Guides, comparisons, and reviews about Mac clipboard managers. https://pasteryapp.com/blog/ 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z Pastery https://pasteryapp.com https://pasteryapp.com/blog/copy-text-from-screenshot-mac/ 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z

Your Mac has built-in OCR. Live Text pulls the words out of any screenshot on-device — no app, no upload, no retyping. Four ways to do it, plus how to find the screenshot again later.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/complete-guide-mac-clipboard-managers/ 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z

Everything about clipboard history on Mac — built-in options, free apps, premium tools, screenshot OCR, and how to choose.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/pastery-vs-paste/ 2026-05-29T00:00:00Z 2026-05-29T00:00:00Z

Both apps show your clipboard history visually. The differences are in how you find something you copied three days ago — and that gap is bigger than it looks from the screenshots.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/macos-26-clipboard-history-review/ 2026-05-20T00:00:00Z 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

Apple finally added clipboard history to macOS 26 Tahoe. It's text-only, 7 days, and lives in Spotlight. Here's who it's enough for — and who still needs something more.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/pastery-vs-maccy/ 2026-05-12T00:00:00Z 2026-05-29T00:00:00Z

Maccy is free, open-source, and does one thing very well. Pastery costs money and does quite a bit more. Here's when each one is the right tool.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/search-inside-screenshots-mac/ 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z 2026-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finder can't find text inside PNG files. Spotlight doesn't index screenshot contents. Here's the method that actually works — and how OCR clipboard search changes the way you retrieve images.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/pastery-vs-raycast/ 2026-04-15T00:00:00Z 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Raycast's built-in clipboard history is good for recent text and images. Here's where it falls short — no OCR search, no filters, no transforms — and why a dedicated clipboard manager still matters.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/best-clipboard-manager-mac-developers/ 2026-03-19T00:00:00Z 2026-04-11T00:00:00Z

Developers copy error messages, API responses, and code snippets all day. Here's how Maccy, Raycast, and Pastery compare for a development workflow — and which one handles what developers actually need.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/paste-app-review/ 2026-03-05T00:00:00Z 2026-03-22T00:00:00Z

Paste is the most visually polished clipboard manager on macOS. Here's what it does well — iCloud sync, Pinboards, a beautiful carousel — and where it falls short for most Mac users.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/format-json-before-pasting-mac/ 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z 2026-03-12T00:00:00Z

You copied a minified API response. Now you need to read it. Here are all the ways to pretty-print JSON on Mac — from browser tabs to doing it inline before you paste, without leaving your current app.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/mac-clipboard-history/ 2026-02-10T00:00:00Z 2026-03-05T00:00:00Z

One method is new in macOS 26, limited, and free. One has been there for years but only shows the current item. One actually works for retrieving anything you've copied.

https://pasteryapp.com/blog/mac-clipboard-one-item/ 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z 2026-02-03T00:00:00Z

macOS has had a single clipboard since 1984. Here's why it's still the case, what macOS 26 Tahoe adds, and how to give your Mac a real clipboard history without changing your workflow.