CopyClip - Clipboard History
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Great product. I use it daily. Super helpful. Very reliable. I'd give this 4.5 stars if half stars were an option. So what would I still like to see? Just two things: 1) Would love some kind of option to 'pin' certain items that would then not get cleared. I have a few clips I use over and over and over and would like to always have those 2 or 3 clips available 'forever'. But then there are many other clips I want to clear and it would be good if I could do a 'clear' while still leaving a few 'pinned clips' in place. 2) Not sure if this is possible technically, but it would be great if the list of blacklist applications separately called out the browser's (Chrome, Safari, etc.) private modes (ex: Chrome's Incognito). I don't use private browser mode often, but when I do it would be great if CopyClip could blacklist Incognitio mode to further enhance privacy.
I was simply astounded when I was asked to do a review for Copy Clip! The invitation took me back to a time "pre- CC" when I didn't have the ability to see any history of my clipboard, let alone the power to go back and paste a clipboard item that I copied to the clipboard but have copied 79 items since. No kidding! My copy clip is set to temember the last 80 items I copied to clipboard. It is like I no longer write, create or design in fear of losing stuff. My astoundment stems from my totally forgetting about thse college days when in a matter of seconds, a twety-nine page research paper could be gone with no chance of retrieval all because I copied to clipboard, deleted one graphic from the paper, accidentally copied a second graphic to the clipboard and POOF!! - 29 pages gone forever. I mean if you're readng this and you do not yet have copy clip installled, please do it now. And for those who are thinking, "How stupidi of that guy to not have a back up of those 29 pages!!", consder the following.. I have Copy Clip and you don't! Me stupid? What took YOU so long to finally get here?
CopyClip functions fine as a basic clipboard manager BUT it still doesn't work as well as the similar free ClipMenu app which has very useful "Snippets", "Shortcuts" and "Actions" (all very useful but the user doesn't have to bother because they don't complicate the interface or basic usability) plus configuration of almost everything imaginable, from the menu bar icon choice to what types of files may be clipped to the quantity of clipped items stored to subfolders on the menu etc etc. Finally, that amazing little app hasn't been updated since 2014 but still works flawlessly up thru at least Catalina (I haven't upgraded to Big Sur but expect it will continue working well). Because I'm always nervous that ClipMenu will break, I hope this review will motivate CopyClip developers to step up and 'copy' the versatility of ClipMenu because a capable clipboard manager is an essential operating feature for me (and I think anyone that bothers to use it a while will surely then be spoiled). So I've always wondered why Apple doesn't integrate this feature in the mac os??
It does exactly what I need it to do and for that, I love it. As a minister, I copy/paste multiple scriptures throughout my outlines/papers, and the ability to have multiple passages of scripture on a single clipboard has made my sermon preparation so much easier! Thank you! The only drawback I’ve seen so far is that, not only does it NOT support copying tables, but it actually impedes that function within Microsoft Word. I use tables a LOT - for quotations, resources, emphasized points, et al - and I am FREQUENTLY copying tables within Word. The first time I tried to copy a table within Word - with CopyClip running in the background - the text copied, but I lost the “paste as table” function in Word; I had to completely close CopyClip in order to restore that function in Word. I would love to see CopyClip support the ability to copy/paste as a table but apart from that tiny thing, I’m truly happy with it.
This is a great little utility and I can't emphasize enough how much it helps me in my current workflow. However, I would still like to suggest two tiny improvements:a. The utility remembers 80 clippings, however displaying that many would be pain. And sometimes I actually copy-paste alot need to go quite far back, therefore an easy expand option on the list would work great.b. It would be great if older clips re-surfaced up when copied again. Sometimes it happens that I clipped something, say a fedex tracking number that I need to see 7 days later. Now after clipping other stuff the fedex numbe is pushed deep down. In order to keep it on top of list, I would love if it showed up on top when copied again.
What I hated most was when I forgot to set it to start on login, and I copy and pasted a lot of stuff and wanted to open copy clip and find the first thing I copied. When it's running, I never have to worry that I am copy and pasting between many windows, knowing that I have to repaste the same data multiple times. It's just there when I need it. I work in IT - and we have documented commands that I have to run many times, or input values which are LONG strings and typing them is a pain, and they are in the output from some other command, document, or request from users, and I copy and paste all the times.I love the fact that it is in the top bar and a drop down list. And that you can customize how many clips you save. So far, I have not found a down side.
I cannot even begin to guess how many exasperating hours of re-typing this would have saved me when I was completing my degree a few years ago. If you type many paragraphs and documents with creative original content - especially online, you cannot afford to have this app. No more sick feelings when you realize the discussion board or site you were typing your content on has timed out before you finished editing or submitting. Plus many other instances when you realize you would like to use the same content you have alread copied but after you copied something else. Invaluable stress and time reliever.
All else aside if you use this as a Typical or normal user, I would say you’ll be in love 1000% guarantee.That said, I can always lock up and crash a mac, even the old ones which took a lot of effort… same in my testing with this loaded:The only negative is that it’s been guesstimated that it’s been tied to a crash and seen it lock up a couple times when only thing different were after adding it.I’ve tried this on and off and it’s mainly when fast user switching and I have 3-4 browsers with 20-40 tabs in each just maxing out the beast and I have been able to produce some strange lock ups.
This app is one of the most useful on my Mac. I no longer have to go back and forth between programs to copy multiple items. I copy them all one at a time from the source document and then use CopyClip to select and paste into the destination. In addition, some programs don’t treat the Clipboard correctly. Using LiveCode, for example, if I collect some tab-delimited data on the Clipboard and then paste into Google Sheets, the tabs are ignored and the entire row pastes into the first cell. But, if I first select the item in CopyClip, I can paste into a spreadsheet with the data distributed across the columns. This app is a major time saver. Great work.
First off, I cannot believe this application is free!Thank you to the team that has made this phenomenal application, I didn’t think I’d use it much at first but now I find myself scrolling through my past copies to find an important line of text and CopyClip always works and always has the line of text that I need. The command shortcuts make it really fast and easy to copy a line of text, and overall I’d recommend it. Plus, even if you don’t like it (which would be absurd), it’s free, so there’s no harm in trying it in the first place!Enjoy, and frett no more when you need something that you copied earlier!