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Copy 'Em Changelog

What's new in Copy 'Em 3.0.6

Apr 30, 2024
  • Fixed an issue where the “Edit Text” menu option was sometimes disabled for text snippets.
  • Fixed an issue where the move-to-list menu was grayed out in some cases.

New in Copy 'Em 3.0.5 (Feb 28, 2024)

  • Fixed an issue where the delete button wasn't properly displayed on some items
  • Fixed the issue where the last-used list was reset (forgotten) across app launches

New in Copy 'Em 3.0.4 (Feb 4, 2024)

  • Renamed 'Stop Auto-Transforming Clipboard Data' under Preferences to 'Automatically Transform Clipboard Data'
  • Disabled 'Automatically Transform Clipboard Data' by default -- please enable it if you would like to restore the old behavior
  • Fixed a paste issue with the latest version of LibreOffice
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 3.0.3 (Nov 26, 2023)

  • Improved the “Open on Active Screen” option (it can now display the app window at the same relative position on different screens)
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in failure to paste multiple file entries into Finder
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 3.0.2 (Aug 14, 2023)

  • Fixed an issue where 6-digit color codes couldn’t be edited in place.

New in Copy 'Em 3.0.1 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • Moved the 'Share...' option below the paste options in the contextual menu
  • Fixed an issue where the app window became inactive after taking area screenshots

New in Copy 'Em 3.0.0 (Apr 2, 2023)

  • New:
  • On macOS 13 or later, Copy 'Em no longer needs its helper app. But if the helper app is installed, Copy ‘Em will continue using it like before.
  • On macOS 13 or later, new 'Download Link Previews' option under Preferences for downloading thumbnail previews of image-associated links
  • On macOS 13 or later, you can now view the contents of copied files, by right-clicking a file entry and selecting Quick View
  • New ‘Share…’ menu option in the contextual menu for sharing items with participating apps
  • New color preview for color codes that have patterns like #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrggbbaa, rgb(…), rgba(…), etc.
  • New option “Show Rich Text in Same Font” under the gear button > Preferences > Window Preferences for displaying rich text in the same font
  • Customizable local keyboard shortcuts for the “My Shortcuts” and “Unstarred” lists, under the gear button > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Local Shortcuts
  • The latest Copy 'Em requires macOS 10.15 or later to run
  • Others:
  • Fixed an issue where clicking the file path of a copied file entry in Quick View didn’t show the file in Finder
  • Fixed an issue where passwords copied from the latest version of Enpass could not be ignored
  • Fixed an issue where passwords copied from Keychain Access couldn't be ignored even if Keychain Access was in the ignore list
  • Fixed an issue where consecutively pressing “Unrecorded copy” shortcut would result in app pausing recording of subsequently copied items
  • Renamed “Get Titles of Web URLs” option to “Download Link Titles”
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.12.2 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue where the app could fail to launch

New in Copy 'Em 2.12.1 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue where links copied from certain apps couldn’t be pasted back
  • Fixed an issue where the font panel couldn't be opened in some cases
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.12 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • New option to restore recently deleted items under the new Recently Deleted list. Make sure to update all synced copies of Copy ‘Em so this can work consistently across devices.
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with CodeRunner, where data copied there couldn’t be saved into Copy 'Em.
  • Fixed an issue where the titles of some web pages (like YouTube pages) couldn't be retrieved correctly.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in Copy 'Em 2.11.1 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue where a system audio bug could cause the app to freeze

New in Copy 'Em 2.11 (May 11, 2021)

  • New Add Title Before Text paste transformation, with a keyboard shortcut option (under Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts) for toggling the setting
  • New "Unrecorded copy" keyboard shortcut option for copying items to the system clipboard without recording them into Copy 'Em
  • New "Copy items into lists" keyboard shortcut options for copying items and putting them into specific lists
  • All "Copy ..." keyboard shortcuts under Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts can now record items even from blacklisted apps and when recording is paused
  • Now you can press Shift+Return to paste items selected from a list in reverse order
  • You can also press Command-B and Command-H to update the text and title of a selected item
  • Fixes the issue where Reject Duplicates could fail to work for copied images or large data

New in Copy 'Em 2.10 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • You can now copy files and folders in their entirety (instead of only their references) into Copy 'Em, using a custom shortcut under Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. The fully copied files/folders will be synced to other devices automatically, if iCloud Sync is enabled.
  • Copy 'Em now ignores (does not record) blank items created/copied by other apps such as Better Touch Tool
  • Fixes a display issue in the Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts sheet on macOS 10.15 or earlier
  • Fixes an issue where clicked items might not be pasted
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.9.0 (Feb 15, 2021)

  • Now runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel architectures
  • Supports recording of consecutive duplicates (when Preferences > Reject Duplicates is turned off)
  • Supports use of Command-C to copy selected items back to the system clipboard
  • Fixes the issue where wrong images were pasted into Photoshop
  • Improves compatibility with PopClip

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.8 (Nov 29, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue where the app could crash when generating thumbnails for recorded file entries with invalid file paths.

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.7 (Nov 29, 2020)

  • Worked around a bug in latest MS Word, where Word always pasted the last copied item but not earlier ones.

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.6 (Nov 29, 2020)

  • Switched to use a monochrome menu bar icon by default (you can change it under the gear button > Preferences > Menubar Icon)
  • Fixed macOS Big Sur compatibility issues in the UI
  • Fixed paste issues with JetBrains IDEs like WebStorm and PhpStorm
  • File preview enhancements

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.5 (Nov 4, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue where the app could sometimes crash when running on 10.14 or older macOS versions.

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.4 (Nov 4, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue where graphic objects copied from Adobe Illustrator were wrongly displayed as text
  • Fixed an issue where Copy 'Em couldn't paste into NetBeans on some machines

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.3 (Nov 4, 2020)

  • Renamed this app from Copy'em Paste to Copy 'Em.

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.2 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • Fixed crashes that could occur when using 'Paste Text as Files' or 'Paste Images as Files' transformations
  • Fixed a navigation issue occurred when pressing the Up/Down key in the search box
  • Fixed an issue where snippets expanded by or pasted from Rocket Typist couldn't be blacklisted
  • Fixed an issue where items copied from Enpass couldn't be blacklisted
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with TextExpander
  • Enabled the use of Control-P and Control-N for walking up and down the items in a list
  • Made the swipe-right and swipe-left gestures for switching between lists less error prone
  • If a list is sorted in the Most Recently Used order, items copied back to the clipboard will now go to the top of the list
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.1 (Nov 4, 2019)

  • Reverted the default setting of 'Paste Images as Files' back to OFF. (When it is on, it can conflict with the copy/paste operations in some MS Office apps such as Excel.)

New in Copy 'Em 2.8.0 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • Added new 'Double-Click to Paste' option (under Preferences) for pasting clippings with double-clicks instead of single-clicks
  • Added new 'Separate Multiple Clippings' option (under the vertical '...' button) for separating clippings pasted in batches
  • Can paste clippings across spreadsheet cells when 'Separate Multiple Clippings' uses TABs or RETURNs as separators
  • Added new 'Lock Starred Clippings' option (under Preferences) for preventing accidental deletion of starred clippings
  • Added new ‘Blacklist Universal Clipboard’ option (under Preferences) for ignoring clippings from remote clipboards
  • Added new 'Search Immediately After Each Keystroke' option that can speed up searching in short lists
  • Can now paste into special panels such as OmniFocus' Quick Entry window and TextExpander's pop-up window
  • Renamed preference option ‘Auto-Scroll to Highlighted Clipping’ to ‘Auto-Scroll to Last Selected After List Change’
  • Changed ‘Paste Images as Files’ to be enabled by default, so images can readily be attached as files to other apps
  • Improved the performance of deleting many clippings at once which could take a long time before
  • Fixed a bug related to the above option when it is turned off: the cursor was not reset after a list change
  • Fixed macOS Catalina-compatibility issues
  • Fixed some VoiceOver-related issues
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.7.1 (Mar 3, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug where the Option key couldn't be used with 0-9 and a-z for pasting transformed text
  • Added option for toggling the display of search filters with Cmd-F (in Preferences > Search Field)
  • Disabled default copy/paste sound effects, which can be enabled in Preferences > Sound Effects

New in Copy 'Em 2.7.0 (Feb 26, 2019)

  • Added support for the dark UI mode introduced in macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • New shortcut options for opening app window with chosen lists (under Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Show Lists)
  • You can now blacklist Alfred-expanded snippets by adding Alfred to the blacklist
  • You can now adjust the volume of copy or paste sounds under Preferences > Sound Effects
  • Improved the display of URLs, so they are no longer displayed in hard-to-see colors
  • Changed behavior of Command-F, so it now always activates the search field (instead of toggling its display)
  • Fixed a clipping-duplication issue, which occurred when both sync and Universal Clipboard were enabled
  • Fixed a copy sound-playing issue which occurred when PopClip was run alongside Copy'em Paste
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with ‘ABC - AZERTY’ keyboards, where local paste shortcuts 0 through 9 didn’t work
  • Fixed an issue with pasting into NetBeans 8.2 on macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.6.1 (Sep 17, 2018)

  • Fixed a critical bug that caused the app to crash on machines running macOS 10.12 or older OS versions.

New in Copy 'Em 2.6.0 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • New: Option to display the menubar icon in color. (To disable it, toggle Preferences > Menubar Icon > Color Icon.)
  • New: Option to paste text clippings as files. (Enable it under the vertical '...' button.)
  • New: Option to paste image clippings as files of original or different image formats. (Enable it under the vertical '...' button.)
  • You can now blacklist SecurityAgent in /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/MachServices folder
  • Bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.5.7 (May 10, 2018)

  • Fixed broken hyperlinks to developer and support websites.

New in Copy 'Em 2.5.6 (May 4, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed the app when the plain-text mode was turned on.

New in Copy 'Em 2.5.5 (Apr 18, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue where the text copied from Android Studio and RubyMine was pasted with an extra line appended to it.
  • Fixed a critical bug introduced in 2.5.4.

New in Copy 'Em 2.5.2 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue where the plain-text mode failed to convert rich text to plain text in some cases.
  • After switching to a list, you'll now see its topmost items instead of the last highlighted item. To restore the old behavior, please enable Preferences > Window Appearance > Auto-Scroll to Highlighted Clipping.
  • Now you can also use Control+Click to open the contextual menu of list items.
  • Fixed an issue where the app window could incorrectly appear on top of the menubar and Launchpad screen.
  • Fixed an issue where using left/right swipe gestures for list switching would sometimes fail to work as expected.

New in Copy 'Em 2.4.2 (Oct 30, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug that caused search failures or program crashes in some use cases
  • Fixed an issue where some list items could become unresponsive to mouse clicks
  • Fixed an issue where damaged theme settings could cause program crashes at launch time

New in Copy 'Em 2.4.1 (Oct 23, 2017)

  • Fixed copy and paste issues with Microsoft Word.

New in Copy 'Em 2.4.0 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Enabled 'Manual' sorting on all lists, where you can rearrange clippings by drag-and-drop
  • Added new 'Alphabetical' sort order that automatically sorts clippings based on their titles and/or text
  • Added new 'Remove Empty Lines' option to automatically remove empty lines from pasted text
  • Can automatically display the names of clips copied from Final Cut Pro X
  • Can now be configured to paste into Microsoft Remote Desktop
  • Can now silently blacklist TextExpander expansions without making any copy sounds
  • Can now paste into LibreOffice
  • Raised the default limit on the number of unstarred clippings from 100 to 1000 (which you can raise further if you wish)
  • Fixed the issue where the preview window would unexpectedly resize when an inner portion of the window was dragged
  • Fixed a High Sierra compatibility issue, which caused the Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts lists to become empty

New in Copy 'Em 2.3.2 (Feb 24, 2017)

  • Fixed the issue where pasting could become sluggish when “Play Sound When Pasting” was enabled
  • Fixed the issue where TeamViewer clippings could still get recorded even after TeamViewer was blacklisted
  • Fixed the issue where the app window wasn't automatically hidden when capturing an area
  • Fixed the issue where Japanese text copied from Adobe Illustrator was displayed incorrectly
  • Fixed the issue where the app would crash upon loading a malformed clipping copied from Safari

New in Copy 'Em 2.3.1 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • Fixed a crash that sometimes happened at launch time
  • Fixed a paste issue where clippings being previewed would sometimes be pasted into a wrong window
  • Fixed an application-blacklisting issue where blacklisted clippings could sometimes be recorded by mistake
  • Fixed an issue where you would need to press SPACE twice in order to re-open the preview popover window
  • Added a dialog to confirm deletion of old unstarred clippings whenever you reduce how many of them to keep

New in Copy 'Em 2.3.0 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • New: Press Space or Left-Arrow key to preview clippings and their creation dates, sizes, etc. in a large, resizable popover window
  • New: Press Option + click/numbers/RETURN to paste copied text as plain text when plain-text mode is off, or as rich text when on
  • New option to play sounds when copying and/or pasting (see Preferences > Sound Effects)
  • New global shortcuts for enabling/disabling text transformations (see Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts)
  • New option to set the size of displayed text (see Preferences > Window Appearance > Maximum/Minimum Font Size)
  • New option to enable/disable automatic downloading of web titles for copied web URLs (disabled by default)
  • New contextual menu option, "Paste Original", to paste original text instead of transformed text
  • Can now display the thumbnails of copied image files and video files
  • Fixed an issue with pasting into older versions of Microsoft Word
  • Fixed an issue with pasting the correct items into OneNote
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.2.1 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • New option to assign names to clippings (right-click a clipping and select “Add Name…”)
  • New option to paste specific clippings via global shortcuts (without opening the app window)
  • New option to paste previous/next items in current list or clipboard history via global shortcuts
  • New option to paste any of the first 10 items in current list or clipboard history via global shortcuts
  • New theme options: “Midday” (plain-white) and “Dusk” (dark gray) themes
  • New option to paste current clipboard item in its original format if plain-text mode is on
  • New option to put the keyboard focus back on target apps after pasting into them
  • New option to unwrap multi-line text and paste it as single-line text
  • New sort option to put starred clippings at the top of a list
  • Re-copied items will now be moved to the top of a list by default
  • You can now use Up/Down keys to navigate between the search field and the first/last item of a list
  • You can now copy/paste/cut/select all/undo/redo in the search field and while you edit text clippings
  • You can now use PgUp/PgDn/Home/End keys to change selection in a list
  • New option to delete only unstarred clippings in a list (shortcut: Option-Delete)
  • You can now delete clippings using the Delete key
  • New option to disable animation in the menubar icon
  • New option to display only the first lines of text clippings (so you can see more list items)
  • New support for ABC AZERTY and French Dvorak keyboard layouts
  • Fixed issue with pasting into Microsoft Word, where words copied from a Word doc couldn’t be pasted back to the same doc
  • Fixed issue with copying from Microsoft Word, where copied text would automatically become bookmarks in their docs
  • Fixed the large database issue, where previously deleted clippings were incompletely removed from the app's database
  • Fixed issue with pasting into Adobe Acrobat Pro and iData Pro
  • Fixed issue with blacklisting Typinator-generated clippings
  • Fixed compatibility issues with macOS Sierra
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.1.2 (Oct 4, 2015)

  • Copy'em Paste is now fully compatible with El Capitan
  • Now you can paste text and images in batches into Notes, Evernote, Notability, etc.
  • If you use multiple displays, now you can take full-screen screenshots of any of the displays
  • Fixes an issue where pressing the space key may trigger unexpected behaviors
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.1.1 (Aug 7, 2015)

  • New option to switch between 0 and 1-based numbering on clippings
  • New option to reject duplicated clippings
  • New option to auto-delete all non-starred clippings upon app termination
  • Fixes issue where large CPU consumption may sometimes occur
  • Fixes issue where app window may show below other windows
  • Fixes issue with pasting into Oracle SQL Developer
  • Fixes a transparency issue due to Accessibility > Reduces Transparency
  • Adds support for the number pad
  • Preserves the states of several buttons across app launches
  • Reduces delay in applying transformation (e.g., stripping text formats) to clipboard contents
  • Other bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.1.0 (Jun 2, 2015)

  • Supports drag-&-drop of clippings into target applications
  • Supports pasting into VNC, NoMachine, etc. (see Preferences > Custom Auto-Paste...)
  • Supports swiping and use of ⌘[ and ⌘] shortcuts to switch between lists
  • Supports the use of right-arrow key to open clippings' contextual menu
  • Supports the use of Function or other keys as keyboard shortcuts
  • Improved search, with new auto-focus, auto-clear, search-as-you-type options, etc.
  • Improved compatibility with PopClip and other clipboard tools
  • Option to automatically switch theme according to the OS X theme setting
  • Option to toggle display of window via window-opening keyboard shortcut
  • Option to shrink large, hard-to-read text to smaller, more readable text
  • Option to display window only on the active screen
  • Option to change the ⌘` shortcut for the "All" list
  • Fixed issue where the app may hang due to some specially-formatted text clippings
  • Fixed issues with blacklisting 1Password mini, TextExpander, and TypeIt4Me
  • Fixed issues with pasting into AppCode, RubyMine, PhpStorm, NetBeans, and other IDEs
  • Fixed issue where copied items are sometimes dropped
  • Fixed issue where default keyboard shortcuts (e.g., ⌘-Shift-C) couldn't be turned off
  • Other UI enhancements and bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 2.0.0 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • New app icon
  • New option to hide the menubar icon
  • New "Daylight" theme option, and option to display text in colors or grayscale
  • New option to assign fixed paste shortcuts to clippings (click or right-click on shortcut labels to set or change them)
  • New sort orders for clippings and their reverse orders
  • New option to drag and drop clippings within starred (favorite) lists
  • New Auto-Star mode to automatically store newly arrived clippings in the current (default) starred list
  • New icons for starred lists
  • You can now select multiple rows, by using ⌘-Click, Shift-Click, or ⌘A
  • You can now apply group actions to multiple selected rows (right-click on one of them and then select a group action from the context menu)
  • Moved the "Edit Text..." option to the clippings' context menu (right-click on a text clipping to access it)
  • Other UI enhancements and bug fixes

New in Copy 'Em 1.3.0 (Sep 24, 2014)

  • Support for upcoming OS X release

New in Copy 'Em 1.2.0 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • New shortcut for pasting rich text as plain text
  • New option to hide the tutorial window when app is launched
  • Auto-paste now works on TextWrangler, MS Words, etc.
  • Minor bug fixes