iClipboard Changelog

What's new in iClipboard 5.0.0

Sep 3, 2014
  • NEW! Redesigned "flat" style interface
  • NEW! Retina compatible
  • NEW! Choose text formats directly from the Paste Blaster
  • NEW! Click to paste clippings in the Paste Blaster
  • NEW! Special formats for pasting text: Uppercase, Lowercase, Capitalized Words, White-space Removed, New Lines Removed, Tabs Converted to Spaces
  • NEW! Option to clear clippings in Unfilled project when quitting for security/privacy purposes
  • NEW! Font bar when editing clippings for complete control

New in iClipboard 4.2.1 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • Fixed issue that caused Firefox to not be excluded after it was added to the exclude list
  • Fixed problem with the Shelf reappearing when in floating mode and external screens are plugged/unplugged

New in iClipboard 4.2.0 (May 16, 2013)

  • Added ability to suppress warning when editing text clippings
  • Added compatibility with utilities like PopClip and other applications that conform to nspasteboard.org's prescribed method for putting transient data on the system clipboard
  • Commonly used keyboard shortcuts can now be used as hotkeys (but their use is discouraged)

New in iClipboard 4.1.9 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Fixed problem caused by quick changes made to system-wide clipboard in succession.

New in iClipboard 4.1.8 (Jan 25, 2013)

  • Fixed problem previewing clippings that have no pasteboard data in them.

New in iClipboard 4.1.7 (Sep 22, 2012)

  • Fixed problem that caused Corel Painter to relaunch after the user quits it
  • Fixed problem caused by clippings that had no pasteboard data in them

New in iClipboard 4.1.6 (Aug 25, 2012)

  • Added option for a sound to play whenever content is copied to the iClipboard history
  • Added hot key to reverse the current text pasting behavior of formatted text
  • Fixed problem with the Unfiled project limit
  • Fixed problem that caused the Preview window to disappear if auto-hiding was active

New in iClipboard 4.1.5 (Aug 25, 2012)

  • OS X Mountain Lion compatibility

New in iClipboard 4.1.4 (May 24, 2012)

  • Improved Welcome window by always showing all three screens instead of just the first time
  • Improved clarity of option to automatically launch software in Welcome window
  • Fixed problem with option to automatically open software at system startup

New in iClipboard 4.1.3 (May 12, 2012)

  • Added feature to show Welcome window if application is double-clicked while already running
  • Added ability to use up and down arrow keys in Paste Blaster
  • Added smooth window transition animation when new project selected in Paste Blaster
  • Improved the Welcome window by making the options to add the software as a login item more clear
  • Improved the look of the selected frame in the Paste Blaster

New in iClipboard 4.1.2 (Mar 8, 2012)

  • Fixed crash that occurred when opening/closing Shelf under Snow Leopard
  • Fixed problem starting recording after grabbing content into a clipping

New in iClipboard 4.1.1 (Mar 8, 2012)

  • Added blinking LED to better communicate when software is recording to clipboard history
  • Added a red "stopped" bar to Shelf to better communicate when recording has been stopped
  • Added a red "stopped" bar to iClipboard menu in the menu bar to better communicate when recording has been stopped
  • Added warning when software first launches to let users know if menu bar is too crowded for the iClipboard icon
  • Added key commands back to Action menu in Shelf including the Preferences command
  • Added Start Recording/Stop Recording menu items to iClipboard menu in menu bar
  • The iClipboard icon in the menu bar turns gray when recording has been stopped

New in iClipboard 4.1.0 (Feb 22, 2012)

  • Added new application icon
  • Added user-friendly names for clipping formats
  • Added categorization to clipping formats
  • Added warning about deleting non-text formats when editing text clippings
  • Added semi-duplicate checker for Microsoft Word because it overwrites the clipboard with a new clipping that is very similar, but not exactly the same, as the last clipping when it quits
  • Improved reliability of pasting clippings to fix the problem where a "v" sometimes appears
  • Fixed problem editing certain types of text clippings
  • Fixed problem where text copied from Microsoft Word appeared very small in Shelf
  • Fixed problem where the Open/Close Shelf menu item didn't work correctly with a floating Shelf

New in iClipboard 4.0.0 (Nov 8, 2011)

  • Added option to make Shelf free-floating
  • Added ability to Search clippings in the selected project
  • Added ability to sort clippings in the Shelf, Paste Blaster, and menu bar in ascending or descending order. Sort options include: capture date, name, project, type (text, image, etc.), and manually. The "manual" option lets the user drag and drop the clippings in the order they want within each Project including "All".
  • Added Project button to the top of the Paste Blaster window so the user can choose the clippings shown
  • Added ability to paste formatted text, by default, as rich text or plain text
  • Added ability to control position of the tab on the Shelf (top, middle, bottom)
  • Added ability to completely remove the tab from the Shelf
  • Added ability to control volume of grab and paste sounds
  • Added Welcome window with Getting Started video
  • Added permanent control bar to each clipping for better efficiency
  • Added refinements to the User Interface
  • Added support for Lion-style scroll bars
  • Added "Unfiled" project that newly captured clippings are assigned to unless another project is selected in the Shelf
  • Added pause/resume recording hot key
  • Added animation to Shelf
  • Overhauled the way locking works to greatly improve workflows. Clippings can no longer be locked. Only projects can be locked. This solves the problem of locked clippings always appearing at the top of the history. A locked project now means it can't have clippings added or moved to it. If a locked project is selected in the Shelf, then newly captured clippings are automatically saved in the "Unfiled" project instead.
  • The selected clipping now uses system highlight color instead of light gray
  • The iClipboard application is now a 64-bit only application. Its preference pane is still a 32-bit/64-bit universal binary in case the user is running System Preferences in 32-bit mode.
  • Renamed the "Empty" clipping to "Drag Here" to clarify how it's used
  • Removed the last clipping time stamp field from the Shelf to make room for the Search field

New in iClipboard 3.0.6 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • Fixed problem where clippings weren't always displayed in sorted order in Shelf

New in iClipboard 3.0.5 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • Added Typinator and PopChar support in collaboration with maker Ergonis Software
  • Added some UTF-16 string pasteboard flavors to the list of known text flavors
  • Improved preview of UTF-16 clippings
  • Fixed problem editing text clippings that didn't save changes to all flavors of the clipping
  • Fixed problem saving certain changes to web archive clippings
  • Fixed problem where a stray vertical line would appear in Expose
  • Fixed problem where status bar animation was activating the discrete GPU in dual-GPU Macs
  • Fixed problem displaying preview for web archive clippings without a URL (a rare case)
  • Fixed problem with Rapid-Fire copying when using Dvorak keyboard layout

New in iClipboard 3.0.4 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Worked around problem caused by Snow Leopard bug where iClipboard window would open at wrong time when positioned on the left side of screen

New in iClipboard 3.0.3 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Added ability to select the pasteboard flavor to be previewed in the Preview window
  • Added QuickLook thumbnail preview generation for file flavor pasteboards to give users a better representation of the file
  • Added categorization to named clippings in the Services (Keyboard) system preference pane
  • Improved thumbnail preview generation by drawing text previews with a black background if we detect a very light text color in the text to make it more legible
  • Improved thumbnail preview generator by prioritizing PDF pasteboard flavors over other image flavors
  • Updated look of scrollbar in the Shelf
  • Fixed problem where grabbing into the same clipping twice in a row wouldn't work the second time due to over-zealous duplication checking

New in iClipboard 3.0.2 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Added keyboard support for non-QWERTY keyboard layouts like Dvorak
  • Improved speed of thumbnail generation for text clippings in Shelf
  • Improved image clipping thumbnails by prioritizing PDF pasteboard types over other image types like PICT, TIFF, etc. This improvement makes the software work better with applications like Adobe Illustrator
  • Fixed problem displaying zero length string clippings that caused the Shelf to appear blank or draw strangely
  • Fixed problem where the preference for showing previews wasn't always properly respected

New in iClipboard 3.0.1 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Added check to make sure same hot key not used twice in iClipboard
  • Added check to make sure that multiple copies of iClipboard don't run
  • Added convenience button to force-end the editing of hot keys
  • Hot keys are now disabled while one is being edited
  • Fixed problem where Paste Blaster appeared blank on lower resolution screens
  • Fixed problem with drawing Cancel button in Paste Blaster that occurred under Leopard
  • Fixed problem with Paste Blaster that occurred under Leopard
  • Updated user guide to provide more information on services under Snow Leopard

New in iClipboard 3.0.0 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Added Paste Blaster
  • Added feature to turn on/off the Shelf
  • Added ability to copy clippings to a project in addition to moving them
  • Released as a 64-bit application

New in iClipboard 2.1 (Mar 23, 2009)

  • Added a "Check for Update" preference that lets you control if and when the software checks for updates.
  • Added support for adding non-text content as a clipping via drag and drop.
  • Added support for opening URL's in the default web browser.

New in iClipboard 2.0 (Feb 26, 2009)

  • iClipboard menu in menu bar for quick access to clippings.
  • Paste rich text clippings as plain text.
  • Rapid-Fire Clipboard lets users quickly copy a bunch of clippings then paste them consecutively.
  • Three options for controlling the clipping shelf height: Auto-adjustable, fixed height, user-adjustable.
  • Double-click clippings to paste them.
  • Web clippings can now be edited.
  • Ignore application list ensures clippings from those applications aren't recorded.
  • Special hot key to open/close the clipping shelf.
  • Named clippings so clippings can be identified by name.
  • Clippings can be pasted using the system-wide Services menu.
  • Locked clippings and projects to keep important clippings forever.
  • Supports selection of multiple clippings which can be deleted or moved to a different project.
  • Multiple clippings or all clippings can now be pasted all at once.
  • Owners of SOHO Notes can create notes from clippings.