is beautiful.I did not try Greeting cardsPhotographs were not "Great" but I thought acceptable.I now own a Fujitsu that I am very happy with. I would have kept the Canon if it did cards.
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I use windows 7 and find that just using folders is sufficient for my needs. If you prefer extra organizational tools, rack2-filer may be useful. It basically allows you to set up a filing system using filing cabinets and binders. I do like the feature that allows you to flip through your documents page by page and the search feature. It does have a space limit so review the size limitations and compare to your application.
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Hi Rebecca, save YOUR MONEY, I bought it and installed on my iMac,it would let me print a 1/4 fold card but not give me a choice on printing the inside of a normal card. I had used the older version for a few years on my PC so when I switched to Mac a year ago I ordered the mac version and it did not work. You would think someone would test all phases of a program before they put it on the market. I returned it and did buy the PC version since I have Parallels on my iMac and can run PC programs. but I'd rather have the Mac version and just get away from the PC. Hope I was some help to you.
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I have an AppleMacBook Pro so I had trouble finding a program like American Greeting Createa Card. I had used AGCC with my HP and loved it. The closest I could recommend is Print Shop by Borderbund. Good luck.
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What did you end up getting? You sound like you might be a novice like myself. I am simply looking to scan in/preserve family photos. I want the best results but not too complicated for the non-pro to use. I also have a macbook pro.
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Thomas-Thanks, but that's the old 2.2 L11 ScanSnap Manager which doesn't work for the S1500/M series (only the older scanners.) I'm sure there must be someone who could provide a pointer to the kit for download?
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MAC OS X Lion 10.7.5 is the version of the computer that I have. I use Print Shop 2 to make half-fold greeting cards. The Avery paper works fine. It is nice paper and almost all of my cards come out looking good. It is not the fault of the paper when they don't look good. I hope I've answered your question.
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Each of the items scanned are saved in the system as PDF files, so you always have access to the files. The idea behind Rack-2-Filer is that you have an organization for your scanned items. First, you create up to 3 different "libraries", such as Business, Personal, and Other, for example. You, then, create a digital "notebook" in one of the libraries. I think each library is limited to something like 1,000 notebooks. Then, you create "tabs" inside your notebooks, like you would put tabs in a notebook you'd use for school. Then, you open a tab and scan things under that tab as pages (either one-sided or two-sided). Each notebook can have up to 1,000 pages each. But, if you scan in 5 pages, then 3 pages, then a 1 page document, it saves each "scan" session as a separate PDF. So, if you want everything in one huge PDF file, you have to only start one continuous scan. Each new scan "session" is considered a new PDF. But when you review your documents under the tabs, you don't get the sense of where one PDF file ends and the next one begins -- you can only see that under Windows Explorer when you view the PDF files under the file structure. So, if you scan everything in 1 by 1, you could have 1,000 PDFs. If you scan one long, continuous scan, you only have 1 PDF, but both would look the same when you review them in a notebook. Hope that helps. If you have more questions, you can contact me at dennis.wiedeman@gmail.com
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I was looking at the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner for the Macintosh .. I do not know what the difference are between the two .. I did find their website .. http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/scansnap/
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I'm a graphic designer, and I also have an Epson v500. I don't recommend the ScanSnap for photos or illustrations. Stick with the Epson v500 for that. But if you have a pencil sketch that you need to place in Adobe Illustrator as a guide, that's just fine.
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no there is no software for this drawer. THOUGH you can use specific ESC/POS commands. But if you are looking for something to pop the cash drawer, believe it or not, one of those $45 receipt printers like the one I bought and currently working inside a 30k plus product store would work. The receipt printer pops the drawer open. If you are needing a custom way to pop the drawer open, you can refer to any receipt printer cd's manual or Epson's TM series esc command codes. Not to sure WHAT epson one would work if it does period but any receipt printer that corresponds with the RJ12 jack would be ok. no there is no software for this drawer. THOUGH you can use specific ESC/POS commands. But if you are looking for something to pop the cash drawer, believe it or not, one of those $45 receipt printers like the one I bought and currently working inside a 30k plus product store would work. The receipt printer pops the drawer open. If you are needing a custom way to pop the drawer open, you can refer to any receipt printer cd's manual or Epson's TM series esc command codes. Not to sure WHAT epson one would work if it does period but any receipt printer that corresponds with the RJ12 jack would... » Read More no there is no software for this drawer. THOUGH you can use specific ESC/POS commands. But if you are looking for something to pop the cash drawer, believe it or not, one of those $45 receipt printers like the one I bought and currently working inside a 30k plus product store would work. The receipt printer pops the drawer open. If you are needing a custom way to pop the drawer open, you can refer to any receipt printer cd's manual or Epson's TM series esc command codes. Not to sure WHAT epson one would work if it does period but any receipt printer that corresponds with the RJ12 jack would be ok. « Show Less