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My life has changed (for the better) by digitizing my personal files that I’ve been lugging around for last 20 years. Not only did I rid my home of three bulky, overflowing file cabinets, I’ve also enhanced the way I access these documents and photos. Imagine being able to:
I’ve outlined the process I’ve been using for almost 8 years below. There are some alternate ways of scanning these days: iPhone apps where you just take a picture using your phone, for example. But I have found that to consistently get uniform and quality results, a desktop scanner is still the way to go. I also believe it is much faster to use a scanner if you have stacks of documents. The scanner listed above can scan the front and back of about 40 pages at a time. That would take forever on an iPhone!
I’ve gone through 3 scanners and 2 different shredders in my life, but my recommendations below show you the items that have worked very well for me (multiple years of heavy use without issue). This is the set up I use nearly every day: