We are quickly moving away from paper documents. Part of the process involves scanning different texts to, from the Mac, sending them, editing them, digitally signing documents, publishing them, and more. There are several ways to scan documents on our Mac and the fastest, as curious as it may seem, is to use our iPhone.
A fast and ultra-fast process: one click, the camera and you’re done
We may know that we can directly scan documents with our iPhone or iPad. If we add to this the possibility of use iCloud Drive to sync results
Occasionally we may lack internet connection on the Mac, for example, so synchronization via iCloud is complete. We can use AirDrop or Internet Sharing with our iPhone, yes, but that is another process. Do we want to scan a document on the Mac quickly? We do like this:
- On our Mac we right click on the desktop, or any other folder, we choose Import from iPhone or iPad and we select scan documents under the name of our device.
- We point the camera of our iPhone or iPad at the document.
- we touch to safeguard.
Let’s just touch to safeguard, we will see the scanned document appear on our desktop, ready for any further management. let’s see what you don’t even have to unlock your iPhone or iPad
Easy, right? The truth is, it couldn’t be easier. Scanning any document on our Mac is as easy as doing a click and a dot with the iPhone. A resource that can be more than useful to us in many circumstances and that highlights the value of the ecosystem when it comes to doing more with our devices.
