Pycopaste
Pycopaste is a clipboard manager for macOS and iOS that saves copied text, links, images, and files for quick reuse across Apple devices.
What is Pycopaste?
Pycopaste is a native clipboard manager for Apple devices that helps you keep, organize, and reuse items you copy during everyday work. It is designed for people who frequently move text, links, images, and files between apps and want more control than the standard clipboard provides. On macOS, Pycopaste can monitor clipboard activity in the background and lets you open saved clips from a menu bar interface or keyboard shortcut. It also supports organizing clipboard history into categories, searching saved items, and syncing content through iCloud so the same clipboard history is available across compatible devices. Extra conveniences such as Spotlight integration, Shortcuts support, and privacy options for sensitive clips make it useful for research, writing, admin work, and other repetitive copy-and-paste workflows.
Key features
- Save clipboard history for copied text, links, images, and files
- Open recent clips quickly from the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut on Mac
- Organize saved items into categories for easier retrieval
- Sync clipboard history across Apple devices with iCloud
- Search saved clips and surface them through Spotlight
- Use Shortcuts integration to build clipboard-based automations
- Protect sensitive clips with Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Pycopaste’s clipboard features require access to copied content, so anything you copy into the clipboard may be stored in its history. That behavior is normal for a clipboard manager, but it means sensitive passwords, codes, or private text could be retained until you remove them. If you use the app, review its history settings, clear clips you do not want saved, and use its privacy protections for sensitive entries.
Recommendation: Keep Pycopaste if you actively use clipboard history, cross-device sync, or quick paste workflows on your Mac. If you no longer rely on it, removing it is usually fine and will mainly affect your saved clipboard history, app settings, and related convenience features.
Common paths
/Applications/Pycopaste.app
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