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Stop paper at the source. How to manage PDF or digital only statements, bills and invoices. If you’re joining us for the first time, I’ve included a list at the end of links to other articles in this series on the seemingly challenging task of going paperless at home and in the office. Over the last few months, we’ve looked at a few hardware and software solutions, along with how all of it can be brought together with cloud storage. Now that we know how to capture and store our PDF scans, I’d…

A screenshot is worth a thousand words yosemite capture specific windowNow that Macs are so common in households (and more and more offices everyday) you may find yourself needing to share what’s on your screen with someone else. Usually this need arises because you would like to show someone else how to do something or you are having a technical issue that you need to share with a tech support provider (such as Mac Zen!). And even though almost all of us have a smartphone with a very capable…

When I’m not out helping Mac Zen clients, I work 9-5 at a local tech company called Kano/Apps. It’s a great place to work for many reasons, but one of my favourite things about it is the sheer amount of whiteboard space. For someone who spends so much time working on the computer, it seems odd to be so drawn to writing in a physical medium. But whiteboards are ubiquitous in tech companies - in fact, Aitan has a huge one hanging in his office, marked out with a tight grid of schedules and to…

In the last few days I've been shocked by how many scams I've seen people fall prey to. Even when their haven't been compromised, people are terrified that they have been taken advantage of. Over the years, I have seen folks fleeced for anywhere between $300 to $3000. No one situation is alike, yet they all share one thing in common—one momentary lapse of reason brought on by fear. If you listen to TechTalk on AM1070 with Alan Perry and I, you’ll know that we’re often talking about security…

The first sign of an impending holiday season has to be Christmas music. If you turn on the radio the morning after Thanksgiving, chances are you’ll be humming Good King Wenceslas midway through making a turkey sandwich (yes, I eat turkey sandwiches for breakfast. With gravy.) Music is such a fixture of the season, from caroling to elevator muzak, and there’s really no other time of year that’s so heralded by song. Of course, it’s 2017 (for another two weeks, at least) and that means there’s…

One of the best things about the evolution of technology is that most of us now have a great camera right in our pocket or purse. These allow us to capture fleeting moments in photographs that we might never have before. However, this great technological advancement has also become one of the biggest problems with photography today – We tend to not print photos anymore, but rather only look at them on screens. So, we are capturing more memories but we seem to be viewing, reviewing and…

Welcome to another installment of our "Going Paperless" article series! Today we'll cover why embracing cloud-based storage is a must for reclaiming areas of your home or work that have been lost to paper. Since we started talking about going paperless, we haven’t really looked too deeply at where to store the digital versions of your documents. The default location is either your documents folder, or as with most scanner setups, the Pictures folder. For many this is just fine, but two…

Do they still have a place in our home? How can we make best use of them, and what are the pitfalls to look out for? Over the last few months, we’ve looked closely at a couple of solutions that are dedicated to capturing documents and reducing clutter. Scanner Pro is a gold-standard iPhone app by Riddle which turns your iPhone’s high-resolution camera into a very capable scanner. The Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 is a standalone document scanner and software solution designed for high-volume duplex…