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You can actually directly scan in the Files app from the triple dots menu in the upper right corner, this will allow you to directly scan as a PDF file.
by chazeon 2y ago
You can actually directly scan in the Files app from the triple dots menu in the upper right corner, this will allow you to directly scan as a PDF file.
- nialse 2y agoMind blown. Thanks for telling me about this gem.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoI love Apple, but this is so Apple: hidden powerful functionality you'll only know about through word of mouth or intentional exploration in the UI.
- criddell 2y agoIt’s also documented in the iPhone User Guide. You can get it through Books or on the web: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphf2746307f/18.0/ios/18.0 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphf2746307f/18...
- minkles 2y agoNo one reads the manuals these days. Apart from me apparently.
- elashri 2y agoI work mainly with undocumented stuff. That taught me to appreciate when there is manuals and documentation for anything and I read them. I don't watch YouTube videos, I read the manual. Of course until I can't figure it out and then still look into YouTube anyway.
- marcellus23 2y ago...or the manual.
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoExploring the UI is a perfectly valid method of discovering functionality. What’s the alternative? The phone interrupting you every 2 steps saying hey by the way, you can also do this and this from here?
- toomuchtodo 2y agoNow, I’ll probably ask Siri. “How can I scan a document with native iOS functionality?” Hopefully I get the right answer back from the LLM! (Admittedly, I have never read the manual for any iPhone I’ve owned; mea culpa)
- mrbombastic 2y agoIt also shows up as a shortcut in spotlight if you search for “Scan Document”
- jagged-chisel 2y agoValid, yes. But this should never be the sole method of discovery. Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user. What’s the alternative? That’s a question for a UX team - something Apple can certainly afford.
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoClicking on a kebab and getting a clearly-labeled “scan document” option seems like an eminently followable clue. It’s not like it’s a minuscule inscrutable icon three levels down.
- marcellus23 2y ago> Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user. This does that. It's behind a button that means "click this for a bunch of stuff you can do here"
- Obscurity4340 2y agoSame with number-range call blocking. Gotta pay $4 but it saves you from scammers and other serial callers
- manmal 2y agoAnd you can scan to any cloud provider that integrates with Files that way. Dropbox etc
- terraplura 2y agoCame here to say the same. I wonder how this app compares. One perk this app provides is you have a button to press from your home screen. With the native feature, you could set up an Apple shortcut to start scanning a document and create a button on your home screen.
- lobochrome 2y agoAnd you can use the Shortcuts app to create a home screen shortcut for it.
- treetalker 2y agoYou can long-press the Files icon and access it from the iOS context menu too!
- cromka 2y agoAlso worth noting is that if you have a Mac, you can do the same from its Finder and a right click menu.
- wrs 2y agoWith an iPad, just open Camera. If it sees a piece of paper, you’ll get a yellow Scan Document button without doing anything.