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Guides, step by step.

One task, one way: this is where you learn how to set up PaperPeace, connect a storage location, share your library, fetch email attachments, narrow down a problem and which file formats work.

Guides
Guide 1

First steps

The setup in five steps and your first document.

Open guide → Guide 2

Connect a NAS over SMB

Address, sign-in, share and folder: how your NAS becomes your storage.

Open guide → Guide 3

Connect Nextcloud and WebDAV

Server type, address, app password and folder for Nextcloud, ownCloud and your own server.

Open guide → Guide 4

Share with your family

One shared folder in iCloud Drive, one library for everyone.

Open guide → Guide 5

Set up mail import

Connect a mailbox, set rules, review attachments in Intake.

Open guide → Guide 6

When something is wrong

Repair the library, read the sync journal and system logs, report a bug.

Open guide → Guide 7

File formats

Which files PaperPeace accepts and how much text the app reads from each format.

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How the guides are built

Each guide covers one task and walks through it step by step. Buttons and menus carry the names they have in the app. Where iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac differ, both ways are shown.

More on the topic

Which storage options exist and what they do is on Storage locations & sync. How documents get into the app is shown in Bringing documents in.

Something not working?

Write to us through the contact form. The more exactly you name the step and the message in the app, the faster we find the cause.