A SECOND LIFE FOR YOUR NEXT COPY. UTILITY, NOT ANOTHER DISTRACTION / 001

Copy.Forget.Not anymore.

Your clipboard has a short memory. Give it a better one.
Links, snippets, little sparks. All back with one shortcut.

Get Clipper for Mac
NATIVE MACOSLOCAL BY DEFAULTOPTIONAL E2EE SYNC

Out of your way.
Until you need it.

01 / THE SHELF
YES, YOU CAN PLAY WITH IT ↓
YOUR NEXT GREAT IDEA
NOTES / IN PROGRESS

Make room for
the good stuff.

ALWAYS WITHIN REACH⌘⇧V
Clipper

INTERACTIVE PREVIEW Try the filters, search, and appearance switch. This demo never reads your clipboard.

02 / LESS FRICTION

Copy. Keep moving.
Come back whenever.

Built for the moments between apps.
No new habits. Just a better clipboard.

01 — SHELF / QUEUE
⌘⇧V

Your history. One shortcut.

A full-width shelf slides up from the bottom of your screen. Press ⌘↵ to add the selected clip to a queue of up to 12, then send them to your previous app in order. Automatic queue pasting needs Accessibility permission.

02 — SEARCH / COLLECTIONS

Find it. File it. Reuse it.

Search by content or source app. Filter text, links, images, and files; pin favorites or group reusable clips into named collections.

03 — FORMATTING / RETENTION
RTF7D∞

Keep the details that matter.

Clipper preserves available RTF formatting for rich paste, alongside plain text. Choose your history length or keep it unlimited. Pinned items and items in collections never expire, and light or dark fits your workspace.

03 / PRIVATE ON YOUR TERMS

Your clipboard.
Your choice.
Your encryption key.

Keep everything on your Mac, with no account needed. Or opt into the end-to-end encrypted iCloud sync preview for your Macs. Clipper encrypts your history before it leaves your device; your key is never uploaded.

LOCAL BY DEFAULTNO TRACKINGSYNC IS OPT-IN
DEFAULT / SYNC OFF
CLIPBOARDYOUR MAC

Stays here. Unless you choose otherwise.

NO CLOUD UPLOADS IN LOCAL MODE
04 / ICLOUD SYNC — MAC PREVIEW

Across your Macs.
Encrypted by yours.

Optional end-to-end encryption.
Off by default. No Clipper account.

01 / ENCRYPT —

Encrypted before upload.

All retained clips—pinned or not—are encrypted on your Mac before upload to your private iCloud database. Text, images, source apps, and timestamps are inside the encrypted vault. File references sync, not the original files.

02 / CONNECT —

You hold the key.

Your key stays in your Mac’s Keychain. Join another Mac using your recovery code and the same iCloud account. Save that code somewhere safe: Clipper and Apple cannot recover a lost encryption key.

03 / CHOOSE —

Your history stays yours.

Use Clipper entirely offline, or enable sync explicitly. Deleting clips, clearing history, and retention expiry propagate to joined Macs. Turning sync off keeps local history and does not erase the existing encrypted cloud vault.

05 / THE SMALL PRINT, UP FRONT

Private by design.
Honest about the details.

How is my history stored?

Locally in your Mac’s Application Support folder, with owner-only file permissions. Local history is not encrypted by Clipper, even with sync enabled. End-to-end encryption protects the synced vault, not an unlocked or compromised Mac. Use macOS FileVault for disk encryption and keep your user account protected.

What can Apple see when sync is on?

Clip contents are encrypted on your Mac with AES-256-GCM before upload. Apple stores the encrypted vault, not your encryption key, but can still observe your iCloud account, upload timing, sizes, and access patterns.

How do I connect another Mac?

In a CloudKit-enabled build, use Encrypted iCloud sync → Set up encrypted sync to create a vault and save its recovery code. On another Mac signed into the same iCloud account, choose Join with recovery key. There is no automatic pairing, per-device revocation, or key-rotation interface yet. The current local download cannot enable sync; an iOS app is not included.

Do deletions and retention settings sync?

Deleting a clip, clearing history, or retention expiry removes it from the shared vault and joined Macs on their next sync. The shortest retention period can expire unpinned, unfiled clips everywhere. Pins and items in collections prevent expiry, not explicit deletion. Removing an item from its collection makes it eligible for expiry unless pinned. Update all joined Macs: older builds may still expire collected clips. Turning sync off does not erase the cloud vault or revoke other Macs; local deletions propagate when sync resumes.

Does it capture passwords or sensitive data?

Clipper skips items marked concealed, transient, or autogenerated by other apps. That is not a guarantee: unmarked passwords and other sensitive content can still be captured—and will be included if all-history sync is enabled. Pause capture before copying secrets, and clear history when needed.

Does it need Accessibility access?

Not for clipboard capture or the global shortcut. Selecting one item copies it so you can paste with ⌘V. Optional direct paste and automatic multi-item paste queues require permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.

What can I keep in my clipboard history?

Text, HTTP(S) links, images, and file references. Plain text is retained alongside valid RTF formatting when the source app provides it; formatted data is capped at 5 MB, text at 1 MB, and images at 10 MB. RTFD and other rich formats are not currently preserved. File references can stop working if the original files move or are deleted. Sync transfers references, not the original files, so files may not be accessible on another Mac.

What does unlimited history mean?

No local expiry and no item-count cap. Repeated copies are deduplicated. You can also choose a retention period in days; pinned items and items in collections are protected from expiry. Unlimited history can use significant disk space, especially with images. The sync preview has a separate 50 MB encrypted-vault limit and is not suitable for large collections yet.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

A better place
for your next copy.

Native macOS. Local by default. No Clipper account.

Download for Mac MACOS 14+ / LOCAL BUILD / SYNC UNAVAILABLE