Are you planning to organise all those old photos over Christmas? There's a great app for that!

Over the Christmas break a couple of years ago, I finally got around to sorting out a pile of old family photos - photos that I wanted to scan and save as digital versions and then share with the rest of my family.

So, I thought ...

Wouldn't it be great if you could just point your iPhone at a set of old photos and have them scanned, cropped, clarified and saved to your Photos app?

Even better, wouldn't it be great if you could also put the information written on the back of the photo onto this digital photo, so that you don't lose that information?

And, even better again, wouldn't it lovely if those photos then appeared in your Photos timeline in the correct year/month, so that you could easily find them again.

I was so excited to find such an app and got heaps of scanning done over that Christmas break in 2018.

​Here are some examples where I put descriptions on the photo. (I used the app Skitch to blot out names in these descriptions showing here.)

Check out the video below to see a quick example of this wonderful app in action.

If you then want to find out more, check out our more detailed Handy Hint for information about the app and how to use it - the button is below the video.

Learn more about this handy app to scan old photos

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A great app for scanning old photos

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Learn to make a photo book with your scanned photos - and other great classes about photos

A great way to preserve and show your beautiful old photos is to make a Photo Book. We love all the books that we have made of our family holidays and special events.

If you need help with this, check out the below schedule for upcoming dates for our 'Make a Photo Book' class at iTandCoffee. These classes are run as online classes - so you can attend from anywhere! All you need is Zoom.

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Can't get to classes? We have videos of all of our classes

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The Photos App on the Mac - 2 x class videos (30 days' access)

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Make a Photo Book from your Digital Photos - class video (1 month's access)

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Organising Photos (new AND old) on the iPad and iPhone (30 day's access)

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PTT Video - Taking Great Photos on the iPhone and iPad

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PTT Video - Organising photos on a Windows computer

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PTT Video: Ditch that scanner - Great Solutions for scanning documents/photos & signing documents using iPhone/iPad

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User guides about managing all those photos

If you are not sure how to manage all the photos on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, we have brand new user guides to help - as well as videos of our classes on the topic of Photos.  Or why not join an upcoming class?  

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The Photos App on the iPad and iPhone - iOS 12 Edition (Paperback)

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The Photos App on the iPad and iPhone iOS 12 (PDF Download)

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The Comprehensive Guide to iCloud (iOS 14 / macOS Big Sur Edition 2021) - PDF Download

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The Photos App on the Mac - Edition 4, Photos 5.0 macOS Catalina (Paperback)

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The Photos App on the Mac - Edition 4, Photos 5.0 macOS Catalina (PDF Download)

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