![]() ![]() (When EF displays a timestamp for such a message in list view, it’s actually displaying the time at which DT imported that message.) What’s more, you’re left with non-comparable information between e-mails imported directly into EF and those imported via a DT database.Ĭan this problem be fixed? I hope so, as one of the stupidest things about DT is that it’s impossible to include “Date Created” as a column view in its search window (i.e. Thus, when you try importing an e-mail from DT to EF, you can no longer tell when that e-mail first arrived in, say, your Mail.app inbox without opening the message and looking at the contents. ![]() EagleFiler does so under “Date Modified”. When I first went paperless, I didn’t go quietly.DevonThink stores the timestamp of e-mails under “Date Created”. It may be pricey with all the different tools involved, but it works very well! The Old Workflow Here now is the most recent and workable solution I have. I used to own a Fujitsu ScanSnap S500M, it was a great machine. You could load sheets of paper to it, and it would scan them in bulk. The reason I stopped was Apple’s decision to move to the new 64-bit only architecture with macOS Catalina. Also, Fujitsu would not support 64-bit software for an old-timer like the ScanSnap S500M. I scanned docs on the Fujitsu and Hazel monitored the folder, scanned with OCR from PDFPen using the same script as below and sorted them with a new naming scheme. ![]() In 2019, macOS Catalina forced some changes. Once I moved to Catalina, I looked for other ways of doing things. I already had been using ScannerPro iOS but still relied on the “Old Workflow” for most of my documents.įor the new method, I had to use multiple software titles, my iPhone 11 Pro and the Mac. This process isn't cheap, but I had purchased many of the apps bit-by-bit along the way, so it didn't sting all at once Backblaze (affiliate link) $60/yr or $110/2yr.IPhone, iPad, or iPod touch iOS 11.0 or later. When the scannable material enters my home via mail courier, I grab my phone and open ScannerPro to scan the document(s). I have ScannerPro set to auto scan the document. It’s a quick process, ScannerPro finds the edges of the document and makes a copy. If there is over one document (or another side to the document), I can add more by letting the software scan another document. Once I get all the documents scanned, it’s time to save the file in ScannerPro. The software also allows for color correction for Color Documents, B&W Documents, Color Photos and Grayscale Photos, plus you can crop and rotate scans too. There is a setting in ScannerPro to name new files. I use the default name set to YYYY-MM-DD. I use hyphens between the year, month and day, plus I add an extra at the end for the actual name of the file, such as ConsumersEnergy or Dentist. PropertyTaxĪfter I save the file in ScannerPro, I set it to save to Dropbox, the apps/ScannerPro folder. Hazel watches the apps/ScannerPro folder for any activity and moves it to a local folder, ~/Inbox. When Hazel finds a file named with the extension PDF, it activates the script from Katie Floyd There is also a Hazel script that watches the Inbox folder from the previous step. The script makes use of PDFPen Pro (regular PDFPen doesn't seem to work. That script automates the OCR process by opening PDFPen Pro and scanning the document then converting images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text that is searchable. ![]()
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