How I work paperless within the Apple ecosystem

Apple equips you with a remarkable number of features that make a paperless office a breeze.

Tobias Hedtke
8 min readOct 18, 2023
Photo by Dhru J on Unsplash

Let me confess — I hate physical paper. I have always been obsessed with finding the perfect device, the perfect software, and the perfect system to go entirely paperless. I am confident in saying that I found my perfect system — it is my personal Apple ecosystem. Let me give you an inside on how I work paperless and guide you along the remarkable features that are hidden inside Apple‘s devices and software.

Off we go…

The problem with physical paper

These guys get bored and collect dust:

Image courtesy of the author.
Image courtesy of the author.

I did not take any physical notes for at least a year. No exaggeration, that is true.

But what is the actual problem with physical paper? Well, it is often stationary. You have your notes at your desk, the tax paperwork stored in a folder in the closet, and your company’s documents in your office. They are all in different locations and not very mobile.

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Tobias Hedtke

Scientist, entrepreneur, and tech enthusiast from Germany, writing about Apple tech, productivity, and start-up entrepreneurship