Clipboard guides for Mac
Straight answers about copying, pasting, screenshots and clipboard history on macOS, written by the people who make EasyPaste. We say when the built-in tools are enough.
Universal Clipboard Not Working? How to Fix Copy and Paste Between iPhone and Mac
Copied on your iPhone but nothing pastes on your Mac (or the other way round)? Check these requirements and fixes in order, from Handoff settings to the Mac's pasteboard process.
Screenshot Everything, Find Anything: Using Screenshots as a Second Brain on Mac
Screenshots are the fastest way to save a receipt, an error, a slide or a code. Here's a simple Mac workflow that makes every one of them findable by the words inside it, plus 10 things worth capturing.
How to Take a Scrolling Screenshot on Mac (Full Page, Long Chats, Documents)
macOS has no scrolling screenshot button, but you can still capture a whole web page, chat or document. Five free methods using Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Preview, plus the apps that add true scrolling capture.
How to Copy and Paste Multiple Items on a Mac
The Mac clipboard holds one thing at a time. How to copy several items and paste them later, or paste them all at once, with built-in tools and with a clipboard manager.
Apps That Search the Text Inside Your Screenshots on Mac (2026)
Which Mac apps let you type a word and find the screenshot that contains it? Spotlight, Photos, Snapling, CleanShot X, Maccy and EasyPaste compared, including what each one actually indexes.
How to Search for Text Inside Images on a Mac
Your Mac can read the words in photos, screenshots and copied images. Where that search works (Photos, Finder, Spotlight), where it doesn't, and how to make every image you copy searchable.
How to Organize Screenshots on Mac and Stop Losing Them
A Desktop buried in "Screenshot 2026-…" files is the most common Mac mess there is. Move them to one folder, sort them automatically, clear the old ones, and find any screenshot by what's in it.
How to Find a Screenshot on Mac (Even by the Text Inside It)
Lost a screenshot among hundreds named "Screenshot 2026-…"? Four ways to find it on a Mac: by date, by Finder search, by the words inside the image, and with a searchable history.
Copied Over Something Important? How to Get Back What You Copied Earlier on Mac
Copied something new and lost the text, link or image you needed? What you can still recover on a Mac, where to look first, and how to make sure it never happens again.
Are Clipboard Managers Safe? What a Mac Clipboard History Can See
A clipboard manager sees everything you copy, including passwords and private messages. What can go wrong, the six things to check before you install one, and how to use one safely.
A Clipboard Manager for Developers on Mac: Keep Every Command, Error and Snippet
Developers copy hundreds of commands, stack traces, JSON blobs and tokens a day. What a clipboard manager should do for that workflow, what it must never keep, and how to set one up on a Mac.
Free Clipboard Managers for Mac: Built-in and Open Source Options
The free clipboard managers for Mac worth installing in 2026: Spotlight's built-in history, Maccy, Clipy, CopyQ, Flycut and PasteBar. Licences, macOS requirements and where to download each one safely.
macOS Spotlight Clipboard History vs a Clipboard Manager
macOS Tahoe added clipboard history to Spotlight. Here's how it works, what Apple does and doesn't document about it, and when a dedicated clipboard manager is still worth having.
Where Is the Clipboard on a Mac? How to View and Clear It
The Mac clipboard isn't a folder or an app. Here's how to see what's on it, how to clear it, and why it only ever holds one item.
Where Do Screenshots Go on a Mac? How to Find Them and Change the Location
Mac screenshots save to the Desktop by default, unless a setting sends them somewhere else. How to find missing screenshots, and how to choose where new ones are saved.
The Best Clipboard Managers for Mac in 2026
An honest comparison of Mac clipboard managers: Spotlight's built-in history, Maccy, Raycast, Paste and EasyPaste. What each is best at, and when a free one is enough.
Text Expanders for Mac: Built-in Text Replacements and the Alternatives
Type a short code and get a full reply, address or template. How to use macOS Text Replacements for free, where they fall short, and the apps that go further.
Maccy vs EasyPaste: Which Mac Clipboard Manager Should You Use?
Maccy is free, open source and minimal. EasyPaste is visual, reads text in screenshots and is coming to the Mac App Store. A fair side-by-side comparison to help you pick.
Mac Copy and Paste Keyboard Shortcuts: The Complete Cheat Sheet
Every copy, cut, paste and screenshot shortcut on macOS in one place, including Paste and Match Style, moving files in Finder, copying styles and screenshots to the clipboard.
How to Use a Color Picker on Mac and Copy the Hex Code
Pick any colour on your screen and copy its hex value. Digital Color Meter and the macOS Colors panel are both free and built in. Here's how to use each, and a faster option.
How to Take a Screenshot to the Clipboard on a Mac
Add Control to any Mac screenshot shortcut to copy it instead of saving a file, then paste it anywhere. Plus how to make it the default, and how to keep past screenshots.
How to See Your Clipboard History on a Mac
Does a Mac keep a clipboard history? Recent macOS versions have a basic one in Spotlight. Here's how to open it, what it can't do, and when a clipboard manager is worth it.
How to Paste Without Formatting on a Mac
Use Option-Shift-Command-V to paste plain text in most Mac apps. Here are the shortcuts for Google Docs, Word and others, and how to make plain-text paste the default everywhere.
How to Copy and Paste on a Mac: Every Method, Explained
Keyboard shortcuts, the menu bar, right-click, drag and drop, files in Finder, and pasting between your iPhone and Mac. Everything you need to copy and paste on macOS.
How to Copy Text From an Image or Screenshot on a Mac
Use Live Text to select and copy words in photos, screenshots and PDFs of scans, straight from Preview, Photos, Quick Look or Safari. No extra app needed.