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@dewski dewski released this 08 Oct 15:26
v0.1.0
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The first release of FastScan: put a stack in the feeder, press Scan, and it's filed where it belongs.

What it does

  • Scans papers and photos from an Epson FastFoto FF-680W over Wi-Fi, both sides, and drops blank backs.
  • Turns papers into searchable PDFs, about 1 MB per page or less.
  • Suggests a name and folder for each document with Apple's on-device model, following the patterns already in your filing cabinet. Nothing is filed until you press File It, and Undo puts it back.
  • Sends photos to Apple Photos, with writing on the back as the caption.
  • Lets you switch a document between color and grayscale, or keep only the fronts, without scanning again.

Requirements

  • A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 26 or later. Filing suggestions use Apple Intelligence when it is turned on, and a built-in heuristic when it is not.

  • An Epson FastFoto FF-680W on the same Wi-Fi network. It is the only scanner tested so far.

  • Homebrew's SANE package, which FastScan uses to talk to the scanner:

    brew install sane-backends

Install

  1. Download FastScan-0.1.0.zip below and unzip it.

  2. Move FastScan.app to your Applications folder.

  3. This build is not notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks the first launch. Open FastScan once, then go to System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Or run this in Terminal:

    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/FastScan.app

  4. When macOS asks whether FastScan may find devices on your local network, choose Allow.

  5. Open Settings (⌘,) and choose your filing cabinet folder. It starts as ~/Documents/Scans.

To check the download, compare it with FastScan-0.1.0.zip.sha256:

shasum -a 256 -c FastScan-0.1.0.zip.sha256
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