Comment by markdog12

Comment by markdog12 8 hours ago

16 replies

Whoa, you can now search clipboard history. Go to Spotlight Search, Command+4. You'll get a list of entries, each with a copy button, and is searchable. Even shows the app it was copied in.

bayindirh 8 hours ago

At last Apple implemented a decent clipboard history. KDE has this thing for a decade now, I guess...

KDE also can encode entries as QR codes, so you can make URLs transferable to your phone or whatnot.

-- Sent from my MacBook Air.

  • heavyset_go 8 hours ago

    If you use KDE Connect, your clipboard history immediately goes to your phone's clipboard :)

    • gazook89 6 hours ago

      macOS/ios can also share clipboards for awhile now.

      For KDE Connect, does the phone have to be an Android or ?

      • heavyset_go 6 hours ago

        KDE Connect works on macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS

      • jcotton42 6 hours ago

        KDE Connect exists on both iOS and Android, though some functions like text messages aren't available on iOS.

  • pabs3 4 hours ago

    KDE doesn't have infinite clipboard history yet, like the GPaste extension for GNOME Shell has.

    • heavyset_go 3 hours ago

      CopyQ works for forever history for me, it also doesn't save copied passwords, which is nice.

      • pabs3 an hour ago

        How does it detect passwords? Usually those are just plain-text when copied.

        https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/

        Either way, I think it is better to not copy passwords to the clipboard or the selection, but store and transfer them via password-manager/browser/etc APIs.

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hu3 6 hours ago

Windows has this with Win+V for those wondering.

afandian 7 hours ago

Including passwords from password managers?

  • TomaszZielinski 3 hours ago

    Pretty handy, right :)?

    And seriously, managers like 1Password clear the clipboard after some time. I would guess that there’s some clipboard API that allows managers to exclude copied passwords from being permanently added to the history.

    Still, there are pieces of data that one might not want to store in such unobvious place as clipboard history so it’s good to know about it.

dsego 8 hours ago

Does that mean that add-on clipboard managers like Maccy are obsolete now?

merrvk 8 hours ago

Wow, didn't realise there was more than one tab

burnt-resistor 8 hours ago

There were already a zillion and one apps (Maccy, ClipMenu, Jumpcut, Flycut, Alfred, ...) that provided this.

It'll be one of the first things I turn off whenever I get around to installing it ~6+ months from now.