Clipboard manager for Mac

ClipLedge keeps your Mac clipboard history, text, images and files exactly as you copied them, so you can find anything in a keystroke and paste it straight back. Pay once, no subscription.

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Here is the receipt from Tuesday's shoot, and the link to the new build:

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On-device OCR

Find screenshots by their words. Nothing is uploaded.

No account, no server

Your history lives in a file on your Mac.

Hidden from screen sharing

The shelf never appears in recordings or calls.

Built for macOS

A native Mac app, in light and dark.

Full fidelity

Everything you copy, kept exactly as you copied it

Text keeps its formatting, images stay sharp, files stay files, and a Keynote shape pastes back as a shape. ClipLedge stores every format an app puts on the clipboard, not just the plain text.

Text
Rich text
Images
Files
Links
App objects

Search your Mac clipboard history, even text inside screenshots

Start typing and the shelf filters as you go. ClipLedge reads the words in copied images on your Mac, so the screenshot of an invoice turns up when you search for the invoice number. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Pricing

Pay once. One license per Mac. No subscription.

Try everything free for 7 days. If ClipLedge earns its place, buy a license for each Mac you use it on and it is yours, with no account to create and no monthly fee.

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Privacy

The private clipboard manager for Mac

ClipLedge never saves what password managers copy, ignores the apps you choose, and keeps the shelf out of screen recordings and calls. Everything stays on your Mac.

How privacy works

Sync

Sync your text clips between your Macs. No account, no server

Share a folder your Macs already sync, iCloud Drive by default, and your text clips keep in step across them. Each Mac writes its own file and reads the others, so there is no server and no account. Images and files stay on the Mac they were copied on.

Set up sync

Paste stack

A paste stack for multi-step pasting

Queue several clips with one key, then paste the lot into the app in front, in order, with Paste All. A bar along the bottom of the shelf shows the queue, and each queued card gets a number badge.

See how it works

And the essentials

Everything you expect, done cleanly

The table-stakes of a good Mac clipboard manager, in a native, keyboard-first shelf.

Global hotkey

Open the shelf anywhere with ⇧⌘V. Change it in Settings.

Pin favourites

Keep the clips you reuse. Pinned clips never age out.

Quick Look

Press Space to preview a clip full size before you paste.

Paste as plain text

Drop the formatting when you want to with ⌥⇧↩.

Drag out

Drag any clip straight into another app or Finder.

Light, Dark, System

A native appearance that follows macOS, plus an accent colour.

Survives restart

History is saved to disk and restored after a reboot. Turn it off if you prefer.

Quick-paste by number

Hold ⌘ and press 1 to 9 to paste the first nine.

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How it works

Three steps, no setup

Copy anything

Copy as you normally do. ClipLedge keeps every copy, in every format, quietly in the background.

Open with `⇧⌘V`

Press the hotkey or click the paperclip to open the shelf. Start typing to search, screenshots included.

Paste it back

Press ↩ to paste into the app in front, or drag a clip out. Free to try for 7 days.

Compare

How ClipLedge compares

A quick, honest look next to three well-known Mac clipboard managers. The full table is on the compare page.

Y, N and partial per the comparison matrix; competitor figures were current on 4 November 2026, so confirm before relying on them.
Feature	ClipLedge	CopyClip (free)	Maccy	Paste
One-time purchase, no subscription	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Images, files and app objects	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Search inside screenshots (OCR)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sync between Macs with no account	Yes	No	No	No
Hidden from screen recording	Yes	No	Partial	Yes

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Frequently asked questions

Is my clipboard data private?

Yes. Your clipboard history is kept in a file on your Mac and is never uploaded. ClipLedge skips what password managers copy, lets you exclude any app, and keeps the shelf hidden from screen sharing and screen recording. Searching the text inside images is done on your Mac with on-device OCR, so nothing leaves it. Read the privacy policy.

Does it work without a subscription?

Yes. ClipLedge is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. You pay once for a license and it is yours, with no monthly fee. There is a 7-day free trial first. See pricing.

Can I use it on more than one Mac?

Each license covers one Mac, so for two Macs you buy a license for each. You can move a license between Macs any time: deactivate it on one Mac and activate it on the other. How to move a license to another Mac.

Does it capture images and files?

Yes. ClipLedge keeps text, rich text, images, files, links and app objects, with every format an app put on the clipboard, so a re-paste restores the exact item. Rich text stays rich text and a copied file stays the file.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no account to create and no server to sign in to. You download the app, start the trial, and later paste a license key to unlock it. Sync between your Macs uses a shared folder you already have, with no account either.

Try ClipLedge free for 7 days

Download the Mac clipboard manager, keep your full copy history, and search it in a keystroke. Pay once if you keep it.