Clipboard Manager - PastePal 2.19.4 — Mac version

The Pin feature is what makes PastePal feel like a second memory. I spent a morning gathering bits for a repair guide — model numbers from a forum, a photo from the manufacturer’s site, three lines of terminal output, a supplier email address. Instead of juggling sticky notes, I pinned each item as I copied it. The rest of the clipboard clutter scrolled on by, but those five pins stayed put until I was done.

Building a collection across devices

My MacBook was on the workbench, but I’d found the terminal fix on my iPhone the night before. With iCloud sync, that command was waiting in PastePal’s history when I sat down at the desk — no AirDrop, no emailing myself. I switched to the images tab to grab the screw layout I’d copied from the iPad, then used the filter to show only text from Terminal. Pagination helped here: I scrolled back three sessions to find an old log line without the whole list grinding to a halt.

Keeping the history sensible

I don’t need every copied password or file path hanging around. PastePal lets you set an allowed list of apps and an ignored list of words, so anything from my password manager or containing “.env” never even lands in the history. I also set it to trim entries older than a day. The keyboard shortcut for deleting an item — just a quick tap — cleared out a stray screenshot without opening the main window. By the time the guide was finished, the clipboard felt more like a tidy toolbox than a junk drawer.

Jumping from a PDF on the Mac to a measurement on the iPad

Yesterday I pulled together a spares order for three old Raleighs. I started by copying a bottom-bracket code from a PDF on the Mac, then wandered to the bench with the iPad to check a caliper measurement — copied that too. Back at the desk, I hit the menu-bar icon and both items were there, synced. I pinned the bracket code so it wouldn't vanish while I hunted chain links. The side window sat at the bottom of the screen, showing the last six clips without blocking the supplier's web form. Each paste landed with a quick click, no retyping.

Maccy does plain text fast, CopyClip stays in the menu bar

Maccy is the stripped-back option — fast, single-window, no sync. If you just want a plain text log and nothing else, it's hard to beat. CopyClip is even simpler: a menu-bar list with a fixed limit, no search, no pinning. Fine for light use, but it buckles once you're juggling images, rich text and app-specific bits. PastePal sits at the other end — proper collections, iCloud sync that actually works, and filtering that lets you zero in on one app's output. Neither Maccy nor CopyClip gives you a side window you can park out of the way, and neither handles the mixed-media clipboard clutter that comes with a real repair job. If you've ever searched for a clipboard manager pastepal mac torrent, you'll find this one covers ground the lighter tools don't touch.

• Glass effect added to the side window
• UI visuals tidied up across the app
• Peer Share feature improved
• Better content recognition in rich text
• Flat rich text format now handled
• Edit flow smoothed out
• Transform library got more transforms
• Side window toggle animation improved

• macOS 12 or later
• Runs on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs