This is “it just works” territory stuff, in a way that hasn’t just worked in the past. Continuity Camera is a feature in macOS Whatevercodename2018 that lets you use your iPhone as a camera for your Mac. Preview uses this to let you quickly scan documents.
When you open Preview and choose the “Import from iPhone” option, your phone instantly opens up with a scanner that automatically recognizes documents:
The only tap I made on my phone was to hit the Save button at the end. After you hit Save on your phone, a PDF opens on your Mac with your scanned docs.
This works for pretty much anything I would want to digitize in a given month. I posted a shorter version to my coworking Slack and heard back
Whoa. That’s the first handoff-like feature that just worked, first time, without any trouble. Amazing.
I know you can scan documents with Notes and other apps, but this has so much less friction for me.
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