Replacement for Paperport Professional

[l88]

I am currently using Paperport Professional on a PC to scan all my documents and organize them. The only thing I use the PC for is Quicken & Paperport. Is there any program out there that is comparable to Paperport Professional for the MAC? All help is appreciated as these 2 programs are the last of my ties with the PC. If there are no similar(and good) programs for the Mac should I just load Parrellels and rum my Mac as a PC for these 2 programs. Please Help!

 

[RavingMac]

I am currently using Paperport Professional on a PC to scan all my documents and organize them. The only thing I use the PC for is Quicken & Paperport. Is there any program out there that is comparable to Paperport Professional for the MAC? All help is appreciated as these 2 programs are the last of my ties with the PC. If there are no similar(and good) programs for the Mac should I just load Parrellels and rum my Mac as a PC for these 2 programs. Please Help!

What scanner are you using? Have you checked their website for Mac alternatives?

 

[Pomeroy]

Have you looked at
Devonthink
Paperless
I use the Free idocument along with Preview to scan
or Yep from the Mac app store.

 

[WLH]

I use Neat for scanning doc's (Their scanner and software) and iBank for personal finance. Both work very well for me. Quicken has an Apple version I believe.

 

[l88]

I am using a Multifunction(printer, scanner, fax) machine but I have no problem buying a new scanner. The Fujitsu Scansnap S1500M looks like a good unless someone has a better idea. It does list a couple of programs but I would rather get a recommendation from someone who has converted from Paperport. Hope some people out there can help me. The Quicken version for mac is extremely limited at this time.

 

[RavingMac]

I am using a Multifunction(printer, scanner, fax) machine but I have no problem buying a new scanner. The Fujitsu Scansnap S1500M looks like a good unless someone has a better idea. It does list a couple of programs but I would rather get a recommendation from someone who has converted from Paperport. Hope some people out there can help me. The Quicken version for mac is extremely limited at this time.

I have the S1300 and it is great. If I had it all to do over woud probably go for the S1500.

EDIT: I have never used Paperport, but with the APPs that come with the scanner I don't know why you would need it. I scan Tax documents and other files directly to my NAS, and it does double sided scans in one pass.
FWIW I took a razor to an old comic book and stuck it in the sheet feeder. After a little work with Preview I had a great digital copy.

 

[Lastmboy]

I use Neat for scanning doc's (Their scanner and software) and iBank for personal finance. Both work very well for me. Quicken has an Apple version I believe.

Sorry for the late post, but just spotted this. How do you like the Neat scanner and software? I came across it a few days ago and have been interested. I have a Canon high-speed scanner that I really like for scanning standard size pages. However, it doesn't work well for receipts. I was wondering if the Neat scanner would, since it's paper feed looks a bit different.

 

[WLH]

Sorry for the late post, but just spotted this. How do you like the Neat scanner and software? I came across it a few days ago and have been interested. I have a Canon high-speed scanner that I really like for scanning standard size pages. However, it doesn't work well for receipts. I was wondering if the Neat scanner would, since it's paper feed looks a bit different.

The file management is excellent as is the OCR and indexing. However, the scanning seems slow and that could be an issue if you have a large volume. I don't so it ok for me.

 

[connoed]

Using Paperport on MAC

I have the same problem, I have used Paperport for 10 years on my PC's and there is no MAC version. I have elected to run Parallels, which is an inexpensive alternative, but be aware that you will have to install a free standing (not OEM PC based) Windows. It does not matter if it is an older version since you do not need the full capability of newer Windows versions. You can buy Windows 7 from Parallels for $99, migrate from an existing PC (thru PC-to-PC connection) or run a stand alone Windows from disk. The Parallels mftr. runs specials from time to time for as low as $39, but if you add the $99 cost of Windows (from Parallels), the total of ~ $140 is as much as if you could buy paperport for MAC.
Hopefully Nuance is working on a MAC version.

 

[wavestrake]

Paperport Type Software

I have noticed most Paperport equivalent software for the Mac lacks the straightening feature of Paperport. Most sheet feeding scanners will frequently skew the digital documents images. PDFClerkPro from SintraWorks ($50) provides the ability to rotate document images by as little as 1 degree left or right. This effectively provides the "straightening" feature found in Paperport although it works differently.

 

[Anthonydudley]

Paperport not for Mac

I have used Paperport for years on a PC and having converted to a Mac just recently I took a long look at Paperport and realised it's just a load of files!
I now have set up some 50 or so extra files in Dropbox (you could set them up anywhere on your Mac) The search facility on the Mac works fine.
In fact everything on my PC was in Dropbox and all I had to do was open Dropbox on the Mac and you are away.

 

[paulingis]

Paperport Alternative

The Paperport feature that I've not been able to duplicate in a program made for OS X is the ability to Stack and Unstack PDFs. To drag one pdf onto another and have them combine. I can do everything else that I need to do right in Preview. Does anybody know how to solve the stacking problem?

 

[RavingMac]

The Paperport feature that I've not been able to duplicate in a program made for OS X is the ability to Stack and Unstack PDFs. To drag one pdf onto another and have them combine. I can do everything else that I need to do right in Preview. Does anybody know how to solve the stacking problem?

This changed with Snow Leopard (or perhaps Lion). Before in Preview you simply dragged the PDF pages you wanted to add into the preview pane on the sidebar in Preview. Now you have to drag on top of an existing page in the sidebar and then Preview will merge them.

 

[paulingis]

This changed with Snow Leopard (or perhaps Lion). Before in Preview you simply dragged the PDF pages you wanted to add into the preview pane on the sidebar in Preview. Now you have to drag on top of an existing page in the sidebar and then Preview will merge them.

Yup. After I posted that comment, I did a search and found that out. So I'm basically done with Paperport. Between Finder and Preview I have everything I need.

BTW, the Fujitsu S1300 is a phenomenal scanner. I'm very happy with it.

 

[empyreal]

Expense report friendly document management

So I'm basically done with Paperport. Between Finder and Preview I have everything I need.

BTW, the Fujitsu S1300 is a phenomenal scanner. I'm very happy with it.

I've got the Fujitsu Scansnap 300M. Wonderful product.

My problem with Preview, iDocuments, Yep, etc., is that it doesn't allow for custom attributes on a document. I scan receipts for my expense report, and it'd be nice to capture things like "Client=XXXX", "Category=Dining", "Amount=12.00" that sort of thing.

So, I use NeatReceipts because it has this "expense report" functionality. I used to use Paperless, but for some reason I switched, and it must've been a valid reason otherwise I wouldn't have switched.

Any other ideas out in Mac-land on expense report friendly document organizing systems?

Thanks!

 

[kenmuraoka]

Replacement for Paperport

I have started using Pagemanager 9.5 Pro. I use it for a Kodak PS50 scanner I recently bought. For the Mac Kodak provides the drivers but not the rest of the software. It works well, just the UI needs updating.

 

[johnodd4]

and i am sorry to say kodak is no longer building software they sold there scanner printer division to brother so brother would have to update it not kodak

 

[jhencken]

WARNING: PaperPort does NOT work in Virtual machines (VMWare or Parallels).

I've relied on PaperPort of decades and actually bought Parallels for my two iMacs in order to use PP. For a long time I thought I was doing something wrong that it was behaving in an increasingly unacceptable flaky way. I complained to Nuance and they informed me PP was never supposed to work on a VM. :-(

 

[jhencken]

OSX does have the feature, although I have found it unreliable. However, there's a freeware program called "Combine PDFs" which does this quite well.

 

[pm-r]

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