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Roy Padina edited this page Oct 6, 2026 · 1 revision

Usage

  1. ⇧⌘C pops up MaccyPlus (or click its menu bar icon).
  2. Type to search.
  3. Enter, click, or ⌘n copies the item.
  4. ⌥Enter, ⌥click or ⌥n copies and pastes it.
  5. ⌥⇧Enter, ⌥⇧click or ⌥⇧n pastes without formatting.
  6. ⌥⌫ deletes the item.
  7. Hover for a couple of seconds to see the full text in a tooltip.
  8. ⌥P pins or unpins an item. Pinned items stay on top with a permanent shortcut.
  9. Clear in the menu clears unpinned items (⌥⌘⌫). Hold ⌥ on the menu item, or press ⇧⌥⌘⌫, to clear pinned items too.
  10. Click the menu bar icon with ⌥ held to disable MaccyPlus and ignore new copies. With ⌥⇧ held, ignore only the next copy.
  11. ⌘, opens Preferences.

To run actions on copied values, see Actions and Rules.

Advanced

defaults write com.royp.MaccyPlus ignoreEvents true        # ignore all copies (default false)
defaults write com.royp.MaccyPlus clipboardCheckInterval 0.1  # default 0.5 s
defaults write com.royp.MaccyPlus showFooter 1             # restore a hidden footer

By default these pasteboard types are always ignored: org.nspasteboard.TransientType, org.nspasteboard.ConcealedType, org.nspasteboard.AutoGeneratedType. More can be added in Preferences → Ignore.

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