Turn Apple Notes Into A Free AI-Powered Personal Filing System

Notes is free and ships with every iPhone, iPad and Mac. You Don’t have to be a geek to have an effective, free personal filing system.

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Information only gets lost if you’ve nowhere to put it. Follow this light-touch system, and you’ll be amazed at how quickly useful information accumulates. Notes is baked into the iPhone and iPad operating system, so you can access it from almost anywhere.

What I use it for

I use Apple Notes to scan and file:

• important (snail-mail) letters
• paper receipts
• invoices
• business cards

I also use it for my electronic filing:

• Screenshots.
• Print outs of web pages.
• PDF documents (including mark-up)
• Photos and drawings.
• Email chains.

Why put it all on computer? I got really tired of panicked searches through piles of paper and letters. Stuff needs to be found!

I looked at a couple of expensive packages, but then I realised that Apple Notes does most of what I…