Tutorial
Stored Data
Clipboard Manager stores these types of data:
TEXT - Copied text (maximum 100 000 characters).
LINK - Copied website url or text containing a website url.
IMAGE - Copied images.
FILE / FILES - Copied file and folder references (files and folders are not stored).
History Limit
Clipboard Manager deletes old items when the application is started or at the beginning of the each day. Favorite items, highlighted items, items in folders and items with a title will not be deleted. System time zone change affects the deleted items (for time options).
Set in Preferences - General:
20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000 items
Today (keeps today's items -> every day deletes all items), Yesterday (keeps yesterday's items), 2 Day Ago, 3 Day Ago, 4 Day Ago, 5 Day Ago, 6 Day Ago, 1 Weeks Ago (7 Days Ago), 2 Weeks Ago (14 Days Ago)
Paste
Swipe or Double Click the item.
Click Paste or Paste as Plain Text in the menu.
Press Enter to paste or Cmd+Enter to paste as plain text.
Paste with Edit
Use text of one or more text items and edit it before paste it.
Click Paste with Edit in the menu or press Shift+Cmd+Enter.
Swipe
Paste or Delete items with Swipe.
Change the swipe action in Preferences - Actions.
Quick Panel
Quickly perform the selected action.
Customize the actions in the quick panel in Preferences - Actions.
Selected Text
Press and hold Cmd and select text, the following actions will be performed with this text.
Filter
Filter items by type or application.
Press Cmd+R for reset filters.
Search
Start typing and the search begins or press Cmd+F and start typing.
Folders
Organize items into folders. Edit folders in Preferences.
Click Move to Folder in the menu or click the folder button at the bottom left of the item.
Switch Folders by press Tab or Shift+Tab.
Favorites
Choose your favorite items.
Click Add to Favorites in the menu or click ★ at the bottom right of the item.
Switch to Favorites by press Tab or Shift+Tab.
Recommend
Sort items by text similarity pasted into the active application in the past. Only text items are sorted this way, other items (images, links, files) are placed at the end (with confidence score = 0.0).
A machine learning model and its confidence score are used to determine text similarity.
Most Used
Sort items by paste count.
Switch to Most Used by press Tab or Shift+Tab.
Open
Open item in the default application.
Click Open in the menu or press Cmd+O.
Save to File
Save item to file.
Click Save to File in the menu or press Cmd+S.
Show in Finder
Show file(s) of the item in Finder.
Click Show in Finder in the menu.
Drag and Drop
Drag and Drop items into any application.
Share
Click Share in the menu and select the target.
Item Detail
Click Show Detail in the menu or press Space.
Item History
Click Show History in the menu.
Item Highlight
Click Set Highlight in the menu and select color.
Item Title
Click Set Title or Edit Title in the menu.
Saving Clipboard Contents
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Clipboard Manager saves clipboard contents.Stopped
Clipboard Manager does not save clipboard contents.View Mode
Normal View Mode
Normal row height.Compact View Mode
Compact row height and plain text.Window Mode
Paste the Last Items
(Removed since version 2.4.0)
Press Cmd+1,2...9,0 for paste first, second...n-th item.
Made with by Jan Valta.