Supported on macOS 14+. Also runs on
10.12.2+, but is not supported.
Paste Wizard is an easy to use clipboard
manager that allows you to save multiple clipboards and be
able to paste them again later. It can also be used as a
rapid-access database by labeling
and searching clipboards. It has
the following advantages:
Compact grid display
allows you to see and select from many saved
clipboards at once.
Handles all types of clipboards.
Clipboards produced by many automatic typing
utilities (like TextExpander, Butler, TypeIt4Me,
Typinator, Keyboard Maestro, 1Password, etc.) are
ignored.
Recognition of special
text types in clipboards allows convenient pasting or
operation.
You can quickly search
the grid to find clipboards you want.
You can edit clipboards you
have already saved, adding labels if desired.
You can lock clipboards so
they are not displaced by new ones.
You can delete individual,
unlocked, or ALL saved clipboards (for example if they
contain sensitive data).
You can use Dropbox
or other shared storage mechanism to backup or
synchronize your clipboard contents across multiple
machines.
Paste Wizard allows you to display up to 99 clipboards
(per set) in a compact manner, making it easy to quickly
find which one you want to paste again. Paste Wizard
recognizes certain types of text much like Apple's Data
Detectors, and allows you to paste or operate on them in
special ways. This feature is very useful when dealing
with web or database forms that force you to type things
like addresses, phone numbers or social security numbers
in separate fields, or force you to enter phone numbers
with just decimal digits. Furthermore, you can paste
clipboards as unformatted text even if they are formatted.
This is useful if you want pasted text to inherit the
formatting of the application you are pasting into.
Paste Wizard saves clipboards as you copy them. You can have Paste
Wizard delete all saved clipboards whenever you stop it (e.g.
logout/shutdown/restart), or save clipboards on disk so they are
still available when you restart your computer and/or Paste Wizard.
You can save up to 99 clipboards in Paste Wizard. The newest ones
copied displace the oldest. You can lock clipboards so they are not
displaced as new clipboards are saved.
You can also specify a maximum size for clipboards to be saved.
Clipboards that contain images can be huge because the
image is stored in multiple formats to be able to be pasted wherever
you wish. Saving huge clipboards can slow things down if you are
saving them on disk, so you can choose not to save clipboards over a
specified size.
If you choose to save clipboards across restarts you can:
choose to save only locked clipboards.
create as many sets of clipboards as you want, with up to 99
clipboards per set.
encrypt your clipboards to keep them safe.
have them saved in your Dropbox or other shared storage
mechanism if you want them synced across multiple computers or
just backed up in the cloud.
You can configure these options in the Preferences.
Syncing Clipboards
If you do configure the option to have your clipboards saved in
Dropbox or other mechanism that syncs them among multiple
computers, changes to your clipboards or clipboard sets are
synced--via the mechanism you choose--to however many computers
you connect to the same shared folder.
Paste Wizard's syncing support is designed to support a single
user who moves from time to time among multiple computers, but is
not intended to support multiple users sharing the same clipboards
at the SAME TIME--because simultaneous changes would result in
timing issues that would cause changes to be ignored in a
seemingly random fashion.
Showing Clipboards
Saved clipboards are shown in 2 ways:
via a Grid that you display via a hotkey. This is the
main way to show clipboards because it provides a compact way to
see all 99 clipboard as well as search them or see all of them
by hovering over them.
optionally via an icon in the menu bar.
If you choose to show them via the menu bar icon, you can specify
whether the icon should be the default yellow color, gray, or black.
Furthermore, you can specify how many of the saved clipboards appear
in the menu under the icon.
Text clipboards displayed under the icon always show unformatted,
but clipboards shown in the grid normally show their formatting
(e.g., color, font, size). You can choose to show text clipboards in
the grid as unformatted.
Normally the grid is displayed in the center of the screen, but you
can choose to display it it a location you choose (my just moving it
once displayed, or near your cursor instead (always showing the full
grid).
You can configure these options in the Preferences.
Using Clipboards
Saved clipboards can be pasted and manipulated in various ways via
either the grid or the menu under the menu bar icon.
Normally text clipboards are pasted "as is", with all their
formatting. You can also specify that they be pasted unformatted by
default, or that they be typed by default.
You can choose to have clipboards moved to the first unlocked
position after they are pasted.
Certain text clipboards, such as those that contain multiple lines
(or items separated by tabs) can be split into multiple clipboards
that could be pasted individually. When this is done, normally
duplicate clipboards created by the splitting are eliminated. You
can choose to have them not eliminated.
You can configure these options in the Preferences.
Recognition Of Special Text
Types
Paste Wizard allows you to copy numbers in several different formats
and paste them in their current form, as separate fields, or as
fields together. Pasting as separate fields means that tabs are
typed between the fields to move to the next field in the form.
Thus, a phone number like:
(202) 345-6789
can be pasted as:
or as:
In addition, Paste Wizard recognizes URLs and allows you to go
to the URL in your default browser or paste the URL as a TinyURL.
Paste Wizard currently supports several types, with special
handling as shown below. Each type is denoted with a letter in a
colored background for easy identification of types.
Type
Example(s)
Special handling
Number
202-345-6789
Paste as individual fields, or as just the digits
789-456-1234 x5678
(202) 345-6789
(789) 456-1234 x5678
02 1234 5678
234-23-0500 (e.g., an SSN)
Multiple
xcy-kjy-oiuy-po34
Paste as individual fields or with fields together
Fields
(e.g., registration code)
Multiple
John Woodward
Paste as individual words
Words
Address
(3 lines)
Apple
One Apple Park Way
Cupertino, CA 95014
Paste as an address into
address form fields (name,
address line 1, address line 2, city, state, zip code), with address line 2 blank
Address
(4 lines)
John Woodward
XYZ Company
123 Whatever Street
Somewhere, ST 01234
Paste as an address into
address form fields (name,
address line 1, address line 2, city, state, zip code), with address line 2 filled
in
URL
http://theWoodwards.us
Go to URL in default browser
(if you are connected to the web)
Paste as a TinyURL (if you
are connected to the web)
Multiple
Items
1
2
3
4
Create Multiple Clipboards -- 1 clipboard per
item (items are separated by tabs or ends of lines)
All text types can also be pasted unformatted.
Searching Clipboards
You can search for clipboards in two ways:
With the Grid
Search, which can be used when using the grid; or
With the Search function, which can be used anytime, and is
accessible via a hotkey or "Actions" menus.
The Search function searches for the text you specify across all
sets, searching text clipboards and labels, as shown at the
right. Note that images would be found by this method only
if they have a label.
You can hit return to search forward starting with the current
set, or use the forward and backward search arrows (or the left
and right arrows on the keyboard). If you search in either
direction again without changing the text to search for, where to
search, or the case to search, the search continues from the last
clipboard you found, wrapping around.
Text clipboards found show the icon to identify their type, and
allow their text to be scrolled with the portion of the text
matched highligted. They are shown unformatted by default, but if
text is formatted, you have the option to show the text "As Is",
with its formatting.
A red lock icon is shown if the clipboard is locked.
Once a clipboard is found, you can perform most functions that do
not involve any changes to the grid or menu bar menu. In
other words, you cannot lock/unlock, or delete clipboards.
Also, any special settings such as "delete after pasting" do not
apply. You can paste by clicking the clipboard, or
right-click for more options. After pasting via this method, the
system clipboard is left with the pasted item.
You can also cause the grid to be opened to the found set with
the found clipboard highlighted by choosing "Show Clipboard In
Grid". The found clipboard is highlighted with an orange border,
and blinks 4 times after the grid is displayed.
Using Clipboards in the Grid
You can show the saved clipboards in a grid that is displayed when
you type a hotkey (default command-/):
This example grid display of multiple saved clipboards shows how
the special types are designated. You display or hide the grid
with the hotkey you designate. You can also hide the grid with the
escape key, or by clicking outside the grid (unless you are in Paste
Multiple Mode or Drag Mode). The name of the
set--Example Clipboards--is in a popup menu that would allow you
to choose a different clipboard set or to
create/edit clipboard sets. The current clipboard set is
locked to prevent additional copied clipboards from populating it,
so the lock icon is displayed.
As you move your cursor over the grid, the
background of the clipboard you are pointing to is outlined with a
black border, as shown at the right.
If you lock a clipboard, it appears with a lock icon and a
colored background, as shown in the last clipboard above.
The title, "Clipboards", is actually a menu (shown
at the right), that allows you to Edit the clipboard
sets, or choose to use a different one if you have already
created multiple sets.
If a very long textual item is in a clipboard, you can hover
your mouse over item and more of the text (as much as will fit)
will be shown. If you hover your mouse over an image, a larger
size of the image will be displayed. Some clipboards contain both
an image and text:
An image copied from Safari by right clicking and choosing
"Copy Image" displays the image in the grid (or menu bar icon), but if you hover over
the image in the grid, its URL (also saved in the clipboard)
will be displayed.
If you copy a single Finder item, its icon is displayed, but
if you hover over it in the grid its name is displayed.
If
you copy multiple Finder items, the image shown at the right is
displayed, but if you hover over it in the grid all of the
copied filenames are displayed.
You click a clipboard or type its number to paste it. Only the
first 9 clipboards have a number, shown with a yellow background.
Clipboard 2, marked with a , has been recognized as multiple words, so
command-clicking (by default) pastes each word in a different
field, tabbing in between. This feature would be useful for
pasting a name into separate first and last name fields.
Clipboard 3, marked with an , has been recognized as having multiple fields (like
a registration code), so command clicking pastes each field
separately.
Clipboards 4 & 5, marked with , have been recognized as numbers,
so (by default) command-clicking pastes as fields, or
option-clicking (by default) pastes all digits together.
Clipboard 6, marked with , has
been recognized as a URL, and you can go to that URL in your
default browser or paste it as a TinyURL (if you are connected to
the web).
Clipboard 7, marked with , has
been recognized as an address, and can be 1) pasted as such into a
form with multiple fields for an address or 2) made into one
clipboard per line, (added in addition to the clipboard containing
the full address).
Clipboard 8, marked with , has
been recognized as having multiple items in it (with individual
items separated by tabs within a line or by ends of lines). Such a
clipboard can be used to create one clipboard per item, (added in
addition to the clipboard containing the multiple items).
Right-clicking any
clipboard shows you all the options for that clipboard and allows
you to choose among those shown at the right. Using the contextual
menu for a clipboard, as shown, you can paste clipboards per the
table above, lock or
unlock the clipboard, copy, label, edit, delete, print, or move/copy the clipboard to a
different clipboard set (if any exist). Key
modifier Shortcuts let you easily choose among some of these menu
items above when clicking.
There are some options that appear only for text clipboards:
the option to Paste it unformatted
the option to Type it unformatted (in case you
encountered a web page that has disabled pasting, as is often
done when retyping passwords)
If you find that the markings
described above obscure your view of any clipboard contents, just
press the space bar and the markings will disappear, as shown at
the right. Press space again and the markings will return.
The Grid Menu
The grid menu allows you to perform various functions as shown
below:
The Grid Configuration menu
appears at the right. Normally clipboards are displayed with their
formatting (such as color, font), but you can specify that they be
displayed as unformatted text instead. Normally the grid is centered
on the screen, but you can specific that you be able to position it
wherever you want. Similarly, you can specify that it appear near
your cursor (though fitting fully on the screen).
When you hover over a clipboard that contains an image, normally a
larger version of the image pops up near the cursor, but this image
is not necessarily full size. If you prefer, you can display
larger images centered on the screen.
You can also choose to display the original style grid clipboards
Finally you can specify one of six grid sizes, with a default of
"Normal", which is shown at right. With the "Tiny" size, the lock
icon is not shown, but locked clipboards have a colored background.
The "Fill" size makes the clipboards as large as possible allowing
for all clipboards you could have saved to be shown (default
99). With "Fill" specified, the clipboards are always the same
size, regardless of how many clipboards are currently displayed.
The "Dynamic" size makes the clipboards as large as possible given
the number of clipboards currently displayed. This means that
the size could change each time you show the grid. If you want
large clipboards, but do not want to see the size change, choose
"Fill" instead.
The General Configuration menu appears at
the right. You can also modify several general configuration options
(that also appear in the Preferences, and apply to both the grid
menu and menu bar menu).
Normally, pasting a text clipboard pastes it with its formatting,
but you can change that default to paste without formatting
(regardless of the default you can choose exactly how to paste each
clipboard by right-clicking it and choosing from the menu that pops
up).
You can also choose to type a text clipboard by default. Typing
allows you to enter in the field (e.g. on some web sites) that have
disabled pasting.
Once an unlocked clipboard is pasted it can stay in its place in the
grid or be moved to the first unlocked position. You can also choose
to keep locked clipboards grouped together at the beginning or end
(of the grid or menu bar menu).
Finally, you can specify that when you click (in the Grid) or select
(under the menu bar icon) a clipboard that contains a URL, you will
go to that URL in your default browser instead of pasting the
URL. With this setting, you could, for example, create a
clipboard set full of URLs just to be able to easily go to
them.
The Clipboard Sets
menu appears at the right. You can also choose the clipboard set you
want to display in the grid and icon menu. The default set, as shown
at the right, is called "Main".
Choose "Edit..." if you want
to create, delete, or duplicate existing sets. You can also cycle
through sets in either direction.
Grid Search
If you type text in the search field, clipboards
matching the text (text clipboards or labels) are outlined in red,
as shown at the right. Searching occurs as you type, but while you
type the yellow digits disappear because typing those digits does
not paste while you are typing in the search field, and mouse
movements over the grid (such has hovering to see more of a
clipboard) do not work. Pressing return exits the search field,
restores the hovering and the yellow digits, and allows you to paste
by typing the digits. The text in the search field is persistent--it
applies to clipboards added to the grid after the text is entered,
and is saved across restarts and clipboard set switches if you are
saving passwords.
If you have multiple clipboard sets, you might
be looking for some clipboard that is not in the current set, and
hence not highlighted with red. You can use the "Search Again
In Another Set" function in the Grid Menu (command-G), to search
other sets and switch to the next set that contains the search text,
highlighted in red. If no set contains the search text, the
grid jiggles as an indication.
Paste Multiple Mode
You can specify that you want to paste multiple items while keeping
the grid displayed by selecting
Paste Multiple (command-M), which changes the grid menu
button to as shown at the right to indicate you
are in paste multiple mode, and the grid will remain displayed until
you close it with the grid hotkey or the ESC key. Clicking outside
the grid does not hide it in this mode, and if you bring another
window forward while the grid is displayed, the yellow numbers
disappear from the grid because typing those because would type into
the window rather than pasting a clipboard.
You will remain in this mode until you select Paste Multiple (command-M) again
with the grid displayed (even if you hide and re-display the grid).
When in this mode, you can type the tab key to tab in the window into which you are
pasting. Also, if you re-position the grid in this mode, it will
stay where you put it even if you hide the grid and re-display it.
When you enter this mode, a number of other options appear:
Tab After Pasting
(command-T) makes it easier to paste into forms, because the
next form field is automatically tabbed to after each paste.
When this mode is on, the grid menu button changes to .
Show All Clipboards
(command-A) is the default when in Paste Multiple mode, but if you have many
clipboards saved, you may find it inconvenient because the grid
blocks the window into which you are pasting.
Show Only Locked
(command-L) shows only locked clipboards, in case you locked
them because you paste them often. You might use this to paste
you name, address, phone number, etc. This option is available
only if you have locked clipboards.
Show Only Recent (command-R)
shows only the last 9 clipboards, which can be pasted easily by
typing 1-9.
Show Only Recent and Locked
(command-B) shows both of the above.
Use Fewest Rows Possible
lays out the grid with clipboards going across and uses as few
rows as possible. The idea is to make the grid thin and able to
be moved to the top or bottom of the screen to allow easy access
to windows on the screen while the grid remains displayed.
Use Fewest Columns Possible
lays out the grid with clipboards going down instead of across
and uses as few columns as possible. The idea is to make the
grid thin and able to be moved to the right or left of the
screen to allow easy access to windows on the screen while the
grid remains displayed.
When you are in Paste Multiple
mode, all functions that delete, lock, or unlock clipboards are not
available unless you are showing all clipboards.
In Paste Multiple mode you
can move the grid where you want it and its position will be
restored the next time you enter Paste
Multiple mode. With the grid displayed all the time, you
may find it more convenient to have it vertically displayed with as
few columns as possible so you can tuck it away on the left- or
right-hand side of your screen. If this is the case, select Use Fewest Columns Possible. If
you choose this, the clipboards are laid out down the columns as
opposed to across the rows. When you leave Paste Multiple mode, the grid
returns to its normal layout.
Drag Mode
Drag Mode (command-D) is
similar to Paste
Multiple Mode, in that in this mode, the grid remains
displayed until you explicitly close it, it has the same options in
the grid menu, and pasting clipboards works the same way if you
right-click them and choose a pasting option from the resultant
menu. When you enter Drag Mode,
the grid menu button changes to as shown at the
right. However, clicking a clipboard does not paste it, because in
this mode you can drag clipboards to rearrange them in the grid or
drag them into other applications to paste them. You can rearrange
clipboards only if all clipboards are displayed (command-A).
When rearranging clipboards, if you have grouped locked clipboards
you can rearrange either the locked or unlocked clipboards, but not
intermix them.
You can drag a clipboard to any application that can accept the type
of clipboard to paste it.
Note that although you can specify Tab
After Pasting in drag mode, it applies only if you paste
via right clicking, but not if you paste by dragging. When you turn
this on in Drag Mode, the grid menu button changes to
Drag Mode is very useful
when for pasting multiple clipboards into field entries and is more
convenient than moving the cursor in between each paste in such a
case.
Select Mode
In Select Mode, the grid remains
displayed until you explicitly close it, allowing you to select
clipboards by clicking them, and then being able to delete,
lock/unlock, move, or copy the selected clipboards. When you enter Select Mode, the grid menu button
changes Has an "S" in it, as shown at the right, where you can see 2
selected clipboards with green borders, as well as the functions you
can perform when you right-click a selected clipboard. The
function selected is applied to ALL selected clipboards. Please note
that this mode has no effect on the status item menu, from which you
can still operate on individual clipboards.
Delete After Pasting Mode
In this mode...which applies whether you are in normal, paste
multiple, or drag modes, specifies that after an unlocked
clipboard is pasted (in any manner), it should be removed from the
grid. If you are in this mode, a trash can appears in the grid menu,
such as: , , , , or . Note that this mode
also appears in the menu bar and can be controlled from there as
well.
Using Clipboards From the Menu Bar
You can optionally have Paste Wizard
display its icon in the menu bar, as shown at the right. You can
also choose to have the icon be black or grayscale, as shown at the
right. The functions under "Clipboard Options" at the top of the
menu are the same as in the grid menu,
except there is no search capability, and the "Clipboard Size" menu,
which allows you to specify one of four different clipboard sizes to
show in the menu:
Normal--1 line per text clipboard, max 30 characters wide;
plain text shown; small size for images
Medium--up to 3 lines per text clipboard, greater width;
formatted text shown; medium size for images
Large--up to 6 lines per text clipboard, greater width;
formatted text shown; large size for images
Huge--all lines for text clipboard (that fit on screen),
greater width; formatted text shown; huge size for images
In addition to the functions, each clipboard is listed.
Choosing the clipboard pastes it. The key
modifiers that work on the grid work here as well (except that
control- or right-click is not needed because each clipboard acts as
a menu if you want to choose a function that way).
Pasting via this menu works in a situation when pasting via the grid
does not. Certain applications that cause you to take some special
action to enter input mode may cancel input mode when the grid is
displayed. In this case, pasting via this menu should work because
the menu does not cancel input mode. As example of this behavior, if
you select a file in Finder and hit return, you enter input mode.
Displaying the grid cancels input mode, but pulling down the menu
does not.
Locked items will be marked with a red lock symbol as in the grid.
If you have multiple clipboard sets, the name of the current set
(Example Clipboards in the example to the right) is shown along with
a lock icon to show whether the set is locked. If you click on
the lock or the set name, the lock status changes. You can
also use the submenu to choose a different clipboard set.Locking Clipboards As more clipboards are
selected they are added to the grid up to the maximum you specify
(1-99). When the maximum is reached, the oldest clipboards are
thrown away. To prevent this for a particular clipboard, you can
lock it. The visual difference between locked an unlocked clipboards
is shown at the right. You can lock/unlock individual clipboards or
unlock all of them. Note that you cannot lock all of the available
clipboards because then there would be no room for new ones.
Labeling Clipboards
By labeling clipboards you can--in effect--create a rapid access
database. A label in the grid appears as:
A label in the menu bar menu appears as:
Any clipboard can be labeled, but you would likely label only
clipboards you intend to save by locking them or having them in a
locked set.
In the example above, the clipboard contains a (fictional) credit
card number, and the babel identifies it and shows you its
expiration date and security code. This way, you can paste
just the card number. You might also want to label clipboards that
contain long inscrutable URLs so you know where they will go, or
loyalty numbers, license numbers, SSNs, etc.
You can add a label in two ways: 1) by choosing "Edit..." after
right-clicking a clipboard in the grid or via the pull-right
submenu of a clipboard in the menu bar menu, or 2) when creating a
note clipboard you can assign it a label.
Editing Clipboards
If you right-click a clipboard and
choose Edit... or choose Edit... from a clipboard under
the menu bar, you will get the dialog shown at the right.
Please note that editing a text clipboard that has formatting will
discard the formatting.
You can also specify or edit a label for the clipboard.
If you have multiple clipboard sets, you can also specify that the
clipboard should be moved to a different set.
Finally, you can change the lock status of the clipboard.
Printing Clipboards
If you right-click a text clipboard and choose Print... or choose Print... from a clipboard under
the menu bar, you will be able to print the clipboard.
Deleting Clipboards You can delete individual
clipboards (e.g. because they contain sensitive information), or all
unlocked clipboards, or all clipboards (via the grid
menu or icon menu). Note that
deleting all clipboards clears the system clipboard,
which may be useful as a security measure. You can also enable a hotkey that allows you to quickly
delete all unlocked clipboards. Also, you can use Delete After Pasting Mode to cause
unlocked clipboards to be deleted after they are pasted. Finally, if
you are in Drag Mode, dragging an unlocked
clipboard to the trash deletes it.
Entering
Notes
Notes are a very useful feature that allows you to capture thoughts,
URLs, etc. for later use by entering them directly into a clipboard
from any application. Paste Wizard supports the ability to enter a
note clipboard via a hotkey or the "Actions" menu bar menu. The
hotkey (default command-option-/), can be changed in the Preferences. You enter the note via the dialog
at the right. You can enter directly into any clipboard set,
including one you are not currently using (you might even want to
create a set just for notes), and you can specify whether you want
the note to be locked or not. You can also specify a label for the clipboard. You can also click
the button to paste the note you just entered.
Generating
Random Passwords
When entering a note, it is possible to generate a random password
in the note of lengths 8,12,16,20, 24, or 32, with or without
special characters, as shown at the right, You could then
search for and paste/type the password when needed. You can also
click the button to paste the password you just entered.
Pasting Multiple Clipboards Via Hot
Key
In addition to Paste Multiple Mode and
Drag Mode in the grid, there is an
alternative way to paste multiple clipboards. A special hot key
(default command-') is
specified in the Preferences (see below)
that pastes the items in the clipboard in a last-in-first-out
manner. The hot key can be used with or without the grid displayed.
In other words, using the grid above as an example, the first press
of this hot key would paste "word" (the last item copied), the next
press would paste "two words", etc. There are three important things
to note about pasting with this hot key:
There is a very slight delay between pressing the hot key and
the pasting of the clipboard. This is normal.
As you paste and item, it goes to the end of the grid, and
other unlocked items shift downward, such that each paste
actually pastes the first item shown in the grid (if you were to
look at it between pastes).
If you have locked items that you have grouped at the
beginning or end of the grid (see below),
they will not be shifted via this hot key.
Pasting Into Forms
In addition to using the Paste Multiple
Mode, Drag Mode, or Last-In-First-Out hotkey features to make form
entry easier, you can use the special data types that Paste Wizard
recognizes to facilitate form entry as follows:
Addresses
With a typical address form
like:
Name:
Address
Line 1:
Address
Line 2:
City:
State:
ZIP:
Just select an entire address
like:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
or
John Woodward
XYZ Company
123 Whatever Street
Somewhere, ST 01234
Then put your cursor in the "Name" field, display the grid,
right-click the address clipboard, and choose "Paste As
Address". The result will be that the address will populate
the address fields.
Phone Numbers
With a typical phone number form like:
Extension
Just select a phone number like:
456-123-1234, or (456) 123-1234 or
456-123-1234 x56789
Then put your cursor in the first field, display the grid,
right-click the number clipboard, and choose "Paste As
Separate Fields". The result will be that the address will
populate the phone number fields.
Multiple Items
With any type of form
You can use the "Create
Multiple Clipboards" feature in multiple cases. If, for
example, you have an address in some other format than those
above in a clipboard, then choosing "Create Multiple
Clipboards" will add one clipboard per line in the address.
You can them paste or drag each line into the form as
needed. This would be much easier than copying each line
separately.
As another example, if you have numbers in a spreadsheet,
you can copy a bunch of them at once then create one
clipboard per number easily.
Key Modifiers
Several modifier keys and combinations provide shortcuts for
choosing special functions from the menu bar or from the contextual
menus in the grid. Here are the default keys and their meanings:
Control or
Right-click
Displays the menu of all functions that can be performed
on the clicked clipboard
Command
Pastes the clicked clipboard as separate fields; ignored
if clipboard was not recognized as fields or a phone number
Option
Pastes the clicked clipboard as digits together; ignored
if clipboard was not recognized as a phone number
Command-Option
Deletes the clicked clipboard
All of these can be changed (except right-click) using the Key Modifiers tab in the Preferences
as described below.
Security Features
If you are concerned about having sensitive data in saved
clipboards, there are several Paste Wizard features that allow you
manage this risk:
You can manually delete clipboards that are sensitive when you
are done using them (using either the grid or the menu bar
icon).
You can specify in the Preferences
that clipboards not be saved on disk, or that only locked
clipboards be saved.
You can specify for each clipboard set
that unlocked clipboards should automatically deleted after a
certain amount of time (or upon restart). This allows you to
have different auto delete settings for different clipboard
sets. For example, you might have a special set with automatic
deletion for your most sensitive information, and not
automatically delete in another set.
These features can be used in various combinations.
Clipboard Sets
If you have specified that clipboards
should be saved on disk, you can maintain any number of named
clipboard sets, creating, deleting, or choosing which one you want
to use via the grid menu or icon menu. Both of these menus contain a
"Clipboard Sets" menu such as the one shown at the right. This menu
allows you to choose which set to use ("Main" is selected at the
right). You can also choose "Switch" (or more typically type
command-S or command-option-S) to rotate through the sets
displayed in the grid. Finally, you can choose "Edit..." to display
this dialog that allows you to create, delete, rename, lock,
duplicate, or edit the automatic delete settings for each clipboard
set:
Clipboard set names must be case-insensitively unique. You cannot
rename or delete the "Main" set. Once you have created a
second set, the set that had previously called "Clipboards" is now
called "Main".
If you have only 1 set, the title of the grid will be
"Clipboards". However, if you have more than 1 set, the title
in the grid is a popup menu that shows the name of the current set
and allows you to quickly change to a different set.
The popup menu in the
"Auto delete unlocked clipboards..." column gives you the following
options:
Clipboard sets other than
"Main" can be locked/unlocked by clicking the lock icon in the grid
title bar, the menu bar item, or the edit sets dialog.
In the example at the right, the "Credit Cards" set is locked, and
shows labels for each card.
When you lock a set it no longer receives clipboards you have
copied. However, you can still enter a note into it, edit
items in it, or move/copy clipboards into it.
If you do copy a clipboard while a locked set is current, Paste
Wizard will automatically switch to the "Main" set and save that
clipboard there so it is not lost.
You might want to lock a set that contains fixed items of
information, such as information about your credit cards, social
security numbers, passwords, etc. In the example above, the
Credit Cards set (shown as an example at the right) was locked after
credit card information was entered. If you did not lock it, but
then used it and forget to change to another set, it would become
filled with clipboards you do not want there.
Note that for sets other than "Main", that the lock also appears in
the title bar. A set other than "Main" can be locked/unlocked
via the lock in the title bar or the lock in the Edit dialog shown
above.
You can also move clipboards between sets. This
is useful if you save a clipboard in the wrong set. To move a
clipboard, right- or control-click it and choose the set to which
you want to move the clipboard, as shown in the menu at the right.
You can also copy clipboards between
sets. To copy a clipboard, right- or control-click it and choose the
set to which you want to copy the clipboard, as shown in the menu at
the right.
Preferences
You can display the Preferences window in 3 ways:
From the Action submenu of the grid menu
From the Action submenu of the menu bar menu
By holding down the option key when launching Paste
Wizard
It is also automatically displayed when running Paste Wizard for
the first time. The Preferences window always opens with
the Basic tab displayed:
The basic preferences relating to how clipboards are saved,
viewed, and used appear here. Other tabs include less frequently
used or changed preferences.
Any changes you make to the Save in Dropbox Folder or Encrypt
saved clipboards settings take effect immediately. All other
configuration changes you make take effect when you close the Preferences
window.
The Menu Bar Icon Style section in the upper right is
active only if you have specified Also show under menu bar
icon above or you have enabled the Suspend Saving Clipboards
hotkey in the Hotkeys preferences.
Saving Clipboards
The preferences for saving clipboards are annotated at the right.
Saving Clipboards on Disk
If you choose to save your clipboards on disk, they are normally
saved unencrypted in the "Applications Support" folder in the
"Library" folder in your home folder. You have the option to save
all or just locked clipboards across reboots or restarts of Paste
Wizard. If you choose to save, all of your clipboard sets will be
saved.
How Many Clipboards To Save Per Set
The number of clipboards saved per set can be 1-99. If you set
it to a number lower than the current number of saved clipboards,
older saved clipboards will be deleted. However, in no case will
locked clipboards be automatically deleted, nor will the last
unlocked clipboard. Examples assuming that you have 5 locked
clipboards and 5 unlocked clipboard saved:
If you set the number of saved clipboards to 8, the oldest two
unlocked clipboards are deleted.
If you set the number of saved clipboards to 4, the oldest
four unlocked clipboards are deleted (because 1 unlocked
clipboard must always be left), leaving a total of 6 clipboards.
Eliminating Duplicates
By default, a text clipboard will not be saved if its text is
identical to the previously saved clipboard. You can
optionally specify that that the formatting must match as well for
the clipboard to not be saved. Also, you can specify that
older duplicate clipboards be deleted when a new matching
clipboard is added.
Showing Clipboards
The preferences for showing clipboards are annotated at the right.
Grid Display of Text Clipboards
Normally text clipboards with formatting (color, font, size) appear
formatted in the grid, but you can choose to have them display as
unformatted text...as they do in the menu under the icon.
Where The Grid Displays
By default, the grid is centered on your display. If you want to
control where it is displayed, check "Allow Me to position the
grid". Once it is displayed, you can move it, and it will stay
there, even if it changes size because you copy more clipboards. If
you check "Display grid near cursor", the grid will appear near the
cursor, but completely visible on one screen. This option is useful
when you have multiple screens. These last two options are mutually
exclusive: checking one unchecks the other.
You can adjust the typing speed with the slider in the Preferences.
Using Clipboards
Typing Text Clipboards
If you right-click a text clipboard, you will have the option to
type it unformatted (as opposed to pasting it). This is useful in
situations where pasting has been disabled, such as in some forms on
websites. You can also specify the typing speed.
What Happens To Pasted Clipboards
If you uncheck "Move pasted unlocked clipboard to first unlocked
position", unlocked clipboards you paste will remain in their
current position until you cut or copy a new item, which will
always go into the first unlocked position shifting others up by
one. Of course, this assumes that you have not specified that
clipboards be deleted after pasting (you would specify this in the
Grid Menu or in the (optional menu bar menu).
URL Clipboards
If a clipboard contains (just) a URL, you can right-click it and
choose to go to the URL in the default browser rather than pasting
it. You can also specify to go to URLs by default.
The Hotkeys
tab allows you to specify all hotkeys that will be recognized by
Paste Wizard. The defaults are shown below. Clicking the buttons
at the right captures the next key (with modifiers) that you type
as the hotkey.
Note that each hotkey can be individually enabled.
Note that the "Copy Appending" hotkey works only if the current
clipboard contains text and you are copying text. When you use
this hotkey, the text in the clipboard loses any special
formatting and can hence be pasted only as plain text. Copy
Appending does not impact the current system clipboard, but rather
the first clipboard shown in the grid or menu bar menu. Thus, to
paste the accumulated clipboard, paste it from the grid or menu
bar menu.
If you enable the "Suspend saving
Clipboards" hotkey but do not enable showing clipboards under the
menu bar icon, the icon will be displayed so it can be blinked to
indicate when clipboards are not being saved. If you click
it, the menu at the right will appear.
The Key Modifiers tab
allows you to change the default modifier keys that provide
shortcuts in the clipboard grid or icon menu:
The Grid tab shows a
reminder of the meanings of the symbols of the in the clipboards
window, and the Register tab allows you to go to the web
page where you can pay only $8 for a registration code and enter
the code. It also allows you to go to a web page to retrieve a
previously-purchased registration code given your purchase
information.
The Applications tab allows
you to specify preferences for specific applications as
illustrated below.
You can specify that clipboards COPIED FROM an application be
ignored completely, or not saved after initially appearing in the
grid or menu bar menu. Furthermore, you can specify that their
clipboards always be copied. This might apply to a browser
like Tor that marks all its clipboards as secure and hence not
normally copied.
Also, you can specify the clipboards PASTED INTO the application
by Paste Wizard be pasted formatted or unformatted, overriding the
similar preference in the Basic tab.
Finally, if you have multiple clipboard sets, you can specify
that clipboards COPIED FROM an application go into the specified
clipboard set. When this occurs, the specified set becomes
the current set and Paste Wizard remembers the previously-used
set. If you later copy from an application without a set specified
in the preferences, the previously-used set is again made current
and the clipboard goes there. With the above example preferences
example, if the current set is "Main" and you copy from Xcode,
"Programming" becomes the current set and your clipboard goes
there. If you then copy from TextEdit, "Main" is restored as
the current set and the clipboard goes there.
Macintosh
Requirements
Paste Wizard is supported on macOS 14+. Also runs on 10.12.2+,
but is not supported.
It is required that the keyboard shortcut on your system to
paste is command-v, and that the keyboard shortcut to copy
by command-c, the common
defaults.
FAQ
Why do you allow backup and syncing via Dropbox but not via
iCloud? Dropbox is used for backwards compatibility with
the legacy application Paste Master. However, though Paste
Wizard references Dropbox in its preferences, you could actually
use any folder or mechanism that represents shared storage, such
as iCloud. However, note that Paste Wizard will always use
a folder named "Apps" within the folder you specify, because
that is the Dropbox convention.
Why won't my clipboards Paste? If you are running
on MacOS 10.14 or later, you must re-authorize Paste Wizard to
control your computer when installing or after upgrading it. On
MacOS 10.14-12, in System Preferences→Security &
Privacy→Privacy→Accessibility you should see Paste Wizard shown.
Even if it is checked, because of an apparently unfixable Apple
bug, you must DELETE it and then ADD it again. You will have to
click on the lock icon and enter your password before doing so.
If for some reason Paste Wizard does not appear there, you will
need to click the plus sign and add Paste Wizard, which should
be in your Applications folder. On MacOS 13+, the above is in
System Settings→Privacy & Security→Accessibility.
Version History
1.0 - Initial Release.
1.1 - Bug fixes; updated Help.
1.2 - Feature enhancements:
Added the option to changes the size of clipboards in the menu
bar menu.
You can now paste into the Registration dialog.
2.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
If you are running Mac OS 10.14+, you will be warned to
re-authorize Accessibility for Paste Wizard after updating.
The helper application that launches upon login no longer
appears in the Dock.
Improved registration feedback.
Spurious error message about lost clipboards no longer appears
upon first run.
The correct item is now pasted from the Menu Bar menu.
3.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fix:
Improved performance in general, and dramatically if you are
encrypting your clipboards.
Changed the Application-Specific Preferences to allow
clipboards from a specified application to be completely
ignored, rather than just not saved as is currently the case.
Fixed bug related to deleting an application from the
Application-Specific preferences.
3.1 - Not released.
3.2 - Bug fix and improved debugging support:
Added clipboard export and import functions for debugging
support.
Improved debugging information provided with "Email The
Author".
Fixed bug in hovering over images in the grid.
Fixed bug in recognition of copied URLs.
3.3 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Added the ability Lock all clipboards in the current set.
Added the ability to go to all URLs in the current set.
Added the ability to search for text in a clipboards beyond
just the current set.
Fixed bugs relating to the proper indication of configuration
options in the grid and menu bar menus.
Fixed bug in unlocking all clipboards.
Fixed bug in not correctly categorizing a clipboard after it
is edited.
Updated documentation.
4.0 - Grid modernization:
Updated grid look based on multiple user requests.
Added "Grid Configuration" option to choose current or classic
grid look.
4.1 - Fixed bug in saving grid changes after rearranging the grid
by dragging.
5.0 - Feature enhancement and bug fix:
Added support for Dark Mode.
Fixed display glitch with new grid style help.
6.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fix:
When the new (non-classic) grid is displayed, you can hit the
space bar to hide/show the markings that can obscure parts of
each clipboard.
Switching to a new clipboard set no longer copies any
specified search term to the new set. Use Search Again
(Command-G) for that.
Added command to switch to the previous clipboard set
(Command-Option-S).
Further Dark Mode visual improvements.
Prevented command-q from quitting the app when grid is
displayed.
Updated Help Viewer.
Corrected error in documentation.
Fixed bug in key modifiers preferences error checking.
7.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Added Touch Bar support for Mac Books so-equipped.
Fixed bug in pasting digits together when type-by-default is
specified.
Fixed bug in displaying Preferences.
8.0 - Universal Application and bug fixes:
This is a universal application that runs natively on Apple
Silicone
Fixed bug with the "Delete After Pasting" item in the menu bar
menu.
Restored the "Clipboard Size" menu in the menu bar menu.
8.1 - Compiled as non-Universal because Universal would not
launch on M1 chip (thanks, Apple!)
9.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Clipboard sets, other than the "Main" set, can now be locked
so they store no more clipboards you have copied. This is useful
if you use sets to store fixed items of information, such as
information about your credit cards, loyalty numbers, social
security number, passwords, etc.
The grid title bar now contains an popup menu allowing you to
change the clipboard set or edit clipboard sets.
If you have multiple clipboard sets, the grid title bar now
contains--for sets other than "Main"--a lock icon showing
whether the set it locked. You can click on the icon to
change the set locked status.
In the menu bar menu, if you have multiple clipboard sets, the
"Clipboard Sets" menu now contains the name of the current set,
such as "?? Main ??", as well as a lock icon for sets other than
"Main". You can click on the lock or set name to change
the set locked status.
As a convenience, the menu bar menu now automatically
re-displays after you choose an option that does not paste
anything, such as "Delete After Pasting".
rtsp:// URLs are now recognized as URLs.
Added option to specify that saved URLs should be opened by
default when chosen (instead of being pasted).
In the grid, the larger version of a clipboard shown when you
hover is now shown as long as you keep hovering.
Improved syncing among multiple machines.
Improved the red clipboard locked icon.
Fixed bugs related to the handling of sets.
Fixed bug in moving or copying an image clipboard to a
different set.
9.1 - Enhancements and bug fixes:
Added ability to produce debugging information if you do not
use a mail application.
Improved compatibility with Mac OS's ever-growing security
constraints.
Fixed bug in pasting via the menu if you have no sets.
Fixed bug in cancelling out of Dropbox syncing.
Fixed bug in editing sets.
9.2 - Bug fix:
Fixed bug in locking/unlocking via the menu if you have no
sets.
10.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fix:
Saved clipboards can now be labeled.
Added options to better eliminate duplicate clipboards.
Updated icon.
Fixed rare bug causing registration to be forgotten.
10.1 - Feature enhancement and bug fixes:
Added select mode: the ability to select multiple clipboards
in the grid and operate on them (e.g. delete, lock, move to a
different set).
Improved handling of non-standard URLs.
Fixed miscellaneous bugs.
11.0 - Feature enhancements:
Added key modifier to type a text clipboard.
System clipboard will now contain the last pasted item when
locked item is pasted (unless delete after pasting is
specified).
Worked around non-standard clipboards in BBEdit and Microsoft
Word (to allow for copied addresses to be recognized).
Clipboard sets can now be reordered in the Edit Clipboard Sets
dialog.
Improved error checking when moving clipboards between sets.
Universal application that runs natively on Apple Silicon.
Updated for Ventura (Mac OS 13).
11.1 - Feature enhancement and bug fixes:
Added the label to the edit clipboard dialog.
Improved visibility of labels in Dark Mode.
Fixed bug in "Create Multiple Clipboards".
11.2 - Feature enhancements:
Copy and Paste now work when editing clipboards or labels.
Improved functioning of status item menu.
11.3 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes
Added "Make A Copy" function to allow a text clipboard to be
copied, presumably to edit it into a similar clipboard.
Improved compatibility with MacOS 13+.
Fixed multiple unreported bugs.
12.0 - Modernized Icon & Bug Fixes.
12.1 - Feature enhancement and bug fixes:
Added preference to use the classic yellow menu bar icon.
Fixed multiple unreported bugs with paste multiple and drag
modes.
12.2 - Fixed glitch caused by latest Apple compiler.
13.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fix:
Edit clipboard function improved:
All clipboards can now be edited (not just text clipboards).
If you have multiple clipboard sets, you can now specify
moving clipboard to a different set.
Labels and lock can also be edited.
Cut and paste now work.
Label function removed as it is now redundant with Edit.
You can generate random passwords when entering notes.
Now all clipboards can be copied.
Images are now printed full size.
14.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Made menu bar menu more compact to show more clipboards.
Added "Use Classic menu" to Preferences to not use the new
menu bar menu.
Improved support for multiple screens.
Worked around an Apple bug that caused the grid to not display
when the cursor is in a secure input field (e.g. Password field
in a browser).
Fixed multiple unreported bugs.
14.1 - Feature enhancements:
Improved workaround of Apple bug that caused the grid to not
display when the cursor is in a secure input field (e.g.
Password field in a browser).
Added the ability to enter a note clipboard to the menu bar
Actions menu.
Added 2 features inadvertantly left out of the previous
release:
Improved clipboard sets menus in grid and menu bar.
Clarified and enforced that clipboard set names must be
case-insensitively unique.
15.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Updated for macOS 15 (Sequoia).
Added two new grid sizes, "Fill" and "Dynamic", specified in
the grid menu.
Added the ability to show full size images when hovering over
a clipboard in the grid that contains an image, specified in the
grid menu.
Added a button to save and paste an entered note clipboard.
Improved workaround of Apple bug that caused the grid to not
display when the cursor is in a secure input field (e.g.
Password field in a browser).
Fixed multiple unreported bugs.
15.1 - Bug and typo fixes:
Fixed bug in specifying hotkey preferences.
Fixed bugs in entering note clipboards.
Fixed bug in saving clipboards set changes.
Fixed typo in application-specific preferences.
16.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Added a new search function that searches across all clipboard
sets via a dialog. It searches for specified text in text
clipboards or labels, and then can perform most functions on the
result (e.g., Paste, Print) or shows you the clipboard in the
grid. This function is accessible from all "Actions" menus or
via a new hotkey that can be enabled in the preferences.
Added a hotkey to toggle the grid view between its current
size and the dynamic size. The hotkey must be enabled in the
preferences.
Fixed multiple unreported bugs.
17.0 - Added a major new feature for clipboard sets users: the
ability to specify in the application-specific preferences that
clipboards copied from a particular application should go into the
specified set.
18.0 - Updated for macOS 26 Tahoe
19.0 - Added an application-specific copy preference to specify
that clipboards from the application should always be copied. This
would be used for an application like the Tor Browser that marks
all their clipboards as secure (and hence not normally copied).
20.0 - Feature enhancements and bug fixes:
Added hotkey to temporarily suspend saving clipboards, and
reorganized Preferences to accommodate this change.
Allowed pasting unto Registration dialog
Fixed bug that clipboards copied after waking from sleep may not be saved.
Fixed some Preferences UI glitches.
Acknowledgments
Paste Wizard uses a modified version of ShortcutRecorder to
allow for the specification of Hotkeys.
Copyright (c) 2006-2009, contributors to ShortcutRecorder.
All rights reserved.
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Contributors to Shortcut Recorder, in no order in particular:
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concept, first shot at implementation using NSView.
David Dauer, <david@daviddauer.de>. Refinement, cleaner
reimplementation, documentation, IB Palette.
Jamie Kirkpatrick, Kirk Consulting Ltd,
<jkp@kirkconsulting.co.uk>. Further modularisation and
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Purchasing Paste Wizard
Paste Wizard is shareware. You can try it out for 30 days, but
if you still use it thereafter, you must register it. The price is
very reasonable--$12. After 30 days, Paste Wizard will not
work unless you have registered it.
Registration includes future updates.
To purchase Paste Wizard, click here. Once
you have paid, you will receive a registration code via email. You
can enter this code by choosing Registration... in the Action
submenu in the grid or icon menus.
If you do not get your registration code via email in a timely
manner it may be that it was eaten by an overly aggressive spam
filter. In that case, click on the Retrieve Purchased Code button in the Registration... dialog or
click here
and enter your PayPal purchase information to retrieve the code.
Paste Wizard Copyright 2019-2026 John Woodward. All rights
reserved.
You may distribute Paste Wizard unmodified via any media, as
long as you keep it together with its Read Me file.
The Search function searches for the text you specify across all
sets, searching text clipboards and labels, as shown at the
right. Note that images would be found by this method only
if they have a label. 
As you move your cursor over the grid, the
background of the clipboard you are pointing to is outlined with a
black border, as shown at the right.
(shown
at the right), that allows you to Edit the clipboard
sets, or choose to use a different one if you have already
created multiple sets.
If
you copy multiple Finder items, the image shown at the right is
displayed, but if you hover over it in the grid all of the
copied filenames are displayed.
Right-clicking any
clipboard shows you all the options for that clipboard and allows
you to choose among those shown at the right. Using the contextual
menu for a clipboard, as shown, you can paste clipboards per the
table above, lock or
unlock the clipboard, copy, label, edit, delete, print, or move/copy the clipboard to a
different clipboard set (if any exist). Key
modifier Shortcuts let you easily choose among some of these menu
items above when clicking. 
If you find that the markings
described above obscure your view of any clipboard contents, just
press the space bar and the markings will disappear, as shown at
the right. Press space again and the markings will return.
The Grid Configuration menu
appears at the right. Normally clipboards are displayed with their
formatting (such as color, font), but you can specify that they be
displayed as unformatted text instead. Normally the grid is centered
on the screen, but you can specific that you be able to position it
wherever you want. Similarly, you can specify that it appear near
your cursor (though fitting fully on the screen). 
The General Configuration menu appears at
the right. You can also modify several general configuration options
(that also appear in the Preferences, and apply to both the grid
menu and menu bar menu). 
The Clipboard Sets
menu appears at the right. You can also choose the clipboard set you
want to display in the grid and icon menu. The default set, as shown
at the right, is called "Main".
Choose "Edit..." if you want
to create, delete, or duplicate existing sets. You can also cycle
through sets in either direction.
If you type text in the search field, clipboards
matching the text (text clipboards or labels) are outlined in red,
as shown at the right. Searching occurs as you type, but while you
type the yellow digits disappear because typing those digits does
not paste while you are typing in the search field, and mouse
movements over the grid (such has hovering to see more of a
clipboard) do not work. Pressing return exits the search field,
restores the hovering and the yellow digits, and allows you to paste
by typing the digits. The text in the search field is persistent--it
applies to clipboards added to the grid after the text is entered,
and is saved across restarts and clipboard set switches if you are
saving passwords.
as shown at the right to indicate you
are in paste multiple mode, and the grid will remain displayed until
you close it with the grid hotkey or the ESC key. Clicking outside
the grid does not hide it in this mode, and if you bring another
window forward while the grid is displayed, the yellow numbers
disappear from the grid because typing those because would type into
the window rather than pasting a clipboard.
.
as shown at the
right. However, clicking a clipboard does not paste it, because in
this mode you can drag clipboards to rearrange them in the grid or
drag them into other applications to paste them. You can rearrange
clipboards only if all clipboards are displayed (command-A).
In Select Mode, the grid remains
displayed until you explicitly close it, allowing you to select
clipboards by clicking them, and then being able to delete,
lock/unlock, move, or copy the selected clipboards. When you enter Select Mode, the grid menu button
changes Has an "S" in it, as shown at the right, where you can see 2
selected clipboards with green borders, as well as the functions you
can perform when you right-click a selected clipboard. The
function selected is applied to ALL selected clipboards. Please note
that this mode has no effect on the status item menu, from which you
can still operate on individual clipboards.
, 
, 
, 
, or 
. Note that this mode
also appears in the menu bar and can be controlled from there as
well.
You can optionally have Paste Wizard
display its icon in the menu bar, as shown at the right. You can
also choose to have the icon be black or grayscale, as shown at the
right. The functions under "Clipboard Options" at the top of the
menu are the same as in the grid menu,
except there is no search capability, and the "Clipboard Size" menu,
which allows you to specify one of four different clipboard sizes to
show in the menu:
As more clipboards are
selected they are added to the grid up to the maximum you specify
(1-99). When the maximum is reached, the oldest clipboards are
thrown away. To prevent this for a particular clipboard, you can
lock it. The visual difference between locked an unlocked clipboards
is shown at the right. You can lock/unlock individual clipboards or
unlock all of them. Note that you cannot lock all of the available
clipboards because then there would be no room for new ones.
If you right-click a clipboard and
choose Edit... or choose Edit... from a clipboard under
the menu bar, you will get the dialog shown at the right.
Entering
Notes 
Generating
Random Passwords
The popup menu in the
"Auto delete unlocked clipboards..." column gives you the following
options:
sets other than
"Main" can be locked/unlocked by clicking the lock icon in the grid
title bar, the menu bar item, or the edit sets dialog.
In the example at the right, the "Credit Cards" set is locked, and
shows labels for each card.
You can also move clipboards between sets. This
is useful if you save a clipboard in the wrong set. To move a
clipboard, right- or control-click it and choose the set to which
you want to move the clipboard, as shown in the menu at the right.
You can also copy clipboards between
sets. To copy a clipboard, right- or control-click it and choose the
set to which you want to copy the clipboard, as shown in the menu at
the right.
If you enable the "Suspend saving
Clipboards" hotkey but do not enable showing clipboards under the
menu bar icon, the icon will be displayed so it can be blinked to
indicate when clipboards are not being saved. If you click
it, the menu at the right will appear.
