ClipKeep 1.3.1

A small menu bar clipboard manager for macOS 14+ (Apple Silicon and Intel).

What's new in 1.3.1

• No more surprise permission pop-ups: choosing a clip no longer brings up macOS's "would like to control this Mac" dialog when ClipKeep isn't allowed to paste. The clip is copied and you press ⌘V. The history window shows a small note instead, with Allow… and Not Now.
• Fixes "it's switched on but doesn't work": after an update, macOS could keep ClipKeep's old Accessibility entry switched on even though it no longer applied. Allow… (and Grant Access… in Settings → Pasting) now replaces that old entry, so you just switch ClipKeep on.

Coming from 1.3.0? Update with Settings → Updates → Check for Updates, or right-click the menu bar icon → Check for Updates. Your Accessibility permission carries over. Coming from 1.2.1 or earlier? After updating, click Allow… in the history window and switch ClipKeep on, once.

Install

Quickest: open Terminal and paste this line. It downloads ClipKeep, checks it, puts it in Applications and opens it, with no security warning:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HBL-LL/ClipKeep/main/install.sh | bash

Or with the DMG:

1. Download ClipKeep.dmg below, open it, and drag ClipKeep onto Applications.
2. Open ClipKeep. It isn't signed with a paid Apple Developer ID, so macOS says it "could not verify" it. Click Done.
3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to ClipKeep, and enter your password.
4. Open ClipKeep again and confirm. You only have to do this once.

ClipKeep lives in the menu bar. Press ⇧⌘V or click its icon to open your clipboard history. To let it paste for you, click Allow… in the history window, or allow it in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.

ClipKeep.zip contains the same app; the in-app updater uses it.