Guides
Clipboard tips for Mac, from the makers of Pocketry.
- How to see your clipboard history on a Mac
Does a Mac keep a clipboard history? What macOS does and does not remember, how Universal Clipboard fits in, and the simplest way to get a searchable history.
- How to clear your clipboard and its history on Mac
Clear what is on your Mac clipboard right now, wipe a clipboard manager’s history, and stop passwords from lingering. Step by step, with Terminal and menu bar options.
- Copy on iPhone, paste on Mac (Universal Clipboard)
How to copy on your iPhone and paste on your Mac (and back) with Universal Clipboard: what you need, how to turn it on, why it stops working, and what it cannot do.
- Is your Mac clipboard private? A checklist
Your clipboard holds passwords, codes and private messages. What can read it, what clipboard managers do with it, and the checklist for a private one on Mac.
- Mac clipboard managers compared
An honest comparison of popular Mac clipboard managers: price model, sync, privacy and who each one suits. Includes where Pocketry falls short.
- A clipboard manager for developers on Mac
What developers need from a Mac clipboard manager: code-aware history, JSON, Base64, JWT and hash tools, secret filtering, a command line tool and no cloud.
- Text snippets on Mac, no subscription
Expand short keywords into full text anywhere on your Mac: dates, signatures, templates. How snippets work, with placeholders, and how to import from Espanso or TextExpander.
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