We use — swear by, actually — a Clipboard manager probably hundreds of times daily when using our Macs. We’ll let you know which one we use in our Take below (or you can click the image above).
Last week, I walked myself through the process of realizing the power of macOS Defaults and how, over the two decades of modern macOS, Apple has addressed most of the basic needs of the average user. At the end of that process, I ended up discovering that the most glaring feature omission in all of macOS might just be its lack of a clipboard manager.
Response to that discovery has been… interesting. All the true nerds wrote in to agree vociferously about how they simply couldn’t live without one. Everyone else… has apparently spent the entire time they’ve been using a computer not using one and can’t really understand why they should care!
Let me walk you through the reasons why non-nerds should care, why Apple should consider making this a built-in macOS feature, and what apps you should try out if you decide to go for it
MacDailyNews Take: We like things fast, powerful, and simple that live in our menu bars, so we use (heavily) and recommend (heavily) CopyClip 2. It’s a one-time purchase of $7.99 and it’s well worth the money for all of the time that it saves throughout the day!
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Been using iClip for years
There are still “Power Mac” users? 😉
I cannot see how such an app would be of any use to me at all. Honestly.
Any time you need to use something you copied again but you’ve copied something else in the meantime. iOS is even worse because whatever you cut or copy simply disappears after a certain amount of time even if you haven’t copied anything else.
Clipboard history feature of Keyboard Maestro…couldn’t use a Mac without it.
I used to use CopyClip but now use iClip which handles clips the way I need them.
JumpCut … for years 🙂
The free version of Raycast (mentioned in the article as a launcher) works great for me. The free version offers a clipboard history and easily-searchable snippets, which is all I need.
I use the clipboard manager built into Launch Bar. Very handy
Hi,
The free version of Raycast (mentioned in the article as a launcher) works great for me.
Why a basic clipboard memory feature is not already part of the OS has always baffled me. I use FlyCut, which used to be Jumpcut. It’s such a basic need to refer to previous clips.
PASTE WIZARD is flawless, and the developer has added every feature request and alteration I have asked for. There is virtually nothing that this app does not do that I wish it did.