ScanDrop comes to Mac: makes scanning to cloud services simple

Not to derail the topic, but another option is to scan to a Dropbox or Mesh folder. Windows' Start Button will include the document in its search database.

Chris, just out of curiosity, what does your paperless workflow look like? I've been struggling to find a way to organize my Evernote so that its balanced between logic organization and productivity. In recent months I've been reversing my previous structures to involve less hierarchy so as to make things easier to access. I've noticed that the more intensely organized something is, the more counter-productive it is.

That said, I've been trying to figure out how to use Evernote and not end up with one huge dumping groud or find myself drilling through tons of notebooks or tags just to get to one item. I'm finding that I use search features much more now. For instance, I don't use Folders/Labels in my Gmail. I just search for what I need. Would this be a better approach for Evernote?

I simply use ImageCapture (comes with every mac) and in the "Scan To:" drop down I simply select Evernote. Then every file I scan gets sent directly to the Evernote app where I can tag and sync it.

It's free, and unlike what the reviews say on the Mac App store, actually works.

Chris, thanks for reviewing ScanDrop (I am the marketing guy at OfficeDrop, ScanDrop's maker). We've been getting a lot of positive feedback from our users about this new Mac version. We did launch ScanDrop Mac in January, but this new version offers some pretty great new features - like the scan to Dropbox that you mention - and it works with a larger number of scanners vs the original release.

We think that the UI and workflow are really optimized for efficiently scanning to the cloud. We've got a mail in scanning service at OfficeDrop and ScanDrop is based on the internal app we created to efficiently scan millions of pieces of paper into the cloud. If you only scan one or two documents to the cloud a month then a multi-step process is fine, but if you are really paperless then you probably want an app that saves you time and steps. Not only does ScanDrop work with a large number of scanners, it also cleanly lets you do the most important things you'd want to do before uploading your data to the cloud - not just stuff like cropping and reordering, but also adding cloud meta-data like tags/labels or picking notebooks/folders. We also like the fact that you can switch cloud post scan, so that if you mistakenly picked Google Docs and you meant Dropbox, you can just click and change without losing the scan.

We expect to add additional cloud connectors in the coming months, as well as a couple of other features that are becoming highly requested. We will also raise price before the end of this coming week, so thanks for writing about it now so that people can get it at the introductory price!

Thanks
Healy Jones
OfficeDrop marketing person

Not sure why this would interest me. I scan everything in and use Mariner Paperless for organization. If I need it in dropbox or my iDisk, I just drag it over. Paperless is searchable, you can create categories within libraries, and you can also create categories under folders in libraries. I use it for all my paperless (no pun intended) needs.

I also worry about security with anything cloud related.

What does this offer me over just using Image Capture and scanning to a folder that I have Evernote set to watch? I've been doing this for quite a while and it's worked pretty well for me.

I've checked, yes it got out in january, and got the link from lifehacker, don't know if it was a special promotion, but i definitely not paid for that and not downloaded it from the app store.
I agree that is a good piece of software!
I use it a lot to scan documents directly in evernote

You're right Chris.

I never noticed that although i searched in iTunes for "scandrop", iTunes decided ScanDoc was close enough. One Homer Simpson "Doh!" for me.

errr why is this such a big news? I mean it's already two months that I use scandrop for mac and before the appstore it was even free

Now the Mac version ($1.99) is cheaper than the iPhone version ($5.99)? Both versions are "on sale".

Remind me why I would want to buy the iPhone version?