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I also have a SnapScan, but I never heard of DevonThink. How does it compare to just sticking pdfs in folders? (That's what I currently do.) What are the adva

• boringg 5y ago
  Ok this snapscan thing -- I've seen it mentioned a couple times. Why is it so good?
  • jasonwaters 5y ago
    ScanSnap is good because you can set a stack of papers (dozens) in the paper feed tray, push a button, and all the papers will be scanned, OCR'd and a PDF created for you. It takes the pain away from scanning because all you have to do is insert stack of papers press 1 button, done. If you compare to a flat bed scanner (do people still use those?) or even a mobile device app scanner it is still faster every time.
• jasonwaters 5y ago
  Devonthink handles the syncing to NAS, and it also provides many other features for managing and organizing documents. I don't have the discipline to organize all my documents in folders. So instead I put it all in devonthink where i can easily search for document content or dates. I have documents for the past 10+ years that i can still find with a few keystrokes. But Devonthink isn't free and if you'd rather self-organize on the file system and search via spotlight, that works too. I actually didn't want any of my documents to be searchable via spotlight. When i want to search for documents, i use devonthink -- i like that everything is in a separate place. I also don't want my kids to do a spotlight search and find important documents that could be nuked. So separating them was a feature for me.