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CopyPaste Pro Changelog

What's new in CopyPaste Pro 3.8

Dec 17, 2023
  • History and archive palettes preview fixed to show full line length to the width of the window. Also fixed for all other languages like french, japanese, spanish etc.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.99 (Dec 3, 2023)

  • Fixed the archive preview of a clips first line of text to be resizable with the window to fill it's width.
  • Fixed the image browser by removing the orange frame around the magnified clip. image browser is opened with command (held down) v v and tap a clip to paste. or move clips right or left the command key (still held down) and tap right or up arrow key to move the focus right to the next clip and tap left or down key to move the focus left to the next clip

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.98 (Nov 16, 2023)

  • This is a fix for the previous version from this morning which was not universal. this one is a universal binary. that means copypaste finally runs native on intel or apple silicon (m1, m2, m3 etc...) depending on the processor you have.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.97 (Nov 16, 2023)

  • Universal binary. that means copypaste finally runs native on intel or apple silicon (m1, m2, m3 etc...) depending on the processor you have.
  • Updated sparkle

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.96 (Nov 15, 2023)

  • Updated via xcode 15.0.1
  • Fixed issue button to 'show preferences file in finder' in system preferences not working in macOS 13.0.
  • Also fixed 'show clip sets folder'
  • Updated the provisioning profile
  • Updated deployment target to 11.0 to fix compilation errors for newer mac os version

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.95 (Dec 13, 2021)

  • Checks for updates weekly in the background and only lets you know when there is something new. no longer checks at each startup

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.94 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Login at launch fixed for monterey
  • Other small improvements

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.93 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Updated manual from http to https
  • Compiled with xcode 13
  • Other minor changes.
  • Fix for 6.7.92 that created a pasting issue for some users.
  • Works great on monterey mac os 12

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.92 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Updatec manual from http to https
  • Compiled with xcode 13
  • Other minor changes.
  • Works great on monterey mac os 12

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.9 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Fixes exclusion pref to exclude both adobe indesign and apple keynote

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.8 (May 30, 2019)

  • App notarized
  • Minor changes.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.7 (May 30, 2019)

  • Add app notarization. a new security feature from apple.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.6 (May 20, 2019)

  • Command c and c fixed. for selected text it does not copy to clip 0 but it does put that clip in the first available slot in the archive. more is in the manual.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.5 (Apr 10, 2019)

  • Command c and command v work
  • Command option control c opens archive palette as before
  • Command option control v opens history palette as before
  • Command c (and number or letter) copies to that archive slot as before
  • Command v (and number or letter) pastes from archive slot as before.
  • Clickclip (select text and hold for custom amount of time) works as before

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.4 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Fix for mac os 10.14.4 incompatibility which broke command c.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.2 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • All apps and apps within folders in the application folder will show and can be selected in the exclusion list.
  • The exclusion is alphabetized and at the top you can click to sort up or sort down.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7.1 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Added 'Exclusion List' so it's available for all language.
  • Updated manual for new pref 'Exclusion List'
  • Updated all screenshots of each pref pane

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.7 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Added 'exclusion list' to the tab in preferences. long awaited ability to exclude apps from use with copypaste. here are some examples. can be used with apps that don't follow apple clipboard guidelines. also with password managers. a big thanks to eric crouch, the most recent in a long line of people that have recommended adding this feature.
  • Expect more updates. if you have suggestions for the app or manual let us know
  • If you purchased copypaste more then 2 years ago you can get a discount on 2 more years of updates and support by contacting us.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.6 (Jan 27, 2019)

  • Remembers the last panel chosen in the preferences. thanks to gabriel dorado for submitting this bug.
  • Improves copy command in more situations.
  • Compiled with the latest xcode
  • Copypaste works 100% on mac 10.14

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.9 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Changed some dialogs work better in dark mode.
  • Copypaste works 100% on mac 10.14

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.8 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • [fixed] splash screen hang on startup
  • [fixed] works now to add copypaste to the security&privacy:accessability panel. user still needs to grant access
  • [fixed] compile issue for older code fixed

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.6 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Now for mac os 10.14 mojave adds copypaste automatically to the security&privacy:accessability panel so that users can grant copypaste permission to use clipboard. users still need to unlock that panel and check copypaste to grant permission

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.5 (Mar 28, 2018)

  • Please do a manual install of this version. delete the version you have and download and put this one in your application folder.
  • Check for updates now fixed for use in the future.
  • Shorten url was broken now fixed.
  • Darkmode now works

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.3 (Jun 16, 2017)

  • Many changes and a lot of work to bring copypaste up to date with recent mac os changes and apple security & signing changes. thanks for everyones patience. if you find any issue please let us know.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.2 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Internal changes in accepting data types.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5.1 (May 15, 2014)

  • Fixes pasting extra return into Apple Numbers, Keynote and Pages.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.5 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • New "Word Count and Frequency" tool.
  • Drag and drop between the palettes fixed.
  • Archive clips get saved immediately to prevent data loss in a crash.
  • CopyPaste is now signed. Yay, finally! Apples latest securithy was a bear to figure out but its now done. That means it will no longer on first opening say "Do you want to open this application by an unknown developer". Now we will be back to working on updates and improving CopyPaste. Thanks for everyone's patience.
  • Compiled and optimized with the latest Xcode 5

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.4 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • now code signed.
  • Bean is no longer being updated by its author so we removed it and replaced it with using TextEdit
  • updated to the new version of xcode.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.3.3 (Sep 13, 2012)

  • [Fix] fixed a bug working with ms word in some situations.
  • [New] compiled for 10.8
  • [Next] will be signed in next version. in 10.8 set security & privacy:general to allow applications downloaded from anywhere.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.3.1 (Jul 12, 2012)

  • [Mod] Change to how often the app checks for updates. Please download this version and use it even though its a simple change it will help our server deal with updates better.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.3 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • [New] New icon
  • [New] New splash screen
  • [Mod] When you click on an empty Archive Palette, now the drawer window opens and allows to select a different Archive.
  • [Updated] Compiled with the latest xcode. Many improvements and optimizations. Changes in the manual.
  • [New] A couple new buttons in the preferences that show in the Finder the prefs and other files Copypaste uses.
  • [Updated] Included the latest version of Bean (the word processor in Copypaste).

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.2 (Jun 14, 2011)

  • [Mod] It is now Universal 32/64 Intel and PPC 10.5 and above
  • [New] A new preferences option to turn on feedback sound for keyboard copies
  • [Mod] Clips from Microsoft Word are now stripped to remove the OLE and other Link information.
  • [Mod] The opening display of the palettes when you use command-ctrl-option-v (or c) does not show the trash buttons initially which was disturbing
  • [Mod] the latest Bean is included version 2.9.6 beta.

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.1 (May 23, 2011)

  • [Add] now fully 64 bit
  • [Mod] now for 10.5 and higher. this version does not work on tiger Mac OS 10.4. copypaste 3.0 is the last version for 10.4.
  • [Mod] improved french localization

New in CopyPaste Pro 3.0 (Feb 15, 2011)

  • [Add] Another major update for CopyPaste Pro owners FREE.
  • [Add] New clip format.
  • [Add] A search thru clips feature for the History and Archives. Find anything in any clip.
  • [Add] Added Clip Revolver feature. This feature existed in a much older version of CopyPaste. Users requested it so we implemented it again. This is how it works: turn Clip Revolver on in the preferences and then command-option-v pastes and empties the last clipboard. This can be set in the preferences.
  • [Add] A copy of the last used clip either copied or pasted can be at the top of the History stack, so you can paste it again and again. This can be set in the preferences.
  • [Mod] The preview drawer has a new button menu which shows all of the different data types in a clipboard. If you select any of the data types, the data of this type is used to create a new clip on top of the history. Provided for information only.
  • [Fix] Enhanced extracting of e-mail addresses from clips.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.3.3 (Sep 15, 2010)

  • [Fix] fixes the bug in saving the history clips into an archive which caused cp to crash.
  • [Mod] now it is possible to delete a single clip from the main menu by holding the control key while selecting a clip from the paste menu. deleting works for both history and archive clips.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.3.2 (Sep 10, 2010)

  • [Fix] since the change in 2.3 to a new internal database structure there was an issue with drag and drop and assignment of hotkeys. both are now fixed.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.3.1 (Sep 6, 2010)

  • [Fix] this version fixes a bug in 2.3 where a copy to the Archive prevented the normal function of the clipboard.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.3 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • [Mod] a new rewritten database format which will be the basis of features in future versions.
  • [Mod] will work better for those on the old Mac OS 10.4

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.2.7 (Jul 7, 2010)

  • [Fix] the editor no longer accidentally opens on a double click on any of the icons in the Clip Palettes.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.2.6 (Jun 17, 2010)

  • [Fix] fixes the icon problem that occurred when changing screen configurations.
  • [Fix] minor bug fixes
  • [Mod] links to the new version of the manual.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.2.4 (Feb 15, 2010)

  • [Fix] this version fixes some problems with sorting the Archive clips.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.2.3 (Feb 8, 2010)

  • [Add] This version has a new preferences option to adjust the font size of the clips in the palettes. The default is 11 point. The valid range now is from 9 to 24 points. You can open the preferences and if the palette is visible, you can instantly see the result when you confirm the new size with tab or return.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.2.2 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • [Mod] added the latest version of Bean (the word processor in copypaste) which fixes some issues Bean had with mac os 10.6. Because of changes made by the author of bean it will be easy to have the latest copypaste using the latest version of Bean.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.2 (Jan 27, 2010)

  • [Add] allows renaming clips. On the palette you can click a clip to open the drawer with the preview and change its name in the textfield.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.1.5 (Jan 18, 2010)

  • [Fix] fixed the sparkle update.
  • [Fix] the problem, that CopyPaste stays in the dock regardless of the preferences settings is fixed.
  • [Mod] added translations for Japanese.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.1.3 (Jan 5, 2010)

  • [Mod] Universal 64/32 bit code.
  • [Mod] Compiled with the new compiler.
  • [Fix] Tiger problem with Eudora which is fixed.
  • [Fix] Other bug fixes.
  • More changes coming soon.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.1.2 (Sep 20, 2009)

  • [Fix] New Archive works again.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.1.1 (Sep 11, 2009)

  • [Fix] Changed the compiler settings so CopyPaste Pro is and displays as 64 bit. Note: Sparkle (3rd party include that checks for updates) is not 64 bit yet.
  • [Mod] The setting to install the contextual menu is removed. The contextual menu is not removed because it will still work in 32 bit programs.
  • [Fix] Fixed various bugs found by the compiler.
  • [Mod] Many other changes to make it fully 64 bit.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.1 (Sep 7, 2009)

  • [Mod] updated for Snow Leopard Mac OS 10.6 now 64 bit.
  • [Fix] graphics in the clip browser.
  • [Fix] some issues found by the new compiler.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.9 (Jun 8, 2009)

  • [Add] Now using the latest Bean version 2.3

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.8 (May 25, 2009)

  • [Add] you can enter the separating string for the "Paste all Clips in History/Archive"
  • [Add] the ^d or ^t macro is used to insert date or time into the separating string.
  • [Fix] flashing Edit menu could happen under a weird circumstances. Now fixed
  • [Fix] drag and drop under Cocoa requires having each possible data type separately registered with the system. Some graphic types did not work for drag and drop in the Archive and the History palettes because they were not registered. Now (with this version) there are more than 100 different data types registered for drag and drop.
  • [Add] The URL Shortener tool has a menu in the preferences (General) to choose from 5 different internet services to use for shortening URLs.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.7 (Apr 14, 2009)

  • [New] shorten URLs from the tools menu. An internet connection is required. There are several services available that shorten URLs. We used http://is.gd. We could use others. Try it out let us know what you think. Select some long URL like those for YouTube videos, hit the shorten URL tool to make it less then 20 characters. The address " http://www.scriptsoftware.com/copypaste" is shortened to " http://is.gd/qspE". This kind of thing is very handy for Twitter. More uses are in the manual.
  • [Fix] a variety of minor bugs and cosmetic changes.
  • [Mod] Bean with Danish localization added

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.6 (Apr 5, 2009)

  • [New] Open Editor tool.
  • [New] Islamic date tool.
  • [Mod] some additional preferences.
  • [Mod] pref to adjust to paste a clip on double click instead of opening it in the Editor.
  • [Mod] a pref to turn off Clip Browser on hotkey. The Clip Browser then is only available by command-mouse-screen-edge.
  • Turning off the Clip Browser hotkey gives two advantages:
  • You can repeatedly paste the main clip again and again without releasing the command key.
  • A simple command-v pastes the first clip in the history while a command-v-v pastes the laste used clip. (Try it, paste command-v-2 and then command-v-v which will paste the clip #2 from the Archive again. Just command-v and release pastes the first clip in the history.)
  • [Mod] manual updated.
  • [Mod] Danish Translation.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.5 (Mar 23, 2009)

  • [New] the Preview drawer tools menu includes a hierarchical menu item for Application services that can be applied to the selected clipboard. This greatly increases the number of clip tools to act on clip data.
  • [Mod] the LaunchBar reminder now does not appear for older versions of LaunchBar that were not incompatible.
  • [Fix] issue on PowerPC with Tiger (10.4) introduced by a recent change to for dreamweaver compatibility.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.4 (Mar 22, 2009)

  • [New] implements the function to paste all clips in history or archive in reverse order.
  • [Mod] checks whether LaunchBar is running and recommends to change incompatible LaunchBar settings.
  • [Fix] allows pasting into spotlight.
  • [Fix] fixes problem with ClipAppend not working consistently.
  • [Fix] issue with Dreamweaver.
  • [Fix] issue with iWeb.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.3 (Mar 17, 2009)

  • [Fix] crash on Tiger (OS 10.4).
  • [Fix] a crash in the function Paste all Clips from History / Archive.
  • [Fix] a problem that a copy in dreamweaver could not be pasted.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.2 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • [Add] Text clips can be appended by hotkey command-option-c. This can be turned off in the prefs.
  • [Mod] The "General" section of the preferences is now split into two section "System" and "General" to gain more space.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0.1 (Mar 11, 2009)

  • [Mod] updated Japanese resources.
  • [Mod] preview drawer closes when you start to edit a clip.
  • [Mod] changed the clip editor to not show an unnecessary untitled window.
  • [Mod] Bean has German resources.

New in CopyPaste Pro 2.0 (Mar 9, 2009)

  • [Add] Clip Palettes (History and Archives) added.
  • [Add] drag and drop for Clip Palette
  • [Mod] the registration box now removes any whitespaces and newline characters from pasted or typed input, thereby reducing any user registration errors
  • [Mod] many changes in the CopyPaste Pro preferences.
  • [Mod] changed some of the defaults.
  • [Mod] massive update to the manual.
  • [Mod] this version does some more checking when saving the clips.
  • [Mod] many UI changes.
  • [New] Danish, Japanese and German translation is included.
  • [Mod] much more user customization available.
  • [Mod] newest version of Bean used.
  • [Mod] the best version yet of CopyPaste.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.9 (Jul 3, 2008)

  • [Fix] a few bug fixes
  • [Mod] a new Bean which contains bugfixes as well.
  • [Mod] changed the order of loading when CopyPaste launches, so that the menu bar icon comes last.
  • [Fix] A freeze in the e-mail extractor when you call it on pictures is fixed.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.8 (Jun 17, 2008)

  • [Fix] this version launches Bean only once in each new version. It must have one launch to notify the OS of the presence of Bean as a service provider.
  • [Fix] email extractor and url extractor work consistently in all situations.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.7 (Jun 16, 2008)

  • [Mod] Also the latest Bean is included.
  • [Mod] Bean is further modified so that no second untitled document is opened when you edit a clip
  • [Fix] This one has mainly bug fixes
  • [Fix] solved the Bean launching problem.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.6 (Jun 2, 2008)

  • [New] The text size of a clip in the Clip Browser is now scalable from 50% to 200% (see Preferences animation tab)
  • [New] Danish localization added
  • [Fix] A few problems with KeyCue solved in cooperation with the author of KeyCue.
  • [Fix] The Bean editor should now consistently open and edit selections and clips

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.5 (May 29, 2008)

  • [Mod] Now, If you delete all clips in an Archive or the History and restart the sample clips do not reappear. They only reappear if the folder structure for the Archives or the History does not exist anymore, which can only happen if you delete them manually.
  • [Mod] If you "archive all clips in History" the process does not simply stop after 43 clips (the max amount for an Archive) but instead a new Archive with an number increment is added to store the next bunch of clips.
  • [Mod] Additionally to the "Lock this Clip" function in the contextual menu on an Archive clip you can lock or unlock all clips in the Archive by the "Lock All Clips" function in the contextual menu from the background of the Clip Browser.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.4 (May 28, 2008)

  • [Fix] Fixed crash on PPC/Intel from the contextual menu
  • [Fix] Lock clip bug is fixed
  • [Fix] Renaming the Archives bug is fixed

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.3 (May 26, 2008)

  • [New] Spanish localization is implemented but currently links to the English manual.
  • [Fix] crash caused by the contextual menu plugin in Safari and Mail
  • [Fix] crash when the Clip Browser was turned to Clip Archive and a normal copy was done (was a new bug in 1.0.2)
  • [Fix] the lock clipboard feature now works correctly.
  • [Fix] the application menu which appears only if the preferences option to show Dock icon and menu is checked works.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.2 (May 21, 2008)

  • [New] French localization and manual added
  • [New] French, German, Spanisch, Danish localization added to Bean.
  • [New] The clip history has a new contextual menu command to revert the order of the clips in the History
  • [New] The CopyPaste menu has a new command in the Clip History menu to revert the order of the clips in the History
  • [New] The Clips in the Clip Archive (not in History!) provide a "lock clip" command to prevent a clip from being deleted or replaced. A locked clip provides an "unlock clip" command.
  • [New] The preferences has a new option to set the key command to show the Clip Browser on doube V. If this is checked you can hit command double-V to locate the Clip Browser with the first Clip selected (without delay). If not checked a simple command v shows the browser (after delay), and the second V selects the second clip.
  • [New] The selection of the next clip with the repeated v now works even if the Browser still "hangs" in the fade-in delay. Prior to this version the second v was only evaluated when the Browser was already visible.
  • [Fix] KeyCue compatibility, the KeyCue HUD window did not show up when CopyPaste displayed the Clip Browser. Fixed but requires a update to.
  • [Fix] Contextual menu the last items in the clip tools now work, they did not before because of a sad programmers error.
  • [Fix] Problem in some program specially Excel which copies cells twice is fixed
  • [Fix] Problem that after an unsuccessful copy by keyboard, the next copy did not get through into the Clip History.
  • [Mod] You can escape from the Browser called by keyboard without pasting if you type the c key. This also starts turning the browser, but if you release all keys the turning is interrupted and the pasting as well. we cannot use esc key for this, because it calls Front Row. All other keys are either used as hotkeys for the Archive or not practical. So try the c key to abort pasting.

New in CopyPaste Pro 1.0.1 (May 13, 2008)

  • Universal Binary. Native on Intel and PowerPC, perfect for Mac OS Tiger (10.4), Leopard (10.5) and beyond.
  • yType will become a separate application (coming soon).
  • The clip editor (Bean) is now a separate but integrated application.
  • Many new ways to view, browse, edit and act on clips.
  • New easier and simpler interface that follows the look and feel of Apple's Dock and Application Switcher.
  • Much faster; especially on Intel Macs and in Leopard.
  • Rewritten in Cocoa and Objective C, to access the latest Mac OS X features for fast and rock-solid development and upgrades.