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Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

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FYI, there's an alternate clipboard in macOS called the kill ring (influenced by Emacs) that lets you cycle through previously killed text. The default property is called NSTextKillRingSize. There's a bit of config to do but it still works (Sonoma 14.5 as of this writing) for native macOS apps. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Co...

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Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

#52

Looks nice. I will probably stick with Maccy as it is open source and gets regular updates: https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy

I switched to Maccy after using Clipy for the last few years. Clipy hasn't been updated for a while and doesn't have an arm release.

https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy

Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

#53
post #32

any functionality to exclude passwords from making it into the history? This is the most annoying thing with Maccy for me (I literally have complex wrapper scripts that turn it on and off when I'm using my password manager which are flaky and annoying to maintain).

That’s one of the most requested feature for now. I will definitely add it, so you can add any app to the list of software that must be ignored. Thanks for your feedback!

Are there special "password" copy methods that mark a clipboard element as such so your app could exclude that instead of relying on an apps list (of course if that other app would use this method)?

Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

#54
post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Raycast is great, although I'm a little annoyed that unlimited clipboard history is behind a $10/month paywall – annoying given that it's just a config setting, I'm running the compute and storage.

I just saw the parent comment about alfred, enabled the clipboard history extension in raycast, gave it a cmd+shift+v hotkey, and then read your comment about it being behind a paywall? Are you talking about a different none-extension clipboard history? I'm not paying for it and it works nicely.

Raycast only keeps history for up to 3 months unless you pay for it, then you can choose 6/12/unlimited. That has always felt like a silly limitation, and quite disconnected from a $10/month price.

Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

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post #5

Didn’t try your app but as a longtime Maccy user: What is Maccy missing from these 4 points?

I like Maccy, but it doesn't let me preview the full content. It crops the large text and adds "..." at the end. Also, I cannot select text in the Maccy's preview balloon/tooltip/popup. It just disapears if I try to work with the text in the preview balloon/tooltip/popup.

Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

#58

Raycast has this built in. Don't see the need to install a separate application for this purpose. Aren't such launchers mainstream already?

I like and use Raycast, but I don't like the fact that I cannot resize Raycast window. It's pretty annoying, because I cannot see enough content in the clipboard history preview.

Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

#59
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IIRC Flycut did that. Loved it but it only copied text and was abandoned a long time ago.

Umm should I not be using Flycut? It's still on the app store.

I'm still a daily-driver of Flycut and love it.

Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS

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post #20

How does this tool make sure not to historize any passwords copied onto the clipboard?

I never thought about this. Thanks for asking. I will definitely add it, so you can add any app to the list of software that must be ignored.

See this site: http://nspasteboard.org/
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