Pastebot
Pastebot is a macOS clipboard manager that saves copy history, organizes reusable snippets, and helps you paste content faster with filters and shortcuts.
What is Pastebot?
Pastebot is a native Mac clipboard manager designed to help you capture, organize, and reuse copied text, links, images, and other clippings. It is made for people who copy and paste throughout the day, including writers, developers, researchers, support staff, and other productivity-focused Mac users. The app keeps a searchable clipboard history, lets you save important items into custom pasteboards for long-term reuse, and supports quick pasting from a keyboard-driven menu. It also includes text filters that can transform clippings before you paste them, which is useful for formatting, cleanup, and repetitive workflows. For users who work across multiple Apple devices, Pastebot also supports workflows alongside Universal Clipboard. Pastebot is published by Tapbots and is primarily used as a productivity utility on macOS.
Key features
- Save and search your clipboard history
- Store frequently used clippings in custom pasteboards
- Paste recent items quickly with keyboard shortcuts
- Apply text filters before pasting content
- Queue multiple copied items and paste them in sequence
- Preview clipping details before reusing them
- Exclude selected apps from clipboard capture
- Automate clipboard tasks with Shortcuts and command-line access
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Pastebot is legitimate clipboard utility software for macOS. Because its main job is to remember what you copy, it can store sensitive information such as passwords, personal text, or confidential work content if those items reach the clipboard. That kind of access is normal for a clipboard manager, but it means you should use its blacklist or similar privacy settings for apps and data you do not want saved in history. Removing the app may also remove your saved clipboard organization and custom filters if you do not back them up first.
Recommendation: Keep Pastebot if you actively use clipboard history, saved snippets, or paste automation in your daily workflow. If you no longer rely on it, you can remove it, but export or back up anything important first and review its privacy settings if you handle sensitive copied data.
Common paths
/Applications/Pastebot.app
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