Yoink - Better Drag and Drop 4+

Your File and Snippet Shelf

Matthias Gansrigler

    • 4.8 • 405 Ratings
    • $14.99

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Description

Try Yoink for Mac for free - download the demo version at https://eternalstorms.at/yoink/mac
Yoink is also available for iPhone & iPad: https://eternalstorms.at/yoink/ios

Yoink simplifies and improves drag and drop between windows, apps, spaces and fullscreen apps, by providing a temporary "shelf" for your files and app-content.
It frees up your mouse, enabling you to navigate more comfortably to the destination of your files.

When you start dragging files in Finder or content from an application, Yoink fades in at the edge of your screen, allowing you to drag to it.
While Yoink is holding on to your files for you, you can more easily and comfortably navigate to the destination of your files, without having to keep the mouse button clicked the entire time.

Overview of Yoink's main features:
- A "shelf" at the edge of your screen for files and app-content you'd like to move or copy, which behaves like Finder (regarding moving and copying)
- Yoink follows you everywhere - windows, spaces and (fullscreen-) apps
- Icons are created using QuickLook, allowing easy identification
- Multiple files dragged to Yoink at once are condensed into a Stack, making it easy to drag them out together
- System Services, the Quick Action and Share extensions allow storing files in Yoink without having to use drag and drop
- Handoff to transfer files between all the Macs, iPads and iPhones you're using Yoink on
- Clipboard History, which lets you store previously copied content in Yoink, or copy again
- Highly customizable - you decide where, when and if Yoink appears
- "Share" to and from Yoink
- Build workflows with Yoink's Shortcuts integration

For further information and usage tips for getting the most out of Yoink, please visit its website.

Here's what customers say about Yoink:
"Essential. One of the few apps I use all the time." - Kraznoff, US App Store
"Simple, elegant, perfect. This is a fantastic app. It works flawlessly". - Benwiggy, UK App Store
"Handiest utility I ever purchased." - Nrgwise, US App Store

Here's what members of the press say about Yoink:
"Yoink is a terrific utility" - John Gruber, DaringFireball.net
"Yoink is a fantastic way to enhance drag'n'drop. Highly recommended." - Federico Viticci, MacStories.net
"Yoink is an awesome drag and drop utility for the Mac and is instrumental to me when working with full screen apps." - Jeff Benjamin, iDownloadBlog
"I absolutely love this little utility, it's one of the few I've come across that has had staying powers on my Macs." - James Dempsey, The Graphic Mac

Some features may require a more recent version of macOS, or the separately available Yoink app for iOS:
Handoff to/from iPad or iPhone requires separately available Yoink app for iOS
Quick Action and Continuity Camera requires macOS Mojave 10.14

If you have any feedback or questions, please do not hesitate to write me by mail at support@eternalstorms.at, or on twitter at @YoinkApp or @eternalstorms.
Thank you.

What’s New

Version 3.6.90

Yoink v3.6.90 (139) brings the following bug fixes:

- Fixes a bug where importing photos, documents or sketches from an iOS device didn't work
- Fixes an issue with the clipboard history in Yoink's contextual menu
- Improved support for Stage Manager

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
405 Ratings

405 Ratings

Colli-Cub ,

Simple, yet so helpful!

With the extra steps that Apple seems to place between performing a MacBook screenshot, sharing the file to Preview, then exporting it to another app or archive, the prcoess can get profoundly tedious if you're working with a lot of files.
Without burying them in some deep hidden Library folder and never actually deleting them, Yoink holds the files in a convenient (and customisable!) dock til you need them - dragging and dropping multiple screenshots or file grabs into an app is so much easier, and allows you to quickly cull files where you change your mind.
My favourite feature is the 'file retrieve' function, where after I've dragged it somewhere but changed my mind or worse, made a mistake, I can simply right click in the dock and retrieve the last file, via Yoink's temp file, straight back to where I need it.
I highly recommend this app for research referencing, conferencing and digital designer mood-boarding.

IcyMarx ,

Been Using for years

By far the most easiest,most convienient and easiest copy/paste app I have ever used. Sometimes I have kept certain constantly used snippets, logos, profile pictures for a year or more until I update the bits and pieces that become out of date. Drag and Drop fantastic. Ideal for filing forms out, adding to Data bases without using combo bowes and the like and using on spreadsheets. I also through notes save sets of like data that I then transfer to Yoink when needed. Tis not that dificult to set up a shortcut to do this automatically. Suggest this app to beginners up to professioans. Well done Eternal Storms Software

mark1bean ,

Very handy helper

I've been using Yoink for several months now and, unlike many utilities I've tried, I *actually* use it every day. My use is to collect file(s) temporarily while I prepare an email or text message, or go to a forum upload form etc. I'm pretty good at dragging objects between tasks using cmd-tab but I still find myself using Yoink. It's a good helper for me. I've set it to just show if I drag something down to the bottom left corner of my screen and it's really unobtrusive. Thanks for a great app!

App Privacy

The developer, Matthias Gansrigler, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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