Mac app · Swift · free and open source

Everything you copied, and every screenshot you took, one shortcut away.

⌥⌘Vanywhere on your Mac
Download for MacView on GitHub

macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel

The ClipBoardUltra panel with a list of clips on the left and a preview on the right

Why I made it

I take a screenshot to drop it straight into some app. The little preview shows up in the bottom right, but sometimes it disappears before I’ve dragged it in. Then I had to take it again, or go dig through Finder. And pasting a few screenshots meant doing them one by one.

so I built the fix
Drop an image here
Screenshot taken

A few screenshots, the old way

  1. Open Finder, find it, drag it in
  2. Open Finder, find it, drag it in
  3. Open Finder, find it, drag it in
  4. Open Finder, find it, drag it in

With ClipBoardUltra

⌥⌘V↩⌥⌘V↩⌥⌘V↩⌥⌘V↩

Every screenshot is already in the list. Paste them one after another without leaving the app you’re in.

Screenshots

ClipBoardUltra watches your screenshot folder. Every new capture goes straight to the top of the list, with its size and time, ready to paste with Return. Press Tab to see only screenshots.

  • No rushing before the preview disappears
  • No hunting on the Desktop
  • Old screenshots are still there an hour later
ClipBoardUltra showing the Screenshots category with a preview of the latest capture

Drop shelf

Moving files from a few different folders into one place usually means a pile of Finder windows. Instead, start dragging a file and give your cursor a quick shake. A drop shelf appears right next to it. Drop the file in, go to the next folder, add more, then drag them all to where they belong.

Shake while draggingor press ⌥ ⌘ D

my version has folders inside the shelf

Put each kind of file in its own folder while you collect, then drop each folder in the right place. Try it:

Files from all over your Mac

Drag a file into a folder, or click it and then click a folder.

Drop shelfEmpty
Drag a stack out to move it

Keyboard

Open it, pick, paste and get back to work, all from the keyboard. Point at a key to see what it does.

Open ClipBoardUltra from any app

Snippets

Text you type every day, filled in for you.

Save signatures, addresses or code. Little tags fill in the date, time, a fresh ID, or put the cursor exactly where you want it.

Snippet

Thanks, see you {weekday} at {time}. Sent {date}.

{date}{time}{weekday}{clipboard}{uuid}{cursor}

Private

Your secrets never make it in.

API keys, tokens and passwords are spotted and skipped. Password managers can be ignored. Everything stays on your Mac, with no network calls at all.

  • ✓Moved the call to Thursday

Pure SwiftNative AppKit, no web wrapper

LightBarely touches memory or CPU

OfflineNo analytics, no network calls

UniversalApple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13+

Free and open source under the MIT licence. Drag it into Applications and press ⌥⌘V.

Download for MacSource on GitHub