Power up your drag-and-drop

Yoink is like having an always-there, easy-to-access storage shelf for your Mac. Use it to stash files, folders, images, documents, URLs and text snippets until you’re ready to use them – all without having to clutter your desktop.

What we love: How easy Yoink makes moving and accessing files. Start dragging a file, folder or text clipping and Yoink’s shelf appears on your Mac’s screen; drop an item onto the shelf and it stays there until you’re ready to move, view or use it. (No more having to open side-by-side Finder windows.) Drag multiple items to create a stack that lets you store – and later move – all the items together.

Quick tip: Yoink can automatically save recent Clipboard items – up to 36 of them – for easy access. Anything you store in Yoink can instantly be transferred to Yoink on another Mac or to the iPhone or iPad version of the app.

Meet the creator: Self-taught Austrian developer Matthias Gansrigler says the app’s name was inspired by a sound effect on The Simpsons. His favourite feature is Yoink’s multipurpose keyboard shortcut (F5 by default): Press it to show/hide the shelf, press it twice to add Clipboard contents to the shelf or press and hold it to re-add the latest item you moved off the shelf.

Yoink - Better Drag and Drop

Your File and Snippet Shelf

View