Personal documentation storage software?

[R.Youden]

Hi everyone.

I’m looking for an app that will allow me to scan and save important documents / bills etc... that gives me a user friendly organization system. Obviously I could do this directly to the finder but I’m hoping there is a specific Mac app for that?

Thanks.

 

[superscape]

Hi,

I feel I'm duty bound to respond because of your Hull City image. ;-)

Personally, I have a similar use case but I don't use a specific app. I scan important docs using either my iPhone or laptop camera and save them into my dropbox folder. I organise them using tags in the Finder, which is good enough for my purposes. It also means I can tag PDFs or whatever if necessary.

If you wanted to go a step further then you could use https://www.apimac.com/mac/idatabase/ - I've not used it myself but I've heard good reports from others who have. Note that it's not free, but it's not massively expensive either.

Good luck - let us know what you settle on!

 

[Rank1E]

It might be overkill for your needs, but the app that came to mind was DevonThink.

 

[sracer]

Hi everyone.

I’m looking for an app that will allow me to scan and save important documents / bills etc... that gives me a user friendly organization system. Obviously I could do this directly to the finder but I’m hoping there is a specific Mac app for that?

Thanks.

I recommend using file/disk cataloging software that manages and indexes files on a system rather than an app that imports documents into a monolithic database. This will give you the greatest flexibility and avoids being locked in to a particular app.

 

[sgtaylor5]

I recommend using file/disk cataloging software that manages and indexes files on a system rather than an app that imports documents into a monolithic database. This will give you the greatest flexibility and avoids being locked in to a particular app.

Try EagleFiler; it stores your metadata in an SQL database, but your files are Finder-readable, and are untouched, save from nesting them into a slightly deeper folder structure.

 

[DrBrush]

Try EagleFiler; it stores your metadata in an SQL database, but your files are Finder-readable, and are untouched, save from nesting them into a slightly deeper folder structure.

EagleFiler looks great! Something I will definitely give a try...

Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[sgtaylor5]

EagleFiler looks great! Something I will definitely give a try...

Thanks for the recommendation.

You’re welcome. Glad to be of help.

 

[R.Youden]

I’m going to spend some time checking out EagleFiler, otherwise diligent Finder management may be the way to go.

 

[shamelin73]

I use ScanSnap that came with my Fujitsu scanner and works well