CopyPaste Pro Mac – #1 Copy Paste Multi Clip Manager

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Version: 3.8
Latest: 12/16/23
Requires: Mac 10.13-14.1+

CopyPaste Pro for Mac – Clipboard Manager – Time Machine For Your Clipboard

With CopyPaste start to use the most powerful feature on your computer. That feature is Copy & Paste which is used dozens of times every day by every computer user and that with just one clipboard. CopyPaste was the first and is the most popular multiple clipboard utility for displaying, archiving and editing multiple clipboards. See and edit any clip in your history of copies or in the more permanent clip archives. Save multiple clipboards through restarts. Incredibly useful. A great time saver, & life saver for all Mac users.
“I cannot imagine a computer without CopyPaste”Sir James Galway, World Renowned Flautist

“CopyPaste Pro is a true workhorse for me, and my oldest app in constant, heavy use.”Jonathan

CopyPaste Pro for Mac - Multiple Clipboard Utility

CopyPaste Pro for Mac - Multiple Clipboard Utility

The first (released in 1997) and most popular multiple clipboard utility to display, archive and edit clipboards. 

Time machine for the clipboard. 

See and edit any clip in your history of copies or store copies in the more permanent clip archives. Save multiple clipboards through restarts. Increibly useful, time saver, life saver for all Mac users. The best clipboard app.

CopyPaste is the original, one and only award winning multiple clipboard editor and archival utility. 

CopyPaste is essential for beginners, writers, editors, graphic designers, lawyers, students, home businesses, digital photographers, anyone who uses the clipboard.

CopyPaste is a digital hub for clipboard material and many other kinds of data. It is easy to use, saves time and allows you to do less and accomplish more. Try it free and see how essential a clipboard manager is.

Once upon a time operating systems had no interapplication communication. Then along came the Mac and one of its incredible features was the clipboard which allowed you to copy an item from one application then open another and paste. That was revolutionary in 1985 but now it is the next century and copying and pasting in the Mac OS has not evolved any further – even in the modern OS X. How many times have you found yourself switching back and forth between applications copying one item at a time, wishing that you could copy not just one but two or more items at a time?

Terminology

Certain terms and expressions are used for various features within CopyPaste. It might be helpful to remember them and understand the meaning.

Clip

is a copied object, e.g. a snippet of text

Clipboard

is the system clipboard

Clip Set

is the container for clips

Clip Recorder

is the container for temporary clips on a stack

Clip Archive

is a collection of clips in a file

Clip Editor

is used to view and change clips

Clipboard Tools

are tools which work in every program via the clipboard

 

Video Review by MacUpdate​

Installation on Mac OS 10.14, Mojave

CopyPaste - Installation, Clip History and Clip Archive​

CopyPaste - Clip Browser and Clip Palette

CopyPaste - Tools

Users and Reviewers Rave about CopyPaste

First (1997) Review Of The Earliest Multi-Clipboard Tool CopyPaste

CopyPaste Pro Mac - #1 Copy Paste Multi Clip Manager 1 copypaste pro

CopyPaste: A Scoffer No More

The spirit of CopyPaste is commendable, and – once you’ve experienced its utility – you can’t fathom why it hasn’t been built into the Mac OS System for years.

Matt Neuberg, Review in TidBits, 2/3/1997

MacUser Awarded CopyPaste

5/5

3.82023-12-16
  • - hisotry and archive palettes preview fixed to show full line length to the width of the window. also fixed for all other languages like french, japanese, spanish etc.
3.7.992023-11-30
  • - fixed the archive preview of a clips first line of text to be resizable with the window to fill it's width.
    - fixed the image browser by removing the orange frame around the magnified clip. image browser is opened with command (held down) v v and tap a clip to paste. or move clips right or left the command key (still held down) and tap right or up arrow key to move the focus right to the next clip and tap left or down key to move the focus left to the next clip
3.7.972023-11-15
  • - universal binary. that means copypaste finally runs native on intel or apple silicon (m1, m2, m3 etc...) depending on the processor you have.
    - updated sparkle
3.7.982023-11-15
  • - this is a fix for the previous version from this morning which was not universal. this one is a universal binary. that means copypaste finally runs native on intel or apple silicon (m1, m2, m3 etc...) depending on the processor you have.
3.7.962023-11-14
  • - updated via xcode 15.0.1
    - fixed issue button to 'show preferences file in finder' in system preferences not working in Mac os 13.0.
    - also fixed 'show clip sets folder'
    - updated the provisioning profile
    - updated deployment target to 11.0 to fix compilation errors for newer mac os version
3.7.952021-12-12
  • - checks for updates weekly in the background and only lets you know when there is something new. no longer checks at each startup
3.7.942021-12-09
  • - login at launch fixed for monterey
    - other small improvements
3.7.932021-10-28
  • - updated manual from http to https
    - compiled with xcode 13
    - other minor changes.
    - fix for 6.7.92 that created a pasting issue for some users.
    - works great on monterey mac os 12
3.7.92019-12-19
  • - fixes exclusion pref to exclude both adobe indesign and apple keynote
3.7.82019-05-27
  • - app notarized
    - minor changes.
3.7.72019-05-20
  • - add app notarization. a new security feature from apple.
3.7.62019-05-17
  • - command c and c fixed. for selected text it does not copy to clip 0 but it does put that clip in the first available slot in the archive. more is in the manual.
3.7.52019-04-09
  • - command c and command v work
    - command option control c opens archive palette as before
    - command option control v opens history palette as before
    - command c (and number or letter) copies to that archive slot as before
    - command v (and number or letter) pastes from archive slot as before.
    - clickclip (select text and hold for custom amount of time) works as before
3.7.42019-04-02
  • - fix for mac os 10.14.4 incompatibility which broke command c.
3.7.22019-02-20
  • - all apps and apps within folders in the application folder will show and can be selected in the exclusion list.
    - the exclusion is alphabetized and at the top you can click to sort up or sort down.
3.7.12019-02-12
  • - added 'Exclusion List' so it's available for all language.
    - updated manual for new pref 'Exclusion List'
    - updated all screenshots of each pref pane

    Thanks to all users for their great feedback!
3.72019-02-08
  • - added 'exclusion list' to the tab in preferences. long awaited ability to exclude apps from use with copypaste. here are some examples. can be used with apps that don't follow apple clipboard guidelines. also with password managers. a big thanks to eric crouch, the most recent in a long line of people that have recommended adding this feature.

    - expect more updates. if you have suggestions for the app or manual let us know

    - if you purchased copypaste more then 2 years ago you can get a discount on 2 more years of updates and support by contacting us.
3.62019-01-01
  • - remembers the last panel chosen in the preferences. thanks to gabriel dorado for submitting this bug.
    - improves copy command in more situations.
    - compiled with the latest xcode
    - copypaste works 100% on mac 10.14
3.5.92018-11-23
  • - changed some dialogs work better in dark mode.
    - copypaste works 100% on mac 10.14

    if you have any question contact us direct.
    https://plumamazing.com/contact-tech-support/

    CopyPaste users, we enjoy your feedback. Now is the time! If you have suggestions, issues or changes to the manual, please make a list and send them in. We can't do everything but will try to do the items that benefit 90% of users.
3.5.82018-11-21
  • - [fixed] splash screen hang on startup
    - [fixed] works now to add copypaste to the security&privacy:accessability panel. user still needs to grant access.
    - [fixed] compile issue for older code fixed.
3,5,62018-11-15
  • - now for mac os 10.14 mojave adds copypaste automatically to the security&privacy:accessability panel so that users can grant copypaste permission to use clipboard. users still need to unlock that panel and check copypaste to grant permission.
3.5.52018-03-27
  • please do a manual install of this version. delete the version you have and download and put this one in your application folder.
    - check for updates now fixed for use in the future.
    - shorten url was broken now fixed.
    - darkmode now works
    - more updates coming...
3.5.32017-06-17
  • - many changes and a lot of work to bring copypaste up to date with recent mac os changes and apple security & signing changes. thanks for everyones patience. if you find any issue please let us know.
    - yes, this version works for Mac OS 10.6 - 10.12
3.5.22014-12-04
  • - internal changes in accepting data types.
3.5.12014-05-14
  • - Fixes pasting extra return into Apple Numbers, Keynote and Pages.
3.52013-12-03
  • - New "Word Count and Frequency" tool.
    - Drag and drop between the palettes fixed.
    - Archive clips get saved immediately to prevent data loss in a crash.
    - CopyPaste is now signed. Yay, finally! Apples latest securithy was a bear to figure out but its now done. That means it will no longer on first opening say "Do you want to open this application by an unknown developer". Now we will be back to working on updates and improving CopyPaste. Thanks for everyone's patience.
    - Compiled and optimized with the latest Xcode 5
3.42013-07-08
  • - now code signed.
    - Bean is no longer being updated by its author so we removed it and replaced it with using TextEdit
    - updated to the new version of xcode.
3.3.32012-10-02
  • [Fix] fixed a bug working with ms word in some situations.
    [New] compiled for 10.8
    [Next] will be signed in next version. in 10.8 set security & privacy:general to allow applications downloaded from anywhere.
    [Mod] Intel only
3.3.12012-07-11
  • [Mod] Change to how often the app checks for updates. Please download this version and use it even though its a simple change it will help our server deal with updates better.
3.32012-02-27
  • [New] New icon
    [New] New splash screen
    [Mod] When you click on an empty Archive Palette, now the drawer window opens and allows to select a different Archive.
    [Updated] Compiled with the latest xcode. Many improvements and optimizations. Changes in the manual.
    [New] A couple new buttons in the preferences that show in the Finder the prefs and other files Copypaste uses.
    [Updated] Included the latest version of Bean (the word processor in Copypaste). Thanks to James Hoover Bean's creator.
3.22011-06-13
  • [Mod] It is now Universal 32/64 Intel and PPC 10.5 and above
    [New] A new preferences option to turn on feedback sound for keyboard copies
    [Mod] Clips from Microsoft Word are now stripped to remove the OLE and other Link information.
    [Mod] The opening display of the palettes when you use command-ctrl-option-v (or c) does not show the trash buttons initially which was disturbing
    [Mod] the latest Bean is included version 2.9.6 beta.
3.12011-05-23
  • [Add] now fully 64 bit
    [Mod] now for 10.5 and higher. this version does not work on tiger Mac OS 10.4. copypaste 3.0 is the last version for 10.4.
    [Mod] improved french localization
3.02011-02-15
  • [Add] Another major update for CopyPaste Pro owners FREE.
    [Add] New clip format.
    [Add] A search thru clips feature for the History and Archives. Find anything in any clip.
    [Add] Added Clip Revolver feature. This feature existed in a much older version of CopyPaste. Users requested it so we implemented it again. This is how it works: turn Clip Revolver on in the preferences and then command-option-v pastes and empties the last clipboard. This can be set in the preferences.
    [Add] A copy of the last used clip either copied or pasted can be at the top of the History stack, so you can paste it again and again. This can be set in the preferences.
    [Mod] The preview drawer has a new button menu which shows all of the different data types in a clipboard. If you select any of the data types, the data of this type is used to create a new clip on top of the history. Provided for information only.
    [Fix] Enhanced extracting of e-mail addresses from clips.
2.3.32010-09-15
  • [Fix] fixes the bug in saving the history clips into an archive which caused cp to crash.
    [Mod] now it is possible to delete a single clip from the main menu by holding the control key while selecting a clip from the paste menu. deleting works for both history and archive clips.
2.3.22010-09-09
  • [Fix] since the change in 2.3 to a new internal database structure there was an issue with drag and drop and assignment of hotkeys. both are now fixed.
2.3.12010-09-04
  • [Fix] this version fixes a bug in 2.3 where a copy to the Archive prevented the normal function of the clipboard.
2.32010-08-16
  • [Mod] a new rewritten database format which will be the basis of features in future versions.
    [Mod] will work better for those on the old Mac OS 10.4
2.2.72010-07-06
  • [Fix] the editor no longer accidentally opens on a double click on any of the icons in the Clip Palettes.
2.2.62010-06-16
  • [Fix] fixes the icon problem that occurred when changing screen configurations.
    [Fix] minor bug fixes
    [Mod] links to the new version of the manual.
2.2.42010-02-13
  • [Fix] this version fixes some problems with sorting the Archive clips.

    more coming soon....
2.2.32010-02-07
  • [Add] This version has a new preferences option to adjust the font size of the clips in the palettes. The default is 11 point. The valid range now is from 9 to 24 points. You can open the preferences and if the palette is visible, you can instantly see the result when you confirm the new size with tab or return.

    more coming soon....
2.2.22010-02-01
  • [Mod] added the latest version of Bean (the word processor in copypaste) which fixes some issues Bean had with mac os 10.6. Because of changes made by the author of bean it will be easy to have the latest copypaste using the latest version of Bean.

    more coming soon....
2.22010-01-26
  • [Add] allows renaming clips. On the palette you can click a clip to open the drawer with the preview and change its name in the textfield.

    more coming soon....
2.1.52010-01-17
  • [Fix] fixed the sparkle update.
    [Fix] the problem, that CopyPaste stays in the dock regardless of the preferences settings is fixed.
    [Mod] added translations for Japanese

    more coming soon....
2.1.42010-01-13
  • [New] added preferences option to enable/disable the floating icons separately for archive and history.
    [Fix] fixed the problem with wrong pasting (thanks to Michael G for the heads up on this).

    Automatic update thru sparkle may not work so please download and install manually this time.

    more changes coming soon....
2.1.32010-01-06
  • [Mod] Universal 64/32 bit code
    [Mod] Compiled with the new compiler
    [Fix] Tiger problem with Eudora which is fixed.
    [Fix] Other bug fixes.
    more changes coming soon....
2.12009-09-07
  • [Mod] updated for Snow Leopard Mac OS 10.6 now 64 bit
    [Fix] graphics in the clip browser.
    [Fix] some issues found by the new compiler.
2.0.92009-06-28
  • [Mod] updated version of the built-in word (clip) processor Bean 2.3
2.0.82009-05-25
  • [Add] you can enter the separating string for the "Paste all Clips in History/Archive"
    [Add] the ^d or ^t macro is used to insert date or time into the separating string.
    [Fix] flashing Edit menu could happen under a weird circumstances. Now fixed
    [Fix] drag and drop under Cocoa requires having each possible data type separately registered with the system. Some graphic types did not work for drag and drop in the Archive and the History palettes because they were not registered. Now (with this version) there are more than 100 different data types registered for drag and drop.
    [Add] The URL Shortener tool has a menu in the preferences (General) to choose from 5 different internet services to use for shortening URLs.
2.0.72009-04-14
  • [New] shorten URLs from the tools menu. An internet connection is required. There are several services available that shorten URLs. We used http://is.gd. We could use others. Try it out let us know what you think. Select some long URL like those for YouTube videos, hit the shorten URL tool to make it less then 20 characters. The address " https://plumamazing.com/product/copypaste" is shortened to " http://is.gd/qspE". This kind of thing is very handy for Twitter. More uses are in the manual.
    [Fix] a variety of minor bugs and cosmetic changes.
    [Mod] Bean with Danish localization added
2.0.62009-04-05
  • [New] Open Editor tool
    [New] Islamic date tool
    [Mod] some additional preferences.
    [Mod] pref to adjust to paste a clip on double click instead of opening it in the Editor.
    [Mod] a pref to turn off Clip Browser on hotkey. The Clip Browser then is only available by command-mouse-screen-edge.
    Turning off the Clip Browser hotkey gives two advantages:
    1. You can repeatedly paste the main clip again and again without releasing the command key
    2. A simple command-v pastes the first clip in the history while a command-v-v pastes the laste used clip. (Try it, paste command-v-2 and then command-v-v which will paste the clip #2 from the Archive again. Just command-v and release pastes the first clip in the history.)
    [Mod] manual updated
    [Mod] Danish Translation
2.0.42009-03-22
  • [New] implements the function to paste all clips in history or archive in reverse order.
    [Mod] checks whether LaunchBar is running and recommends to change incompatible LaunchBar settings.
    [Fix] allows pasting into spotlight
    [Fix] fixes problem with ClipAppend not working consistently.
    [Fix] issue with Dreamweaver
    [Fix] issue with iWeb
2.0.52009-03-22
  • [New] the Preview drawer tools menu includes a hierarchical menu item for Application services that can be applied to the selected clipboard. This greatly increases the number of clip tools to act on clip data.
    [Mod] the LaunchBar reminder now does not appear for older versions of LaunchBar that were not incompatible.
    [Fix] issue on PowerPC with Tiger (10.4) introduced by a recent change to for dreamweaver compatibility.
2.0.22009-03-16
  • [Add] Clip Palettes (History and Archives) added.
    [Add] drag and drop for Clip Palette
    [Mod] the registration box now removes any whitespaces and newline characters from pasted or typed input, thereby reducing any user registration errors
    [Mod] many changes in the CopyPaste Pro preferences.
    [Mod] changed some of the defaults.
    [Mod] massive update to the manual.
    [Mod] this version does some more checking when saving the clips.
    [Mod] many UI changes.
    [New] Danish, Japanese and German translation is included.
    [Mod] much more user customization available.
    [Mod] newest version of Bean used.
    [Mod] the best version yet of CopyPaste.
    2.0.1
    [Mod] updated Japanese resources
    [Mod] preview drawer closes when you start to edit a clip
    [Mod] changed the clip editor to not show an unnecessary untitled window.
    [Mod] Bean has German resources
    2.0.2
    [Add] Text clips can be appended by hotkey command-option-c. This can be turned off in the prefs.
    [Mod] The "General" section of the preferences is now split into two section "System" and "General" to gain more space.
2.0.32009-03-16
  • [Add] Clip Palettes (History and Archives) added.
    [Add] drag and drop for Clip Palette
    [Mod] the registration box now removes any whitespaces and newline characters from pasted or typed input, thereby reducing any user registration errors
    [Mod] many changes in the CopyPaste Pro preferences.
    [Mod] changed some of the defaults.
    [Mod] massive update to the manual.
    [Mod] this version does some more checking when saving the clips.
    [Mod] many UI changes.
    [New] Danish, Japanese and German translation is included.
    [Mod] much more user customization available.
    [Mod] newest version of Bean used.
    [Mod] the best version yet of CopyPaste.
    2.0.1
    [Mod] updated Japanese resources
    [Mod] preview drawer closes when you start to edit a clip
    [Mod] changed the clip editor to not show an unnecessary untitled window.
    [Mod] Bean has German resources
    2.0.2
    [Add] Text clips can be appended by hotkey command-option-c. This can be turned off in the prefs.
    [Mod] The "General" section of the preferences is now split into two section "System" and "General" to gain more space.
    2.0.3
    [Fix] crash on Tiger (OS 10.4)
    [Fix] a crash in the function Paste all Clips from History / Archive
    [Fix] a problem that a copy in dreamweaver could not be pasted
2.0.12009-03-11
  • [Add] Clip Palettes (History and Archives) added.
    [Add] drag and drop for Clip Palette
    [Mod] the registration box now removes any whitespaces and newline characters from pasted or typed input, thereby reducing any user registration errors
    [Mod] many changes in the CopyPaste Pro preferences.
    [Mod] changed some of the defaults.
    [Mod] massive update to the manual.
    [Mod] this version does some more checking when saving the clips.
    [Mod] many UI changes.
    [New] Danish, Japanese and German translation is included.
    [Mod] much more user customization available.
    [Mod] newest version of Bean used.
    [Mod] the best version yet of CopyPaste.
    2.0.1
    [Mod] updated Japanese resources
    [Mod] preview drawer closes when you start to edit a clip
    [Mod] changed the clip editor to not show an unnecessary untitled window.
    [Mod] Bean has German resources
2.02009-03-09
  • [Add] Clip Palettes (History and Archives) added.
    [Add] drag and drop for Clip Palette
    [Mod] the registration box now removes any whitespaces and newline characters from pasted or typed input, thereby reducing any user registration errors
    [Mod] many changes in the CopyPaste Pro preferences.
    [Mod] changed some of the defaults.
    [Mod] massive update to the manual.
    [Mod] this version does some more checking when saving the clips.
    [Mod] many UI changes.
    [New] Danish, Japanese and German translation is included.
    [Mod] much more user customization available.
    [Mod] newest version of Bean used.
    [Mod] the best version yet of CopyPaste.
1.0.92008-07-02
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [Fix] a few bug fixes
    [Mod] a new Bean which contains bugfixes as well.
    [Mod] changed the order of loading when CopyPaste launches, so that the menu bar icon comes last.
    [Fix] A freeze in the e-mail extractor when you call it on pictures is fixed.

    In an upcoming episode the return of the vertical palettes.
1.0.82008-06-17
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [Fix] this version launches Bean only once in each new version. It must have one launch to notify the OS of the presence of Bean as a service provider.
    [Fix] email extractor and url extractor work consistently in all situations.

    In an upcoming episode the return of the vertical palettes.
1.0.62008-06-01
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [New] The text size of a clip in the Clip Browser is now scalable from 50% to 200% (see Preferences animation tab)
    [New] Danish localization added

    [Fix] A few problems with KeyCue solved in cooperation with the author of KeyCue.
    Fix] The Bean editor should now consistently open and edit selections and clips
1.0.52008-05-28
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [Mod] Now, If you delete all clips in an Archive or the History and restart the sample clips do not reappear. They only reappear if the folder structure for the Archives or the History does not exist anymore, which can only happen if you delete them manually.

    [Mod] If you "archive all clips in History" the process does not simply stop after 43 clips (the max amount for an Archive) but instead a new Archive with an number increment is added to store the next bunch of clips.

    [Mod] Additionally to the "Lock this Clip" function in the contextual menu on an Archive clip you can lock or unlock all clips in the Archive by the "Lock All Clips" function in the contextual menu from the background of the Clip Browser.
1.0.42008-05-27
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [Fix] Fixed crash on PPC/Intel from the contextual menu
    [Fix] Lock clip bug is fixed
    [Fix] Renaming the Archives bug is fixed
1.0.32008-05-25
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [[New] Spanish localization is implemented but currently links to the English manual.
    [Fix] crash caused by the contextual menu plugin in Safari and Mail
    [Fix] crash when the Clip Browser was turned to Clip Archive and a normal copy was done (was a new bug in 1.0.2)
    [Fix] the lock clipboard feature now works correctly.
    [Fix] the application menu which appears only if the preferences option to show Dock icon and menu is checked works.
1.0.22008-05-21
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82

    [New] French localization and manual added
    [New] French, German, Spanisch, Danish localization added to Bean.
    [New] The clip history has a new contextual menu command to revert the order of the clips in the History
    [New] The CopyPaste menu has a new command in the Clip History menu to revert the order of the clips in the History
    [New] The Clips in the Clip Archive (not in History!) provide a "lock clip" command to prevent a clip from being deleted or replaced. A locked clip provides an "unlock clip" command.
    [New] The preferences has a new option to set the key command to show the Clip Browser on doube V. If this is checked you can hit command double-V to locate the Clip Browser with the first Clip selected (without delay). If not checked a simple command v shows the browser (after delay), and the second V selects the second clip.
    [New] The selection of the next clip with the repeated v now works even if the Browser still "hangs" in the fade-in delay. Prior to this version the second v was only evaluated when the Browser was already visible.

    [Fix] KeyCue compatibility, the KeyCue HUD window did not show up when CopyPaste displayed the Clip Browser. Fixed but requires a update to.
    [Fix] Contextual menu the last items in the clip tools now work, they did not before because of a sad programmers error.
    [Fix] Problem in some program specially Excel which copies cells twice is fixed
    [Fix] Problem that after an unsuccessful copy by keyboard, the next copy did not get through into the Clip History.

    [Mod] You can escape from the Browser called by keyboard without pasting if you type the c key. This also starts turning the browser, but if you release all keys the turning is interrupted and the pasting as well. we cannot use esc key for this, because it calls Front Row. All other keys are either used as hotkeys for the Archive or not practical. So try the c key to abort pasting.
1.0.12008-05-11
  • If you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82
    [Mod] by request the date to purchase for $20 has been extended till may 31st to allow users a full month of testing. starting in june it goes up to $30.
    [Add] contextual menu can now be installed and removed from the prefs window.
    [Add] open the browser with option key makes it stay open (sticky).
    [Add] flipping the browser with option key makes it stay open (sticky).
    [Mod] bean (clip editor) has been updated to version 1.2.
    [Mod] check updates is a check box in the prefs. it is on by default. sparkle then checks once a week from the background.
    [Mod] the minimum number of clips is 2 for a really short history.
    [Mod] a dialog now appears after 30 days it reminds the user to purchase at shutdown.
    [Mod] browser location remembered thru restarts.
    [Fix] the login settings are now correctly reflected in respect to the running version of copypaste so if you launch copypaste from some other place, it will show the login setting unchecked.
    [Fix] incompatibility with popchar and with typinator is fixed.
    [Fix] the vanishing menus when somebody really crazy set the number of clips to zero is fixed
    [Fix] archive a clip and set a new hot key for a clip no longer freezes copypaste
    [Fix] "Open selection in Editor" always opened consecutive copies by menu in the Editor due to a flag that was not reset.
1.02008-05-04
  • First public 1.0 version released. if you have never used copypaste pro then it is essential to look at the manual which is here:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxt3z6v_1c5kc82
    [Add] a new preference item to disable flip and genie animation in the animation tab. a good idea on slower macs.
    [Add] a new preference item that when on stores every drag and drop with other copies in the history. this is a unique feature to copypaste. click and drag any picture out of safari then check the clip history to see it in action.
    [Add] for first time users there are now dummy clips in the history and the archive. these are used as examples for when a user first uses copypaste pro.
    [Mod] changed the quick-preferences menu which drops down from the floating icon on a contextual menu click or when you keep the mouse pressed on it (do not drag, this stops the menu!)
    [Mod] there is a delay of 1/3 second introduced in the browser behavior when opened from the icon which allows to quickly pass through the window without closing it. and which allows to drag it around without closing it when you move the mouse outside the browser window within the 1/3 sec.
    [Bug] saving the clips which caused unpredictable results when single clips were deleted.
    [Bug] a drag to the browser bug is fixed.
1.0 b162008-04-25
  • - a new contextual menu plugin which lets the mouse go on the "Copy to Archive..." menu command to copy to the next free slot in the current Archive.
    - new key command, i.e. command + double c (c and then c again) which allows copying directly to the next free slot in the current Archive
    - the menu which drops down from the floating icon shows some of the preferences which you can be set faster here than from the preferences window.
1.0 b152008-04-18
  • - the latest Bean sources are adapted to the CopyPaste requirements and the new Bean is in the bundle. It is as usual necessary to delete all other versions of Bean, including those in older CopyPaste versions (don't keep old versions of copypaste around), which the Finder will not show in search results. also to work perfectly CopyPaste should be installed into the applications folder.
    - this one implements a new "lost password" button in the preferences,
    - the CopyPaste menu from the floating icon now works correctly
    - the Make Sticky command from the contextual menu on the background of the browser works
    - the delay for Quick Copy is adjustable (pieter's not peter's idea)
    - bug fixes
1.0 b142008-04-15
  • - can now open the browser using the small clipboard icon.
    - a click on the small clipboard icon now turns the browser.
    - click and hold (or ctrl-click) on the small clipboard icon shows the copypaste menu
    these three all work if the small clipboard icon is showing and that is controlled in the preferences.
    - quick copy function (from the old copypaste) can now be enabled in the preferences. select something and hold the mouse button for one second and it copies. click somewhere and hold the button for one second and it pastes.
1.0 b132008-04-03
  • - a new button in the preferences allows to import clipsets from copypaste-x (note that if you have existing copypaste-pro archives with the same name, this command will effectively replace clips in these archives.) make sure to back up any old copypaste archives before using this.
    - the floating clipboard icon (if on in the preferences) smartly hides itself if dvd player, vlc, eyetv is in front.
    - the preferences now stores the users e-mail and password and compares them at launch time. this makes it necessary to enter the registration information again. exterminator@work still works but will expire soon.
    - a new contextual menu which avoids crashes when copypaste is not running. this installs itself automatically, but you should quit mail and safari and start them again. the reason is that the system always makes a copy of all contextual menu plugins in memory for each running program. therefore even if you install a new contextual menu plugin, the old one is used as long as you do not restart every program. thats the reason why you sometimes have to restart the whole computer.
    - other bug fixes.
1.0 b92008-02-20
  • - You can copy directly to the archive from the menubar-menu. Highlight some text then you select an existing slot, the clip goes there. If you let go on the "Copy to Archive:.." parent menu item, you add the clip with the next free hotkey to the Archive. To set a different hotkey for that archive you have to either use the keyboard command-c-# or you can later changed any assigned hotkey from the Clip Browser.

    - If you activate the "show browser on command mouse at screen edge" you get the browser with archive view from the RIGHT side and from the LEFT side you get the browser in history view. its a fast way to view the clips. The command-c to return from archive to history and vice versa is still working

    - The e-mail comment now breaks the line after 80 characters ( less if the word boundary is later)

    - You can edit each clip by holding the command key and going to the menu of history items and selecting it. Doing that will open the clip in Bean This also works in the contextual menu.

    - You can reverse the preferences setting to paste without styles on the fly by pressing the option key and choosing the paste from the menu. That means if you normally paste text with styles and you press the option key, it pastes plain text without styles.
    This works in the contextual menu as well.

    - One remark indicated the little triangle is hard to hit in the browser. It is not necessary to hit the triangle if you use the right mouse button, (or two-finger-on-trackpad click). The triangle is there for those who do not know how to locate the menu with right mouse click.

    - One new tool is "Open selection in Editor"
    - One new tool is "Send selection in Mail"
    - One new tool is "Open selection as URL"

    - The installer for the contextual menu now removes the old CopyPaste-X plugin along with the previous pro plugin.

    - Make sure to install the new contextual menu plugin. The contextual menu plugin is updated as well and has to be replaced to be compatible with the changes above.
1.0 b82008-02-14
  • - bean (the clip editor) is built in. open via the clip browser.
    IMPORTANT

    1. older versions of Bean and CopyPastePro have to be removed from the Applications folder
    2. CopyPaste has to be copied into the Applications folder
    3. You have to restart the system (or log out&in) to notify the system of Bean inside CopyPaste.
    - the clip browser is off by default and can be turned on in the prefs.
    - speedup in all functions.

    m a n u a l
    it has not been updated yet for this new version. it will be as soon this week after we get this beta out. anyone (any beta tester) who enjoys working on manuals is welcome to join me in updating and improving it.

    b u g s
    in the last version there was a certain delay when using the clip archives with command-# key-combo which caused pasting wrong clips. this should be fixed. the clip archives did not work at all on overwriting existing slots. this is fixed

    b e a n (the word processor)
    bean now is integrated into copypaste (the application bundle), which is a good thing, but (important) you have to take care of three things:
    1. older versions of bean and copypastepro have to be removed from the applications folder
    2. copypaste has to be copied into the applications folder
    3. you have to restart the system (or log out&in) to notify the system of bean inside copypaste.
    until you do these three things, you have no clipboard editing feature using the built in bean.

    p r e f e r e n c e s
    the preferences have been cleaned up quite a bit and the defaults set to be least confusing.
    the "launch at login" now is a checkbox and it simply reflects the system setting and acts on it, which means you see whether *any* copypaste version is registered for start at login. if you disable and then enable the checkbox, you can make sure that the current version of copypastepro is registered to start at login. if you later use the system preferences to unregister copypastepro, the checkbox will reflect that correctly and will not try to re-register copypastepro. that was one misbehavior in copypaste-x.
    also there is a new setting for opening the browser on command-mouse-move-to-screen-edge. this is off by default. the behavior has changed a little, so that you first have to hold down the command-key and then move the mouse. it was quite disturbing to have the mouse at the screen edge and get the browser when you wanted to use the command key for other functions. the behavior now should be satisfying.

    a u t o m a t i c u p d a t e s
    the update mechanism has changed before it worked but put up a status window that sometimes would be behind other windows and need to be dismissed unfortunately leaving copypaste menus all grayed out and people wondering how to quit copypaste.
1.0 b72007-12-12
  • - new technique to access the horizontal browser. hold the command key and move the cursor all the way to the right or left of the window.
    - new tool in the clip browser contextual menu to send a clip via mail.
    - many fixes.
    - removed the vertical clip browser (it will return in a different form).
    - check updates menu and code added (is not setup to work yet).
    - bean editor added for editing and saving back clips (history or archives)
    - display clips in the browser as RTF which means styles and colors are included.
    - horizontal browser now works better and faster with even 50 or more clips in the history.
    - registration added.
    - many other things....

The most recent version of CopyPaste Pro is here: Download.

Older versions of CopyPaste Pro
for older versions of Mac OS.

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3.7.95

3.7.96 – this may be the last version to work on Mac OS 12 Monterey

The previous version was 3.7.9. Tap here to download it. It works fine with Mac OS 10.13-12.0

This old version CopyPaste 3.7.4 works with Mac OS Sierra 10.12

This old version is known to work with TextExpander

This very old version is the last to work with Mac OS 10.4

https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.3.3.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.5.5.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.5.7.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.5.8zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.5.9.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.0zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.1.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.2.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.4.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.5.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.6.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste3.7.7.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/copypaste4.6.6.zip
https://plumamazing.com/bin/copypaste/old/CopyPastePro3.5.3.zip

If you need some particular old version just let us know and we’ll add it here.

Here is a link to download the manual in PDF format or view the manual below.

This (CopyPaste) app is 100% AMAZING and I use its numerous features thousands of times daily – literally. It has been a time-saver, increased work-flow efficiency, and so much more. 
Kevin Bardon

 I just want to express my appreciation for CopyPaste Pro which I have been using since the year I got my first Mac in 1988. Some things I loved have gone away, like PageMaker, but others like CopyPaste Pro, and PopChar, have been on every mac I’ve had. When I get a new mac I put both of them on right away. I don’t know how people manage without a clipboard with a memory. So just thanks!
Cynthia 9/28/19

“Can’t Survive Without It. As the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), I answer up to 100 e-mail questions each day. As you can imagine, many members of NAPP run into the same problems and questions regularly. CopyPaste saves me thousands of words of typing every day, letting me supply answers with a series of simple keyboard shortcuts. Without CopyPaste, my response time would be slower and there would be a much greater chance of inaccuracies creeping into the responses.”
Pete Bauer Director NAPP Help Desk

“Excellent! I’ve been using CopyPaste since mid 1990’s. It is indispensable. Apple should have incorporated CP into the Mac OS. Thank you for making life that little bit easier.”
Dean Perkins

“excellent! the memory footprint is now small and constant. i find that this application does its basic job of copying and pasting more efficiently (short simple keystrokes) than other competing application. highly recommended.
fxt (on versiontracker.com)

“I always pay the fee on starting a new Mac because I love this product so much.It is the biggest time-saver imaginable when you need to use standard answers on any e-mailing. Best of all it’s as easy as counting.”
Montmartre

“CopyPaste-X just as its predecessor for MacOS is a masterpiece. You won’t be able to imagine how you did without it. And the new editing function with .pdf-support and a fuzzy-search (even goes for similar sounds) is GREAT!”
Emanuel (on versiontracker.com)

“Still the best. Its used at least 20 times a day. Had the old one on Mac 9.2, this new one has a lot more features that are very nice for someone who writes or edits a lot. Its a superlative product and a pleasure to have.”
Ronald Norman

“Superb program. This is the one software I will never be without. I have used it for years and cannot imagine working without it. The few times I had a question Julian was prompt in responding. He doesn’t know me, but treated me like family if not better. Thank you for a superb program.”
slb4010_dotmac on versiontracker.com

“I curse Apple for not enabling me to copy more than one item at a time.” But praise be to generous programmers. On Shareware.com, I discovered an application that expands my copying capabilities tenfold. CopyPaste’s nifty text-processing tools let you shift case, tab, or insert text files, pictures, and sounds into a clipboard – the floating palette keeps track of what’s where. Even neater is the clip archive, which drops copied items into a folder on your desktop – fabulously convenient for online researchers.”   —   more…
Debbie Elkind, Wired Magazine

“You’ll find that CopyPaste is wonderfully tiny and, like most of my favorite shareware utilities, it has a shy personality — you can send it away and it will discreetly return at your beck and call.” —   more…
Cathy Begien, Macworld Magazine

“For those who do any kind of writing, CopyPaste-X is an invaluable tool that is easy to learn, and once you start using it, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it. 4.5 out of 5 mice” —   more…
Danny Groveman, Mac Guild

CopyPaste: A Godsend For Power Users & Novices Alike
“This is a handy-dandy little program. It offers much for the experienced user, but there are aspects of it that would be very helpful to the novice.” —   more…
Nancy Carroll Gravley,
The Mac Observer

“The only utility to which I’ve remained true is the ever-lovely CopyPaste from the wonderful folks at Script Software. CopyPaste when fired up, offers you 100 clipboards to which you can paste essential bits and pieces of documents, URLs you need and just about anything you want to store and then use again.”
Peter Wilson,
Vancouver Sun Article

“Si vous voulez gérer totalement vos presse-papiers (les sauvegarder, les éditer, les organiser par thème), CopyPaste est fait pour vous. De même, si vous voulez être aidé à la saisie, sa fonctionnalité yType peut vous aider. Et vu la densité de possibilités, les 30$ demandés ne semblent pas exagérés.” —   more…
Ange Heureux,
MacGeneration


“I use CopyPaste Pro 2.0 (by Peter Hoerster & Julian Miller) all the time! It’s the single most-important add-on software on my Mac!
Alán Apurim

Just a word of gratitude for the latest upgrade to CopyPaste: it’s a terrific improvement on the previous incarnation. It really is one of the best pieces of add-on software available. I’ve been using it for years and would find it difficult to live without it. Now it’s even better! Best wishes.
Tim Clarke

Ain’t a Mac without it!
Michael Jay Warren

Thanks for bringing this new version of CopyPaste to market. I have been using CopyPaste since 2002 (OS9), and still rely on it every day! I have demo’d other clipboard apps, but CopyPaste is THE BEST! Dave Wheelock

I can’t imagine using a Macintosh without this — it seems to me to be the fuel injector in a fine engine.
Leslie Benscoter, Deadwood, Oregon

Absolutely essential. I can’t count the number of times a day I use Copypaste. You all do know that Microsoft and probably Apple will now copy and paste this idea into their OS’s and not pay you, right? Hasn’t this happened to you all a couple times before?
James Fitz
[The simple answer to that is yes.]

Thanks again for a great and indispensable piece of software! I think it is FANTASTIC!
Dan Sanfilippo

Can’t live without it!!! Great product! It’s indespensible and thank you for developing it!
Roger Euchler

I finally convinced your server to let me pay you. I am grateful. Copypaste had been sorely missed ever since I got an Intel Mac running Leopard. It is indispensable!
David Rosenblum

You sure know how to show a girl a good time! [we believe she was referring to CopyPaste]
Betsy Milligan

I loved the old version of CP, but I have to admit, the new version is far better. Never thought I’d say that! Thanks for all your hard work. At first, I was worried about having any changes made to CopyPaste. Now I’m happy with what you’ve done and I wouldn’t want to go back!
Joe Olivas

CopyPaste Pro: once you try it, you wonder how could you live without it!
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Dorado, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics
Project Manager/Computer Systems Manager

Your CopyPaste and TypeIt4Me are the two most used applications on my computer and have worked together happily for years. Please make this happen again, soon. If you do, I will name my next child after you. Of course it may take a while, since I’m going to be seventy on my upcoming birthday in October. :^D
Gene Leff

CopyPaste is TERRIFIC. It is a delightful addition to my Mac system. All features are welcome and have simplified my work tremendously. Keep up the good work. I’ll watch for new innovations. WS

Thanks for the upgrade info. CopyPaste is indispensable! JF in Maine

Thank you for sending the CopyPaste confirmation. It is the coolest shareware program since Maelstrom and EasyEnvelopes and well worth the fee. I am on the faculty at Oklahoma State University and use CopyPaste primarily when connected to the OSU mainframe from home. It is extremely helpful and time saving to be able to copy the enrollment of an entire class at once rather than switching back and forth one screen at a time; the fact that I can also eliminate the all-caps which computer people seem to prefer is icing on the cake.

Gentlemen: My hats off to you. A great utility got absolutely better, no doubt about it. I have just downloaded it and spent the last thirty minutes checking its features. I particularly like the new floating windoid. Again, many thanks for a great utility. I wish you all great success, and with utilities like this, you will have great luck. JS

I just want to let you know CopyPaste is the best thing that has happened since System 7.5. I think you should solicit Apple to incorporate it in the next system upgrade. Again, thanks for the great enhancement. Don

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE! This is by far the best shareware I have ever used! Keep up the good work. Jamie

I had the good luck to download your CopyPaste extension V 2.5.4 today from CompuServe and I think it’s about the best implementation of the multiple Clipboard feature I have seen so far and you’re quite right that Apple should include it as part of the system software. JL

I really find it useful. EL

Last Friday I sent my shareware fee to you by Special Delivery snailmail for the above fantastic program. What an incredible time-saver! I’m so very pleased I found it and gave it a whirl. It’s worth every penny and more. RT

I’ve found that CopyPaste provides the most usefulness of any of the multi-clipboards. JW

I wanted to let you know that I have been playing with a variety of programs similar to yours and decided yours was the best in terms of ease of use and, in particular, its ability to co-exist with other programs. RL

I just sent off the $20.00 shareware fee (cash) for “CopyPaste 2.5.4 (US).” CopyPaste is a great program! DS Arizona, USA

This is an absolutely incredible piece of software and I am delighted to submit my fees for it! Over the past couple of years I have tried numerous ‘multi-clipboard’ programs, but until now I had never been able to find one stable enough to work properly on my Mac. (This includes, I believe, earlier versions of CopyPaste, as well!) I am using a Macintosh LCII that has been accelerated to a 33MHz 040 with a Daystar accelerator. I have 8MB of internal ram, which is bumped up to 32MB using RAMDoubler plus the freeware RAMDoubler PUMP. I presently have 61 icons that parade across my screen on startup, and so you can imagine how important it was to me to find a stable program like CopyPaste 2.5.4 that would not crash my machine with all of those extensions and control panels. Oh, I’m sticking to System 7.1 as well. I also have a CD-ROM, an external hard drive, a SyQuest Removable Hard Drive, and a flatbed scanner hooked up to my Mac. – NO conflicts! I am EXTREMELY PLEASED with this product, and you can quote me, if you wish! RT Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I am a Thai student in Australia. I have been using your software for a while and I really like it. Your CopyPaste is very useful and works well with no problem at all. KE Thailand

CopyPaste has been a terrific convenience to me in the several weeks I’ve been using it. In particular, its’ come in handy when I draft answers to legal complaints (I’m a lawyer), which typically require repetitive use of several sentences or paragraphs. JF Maine, USA

Hi, I am 14 and I live in NY. I downloaded the “CopyPaste” software and I am finding it very useful. You are right…why didn’t Apple think of this? RP, New York City, NY, USA

Just downloaded CopyPaste. Have not read the documentation yet, but with a few minutes of experimenting I realize this is the slickest extension I’ve seen in a long time. Can’t wait to get to the checkbook and send in $20. With the amount of shareware people are grabbing and not paying for, that might sound funny-but I’m greatful for running across your software. WJ Novi, MI USA

A quick note to let you know I’m very pleased with your product. Please look for my check which should arrive later this week. JB

Your right CopyPaste should be part of the basic system software. DM Riverdale GA USA

CopyPaste really is a great utility program! MC Encino, CA USA

A friend of mine recently gave me a copy of your Cut, Copy, Paste program. I love it! In some of my writing I must use repitive phrases or words. It is quicker and simpler to use the multiple clipboards of CopyPaste then use record macros. Its one of those ideas that make you wonder why nobody thought of it sooner. It should be standard equipment on every computer. Well worth the $20. Enclosed you will find my check. BT Mobile, AL USA

Its wonderful! I look forward to receiving the rest of the program! JM Key Largo, FL USA

The *best* piece of shareware I have come across. I’m even willing to pay for it!! Thanks CC Concord, NH, USA

Enclose is my check for $20. It is a very fine program. Your program was highly recommended in the March issue of MacToday a monthly magazine. Thanks for a most useful program. TW Tampa, Florida, USA

It is by far the best multi-clip utility I’ve seen. Thanks DM Grapeview, WA USA

I have been using the Mac since 1986. I have been in search of something to give me multiple copy & Paste capabilities since day one. I’ve used every shareware or commercial product that came along and found them to be either buggy (they conflict with some of the other millions of extensions i have in my system) or difficult to use (it should be as easy as command-c or it isn’t worth the effort). I haven’t been able to find one I liked and would use until I came across yours. I didn’t have much hope of it working since everything else failed, but I am really pleased with CopyPaste. Keep up the good effort! DK Brockport, NY USA

Thank you for a great piece of software! SF Newark, DE USA

Great Product! SW Fountain Valley, CA USA

This is far and away the most useful shareware I picked up in a long time. I am more then glad to remit the shareware fee for this one. You have done a great job here. RR Ridley Park, PA USA

CopyPaste-Best Shareware Utility of 96. These words are clearly true. This is a great utility and I really enjoy it. Keep up the good work!! VR Vancouver, BC Canada

I downloaded it, I tried it, I like it, so here’s the $20. WL Canada

I am delighted with your program. AH Almonte, Ontario Canada

Just what I’ve been looking for for years! GB Davis, California USA

CopyPaste is a wonderful, functional, little tool. Thank You RB Winnipeg Canada

CopyPaste is so cool I can hardly believe it. LOVE how easy it works. Merci! JR Camarillo, CA USA

It is my pleasure to register CopyPaste. Enclosed is my check. I downloaded your terrific product from ZiffDavis Net/Mac via CompuServe. I can’t imagine how I have enjoyed the Mac for these past nine years limited to only one clipboard. The thrashing between sections of a long document or between multiple documents to relocate multiple items has been very frustrating. CopyPaste is a real productivity tool. Once again, I congratulate you and thank you for a job well done. GR

What a gift I received last week from a friend! Congratulations for your CopyPaste. Thanks a lot for having programmed this famous utility. JC Quebec Canada

Copy/Paste, a fine piece of software. LB Scottsdale AZ USA

It really saves me a lot of time when I edit downloads into my databases. GH Glendale, MS USA

What a cool utility! MM

Thanks for making my life much easier. ($20 is in the mail) SH

As an ex-Atari ST I have, in the year ort so that I’ve had a PowerMac, often bemoaned the fact that there is only one clipboard. How could Apple *do* that? I asked! So thanks for CopyPaste. This is to let you know that I have today mailed you a $20 traveller’s check, endorsed to you (left over from my visit to the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Yellowstone, etc, last September. What a trip!) DH Birmingham, England

Picked up your excellent program the other day, and now I can’t live without it , I’m getting a check cut today, hopefully it will be out of here by Friday. KT

I have sent my registration fee to you and am looking forward to getting the password-Key. I found CopyPaste v2.5.4 on America-Online. It is just what I have been looking for. Thank you for your hard work! LL Burlington, Iowa USA

I love CopyPaste! CS San Francisco, California USA

Great Program JB Monroe MI USA

Nice Work! DB Hillsboro OR USA

Excellent!!!!!!!! AD Chicago, IL USA

“CopyPaste Pro just sits in the background, waiting to be used, faithfully collecting and storing whatever you’ve copied or cut, ready to paste the items wherever you want. Despite the lengthy list of power features, the basics are enough to get you started and it’s easy to setup and use.
Someone called CopyPaste Pro Time Machine for your clipboard. While it doesn’t look like Time Machine, it captures and stores pretty much anything you can copy on your Mac and makes it available any time in the future to be pasted.”
– Jack D. Miller, Mac360 12/5/14 (Link)

“The improvement in speed when you have repetitive edits to do is amazing. This is definitively a power tool for the power user and gets a Gearhead rating of 5 out of 5.” – Mark Gibbs, NetworkWorld 6/17/14 (Link)

Take a look at one of my favorite Mac utilities. It’s called CopyPaste Pro. It’s a multiple clipboard manager. That means anything you cut or copy gets stored in a library so it can be pasted again later without having to find it and copy it again. That is a huge time saver. – Tera Thomas O’Brien , TeraTalks, 5/16/14 (Link)

When it comes to my Mac, most of the preaching you’d hear has to do with backups and a handful of essential Mac utilities; those little tools that do better than what Apple builds in to OS X. Here’s one of the best. It’ll make you more efficient, accurate, and productive, which will, in turn, make you a nicer person. CopyPaste. – Jack Miller, Mac360 1/8/14 (Link)

“If You Could Only Have One Productivity Tool For Your Mac Then Choose CopyPaste Pro” – Jack Miller, Mac360 9/13/12 (Link)

“CopyPaste Pro is probably the most useful tool that you never knew you needed. Its indispensable features truly enhance the productivity of your day-to-day work.” – Ben Harvell, MacLife 6/17/11 (Link)

MaCity Italian Blog 8/1/11 – CopyPaste Pro the best clipboard app for the Mac.

AppStorm Review 7/4/11 – James Cull 9 out of 10

MacWorld 4 mice June 2003

MacUser UK Review by Craig Grinnel 4/3/03
VERDICT: CopyPaste X rapidly becomes indispensable 4.5 Mice

Houston Chronicle by Bob Levitus 2/13/03

MacUsers Shareware Utility Award to CopyPaste

November Mac Magazine

MacWeek article on CopyPaste

Macintosh Disability Shareware and Freeware

 Tidbits Review of CopyPaste

Shareware Junkies voted CopyPaste Best Macintosh Program of the Year

Macintosh News Network Product of the Day

Best Buy from MacDirectory

MacNet Journal Review

   

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For me, a day without a Mac shareware download is a day without sunshine. That’s why my two hard drives are cluttered with sad little abandoned utilities.

I once loved them. I really did. For a day. For a week. Or just a couple of hours. And then, well, I just plain forgot about the unfortunate little things. So little time, so many new programs. It’s a hard world. And the fact is, most of them never quite did what I needed them to do — speed up the day-to-day tasks and repetitive annoyances of computing.

The only utility to which I’ve remained true is the ever-lovely * CopyPaste from the wonderful folks at Script Software (now Plum Amazing). * CopyPaste is an extension that, when fired up, offers you 100 clipboards to which you can paste essential bits and pieces of documents, URLs you need and just about anything you want to store and then use again. For an editor working on a Mac it’s a little bit of heaven for a mere $21 US.

But don’t take my word for it. Like all shareware you can download it, try it out and if you hate it, then let it languish somewhere in a corner of your hard drive until, in a flurry of excess, you clean everything out (like that’s ever going to happen.)

Peter Wilson, Vancouver Sun

“I curse Apple for not enabling me to copy more than one item at a time.” But praise be to generous programmers. On Shareware.com, I discovered an application that expands my copying capabilities tenfold. CopyPaste’s nifty text-processing tools let you shift case, tab, or insert text files, pictures, and sounds into a clipboard – the floating palette keeps track of what’s where. Even neater is the clip archive, which drops copied items into a folder on your desktop – fabulously convenient for online researchers.”

Debbie Elkind, Wired Magazine

“You’ll find that CopyPaste is wonderfully tiny and, like most of my favorite shareware utilities, it has a shy personality — you can send it away and it will discreetly return at your beck and call.” —   more…

Cathy Begien, Macworld Magazine

“For those who do any kind of writing, CopyPaste-X is an invaluable tool that is easy to learn, and once you start using it, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it. 4.5 out of 5 mice” —   more…

Danny Groveman, Mac Guild

“CopyPaste: A Godsend For Power Users & Novices Alike”

“This is a handy-dandy little program. It offers much for the experienced user, but there are aspects of it that would be very helpful to the novice.” —   more…

Nancy Carroll Gravley, The Mac Observer

“The only utility to which I’ve remained true is the ever-lovely CopyPaste from the wonderful folks at Script Software. CopyPaste when fired up, offers you 100 clipboards to which you can paste essential bits and pieces of documents, URLs you need and just about anything you want to store and then use again.”

Peter Wilson, Vancouver Sun Article

“Si vous voulez gérer totalement vos presse-papiers (les sauvegarder, les éditer, les organiser par thème), CopyPaste est fait pour vous. De même, si vous voulez être aidé à la saisie, sa fonctionnalité yType peut vous aider. Et vu la densité de possibilités, les 30$ demandés ne semblent pas exagérés.”

Ange Heureux, MacGeneration

macaddict review of copypaste

“CopyPaste Pro is an example of a very flexible application because, unlike other productivity applications, it has so many different uses. The developers have improved on such a basic computer function and the results are genius.

The developer of CopyPaste Pro, Plum Amazing, seems to demonstrate this in its other programs – taking simple system programs and pumping them full of oomph and extra features.

CopyPaste Pro has really helped me save time and it is a joy to use – simplistic and feature-rich. Some people may think, however, that the retail price of $30 for the program is a little too much to spend on just a simple utility but you’ll discover that once you get it, you’ll wonder how you ever did without it.”

“There is not a day goes by that I do not make use of Copy Paste. Thanks again for a superb utility.” – Robert Towers

A German Blow 10/27/14

MacLife 6/17/11

Macworld 15 Nov 2010

IUseThis 16 Nov 2010

CNet

CopyPaste Pro – one of my essential apps 

by Marcel Dufresne, May 28, 2020

 

MacGeek Podcast Sept 2nd 2019

April 22, 2019 – Tech Today Review by Kerry Dawson

CopyPaste in History

Wired article from 1997 about CopyPaste

Link to CopyPaste in the historic Macintosh Repository archives.

ZDNet software library from 1998

CopyPaste Winner of Award from MacUser

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