
This includes Messages, the iWork suit of Keynote, Numbers, and Pages, and Mail.Īpple leans on Continuity for this feature, so your iPhone (or iPad) has to be logged into the same iCloud account, and both your Mac and the mobile device must have both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled. You'll find this feature in a host of Apple apps and some third-party apps that tap into the same system-level feature.

The set of images is loaded by Preview as a single document best saved as a PDF. Your iPhone or iPad will capture images continuously as it finds paper boundaries until you tap Save.

It's easiest to demonstrate in the built-in Preview app.
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You can perform powerful tricks in transforming paper to bits with your iPhone by itself, using software like Adobe Scan, JotNot Pro, PDFPen, or Evernote—or even Apple's Notes app.īut you can save a step and use a bigger screen for editing and other tasks by selecting an option you might not have known existed. Your iPhone is often the best camera you have with you, and it's also the best scanner for your Mac.
