Take Control of Automating Your Mac, 5th Edition

Supercharge Your Clipboard

Cut, copy, paste. You’ve probably done those things thousands of times without even thinking about your clipboard, the temporary storage space macOS uses to hold whatever you’ve cut or copied. The Mac’s built-in clipboard is boring, but numerous utilities can supplement or replace it with powerful new capabilities that will save you time and effort.

Note: iCloud’s Universal Clipboard automatically syncs your clipboard across your devices, as long as they’re signed in to the same iCloud account, have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled, and are near each other. That’s neat, though I’ve found it less than perfectly reliable. See How to use Universal Clipboard on Your Mac at iMore for details.

With one of these utilities installed, ...