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Best Clipboard Managers for Mac
What a clipboard manager adds to macOS, which features matter, and how the main options compare.
2 min read
Mac app · Alex Rodionov
Maccy
Best for: Lightweight, keyboard-driven clipboard history.
- Best for
- Lightweight, keyboard-driven clipboard history
- Developer
- Alex Rodionov
- Price
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- Our testing
- Not yet hands-on tested
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Pricing options
Open source
Free
Source and releases on GitHub
Mac App Store
Small one-time fee
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Features
- Lightweight clipboard history
- Fast keyboard-driven search
- Pin items
- Ignore selected apps
- Plain-text pasting
Benefits and disadvantages
Benefits
- Free and simple
- Very low resource use
- Fast to learn
- Open source
Disadvantages (cons)
- Text-focused with limited rich preview
- No cross-device sync
- Fewer organization features than Paste
- Basic appearance
Who should use Maccy
- Developers and keyboard-first users
- People who want a minimal clipboard manager
- Budget-conscious users
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