Nov 7, 2017 - Learn how to recall things copied onto your clipboard on macOS easily, and hot to get. How to access clipboard (copy-paste) history on a Mac.
Many of us are often copying and pasting various information, and then forgetting to save it. Then copy something else and lose what stored in the clipboard before. Is there some sort of built-in way to view the history of the clipboard, or do we have to install a program? There is exactly a built-in way to see what's on the Mac Clipboard - In the Finder, go to Show Clipboard, under Edit. But this Clipboard only shows the current clip - the most recent thing you have copied or cut. To save multiple items that you have placed in the clipboard and be able to paste them again later, you may want to check out Ondesoft ClipBuddy, which is a truly essential clipboard viewer for your Mac.
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Click to expand.there is a simple way to do all this - using Mail in leopard or snow, if you are writing any text into an email, then all along the app is backing it up - to find that clipboard bit you dropped three cut and pastes ago just dig through the trashes (there will be hundreds of versions of the email as it saves every minute or so) or just search for one or two of the words you know will be within the text - works like a dream. Furthermore assuming you have that particular account set to not delete mail in trash until a month has past you can go back a long long way!!
- make it IMAP and the same will be true on your mail servers too. So in the unlikely event that it was a well thought out email you trashed the other day, GET DIGGIN in that trash bin - good luck! Click to expand.
OKay. Now it's an even OLDER thread. But, I have the same question. I 'copied' over a previous 'copy' of necessary info I left on my clipboard. Any hope I can retreive that older info?
Has the Mac OS changed in the past, uh, three years? I have a MacBook Pro-late 2009-still running Leopard (OS 10.5.8) and I never thought to add an app that could keep track of my clipboard history (duh) until I found this thread. I'm assuming I'm scr wed, but, doesn't hurt to ask, eh? AND, I WILL add a clipboard history app after today-any new suggestions? There is a simple way to do all this - using Mail in leopard or snow, if you are writing any text into an email, then all along the app is backing it up - to find that clipboard bit you dropped three cut and pastes ago just dig through the trashes (there will be hundreds of versions of the email as it saves every minute or so) or just search for one or two of the words you know will be within the text - works like a dream.
Furthermore assuming you have that particular account set to not delete mail in trash until a month has past you can go back a long long way!! - make it IMAP and the same will be true on your mail servers too. So in the unlikely event that it was a well thought out email you trashed the other day, GET DIGGIN in that trash bin - good luck! Hi Slug420, I see you've posted a bit about retrieving past clipboard entries.
I f###d up and some how lost some things 4/5 &4/6 that I had copied briefly to my clipboard to paste into word for word count info. Can I see those clips? I have done little cutting and pasting since then. See Clyppan, jump cut, ClipMenu & inventive.us/cliplite, but cannot tell if they can access history prior to installation or only going forward.
Any thoughts you have would be most helpful. Am running OXS Lion. Best, [email protected] thank you. Hi Slug420, I see you've posted a bit about retrieving past clipboard entries. I f###d up and some how lost some things 4/5 &4/6 that I had copied briefly to my clipboard to paste into word for word count info. Can I see those clips?
I have done little cutting and pasting since then. See Clyppan, jump cut, ClipMenu & inventive.us/cliplite, but cannot tell if they can access history prior to installation or only going forward. Any thoughts you have would be most helpful.
Am running OXS Lion. Best, [email protected] thank you. In the same boat myself Web forms are a B.tch!
I was writing a recommendation and had it copied to clipboard, but neglected to paste it somewhere. The copied a single word and ' Oh no!' I usually would paste into the very handy and free app 'Notational Velocity' this has replaced 'stickies'as a note place holder, text organizer. It allows password protection of my notes, plus syncing w/ my phone and a place to locally save text I often copy/paste around.
But this time, I neglected to follow my own advice and must face the painful results! Great thread, btw!