# Maccy - Clipboard Manager ## What It Does Maccy is a lightweight clipboard manager for macOS that stores your clipboard history, allowing you to access previously copied items. It's particularly useful for pasting content without formatting and managing multiple clipboard items efficiently. ## Key Features ### Paste Without Formatting The primary use case is pasting text without carrying over formatting from the source. I've set a hotkey **⌘ ⇧ V** so that I can copy from ChatGPT app into Outlook without the contents pasting as an image. Otherwise, I had to copy from ChatGPT into a text document, and then paste into Outlook. ### Clipboard History Maccy maintains a searchable history of everything you've copied, including: - Text snippets - Images (including screenshots) - Files - URLs ## How to Use It ### Basic Workflow 1. Copy content as usual (**⌘ C**) 2. Press your Maccy hotkey (default **⌘ ⇧ C**, mine is customized to **⌘ ⇧ V** for paste-without-formatting) 3. Browse your clipboard history 4. Select an item to paste ### Finding Screenshots in Maccy When you take a screenshot using **⌘ ⇧ 4** or other screenshot shortcuts, the image gets copied to your Desktop and also appears in Maccy's clipboard history. You can: - Access the screenshot from Maccy's menu - See a preview of the image - Paste it directly without navigating to Desktop ## Where Files Are Stored ### Screenshot Default Location macOS saves screenshots to: ``` ~/Desktop/Screenshot [YYYY-MM-DD] at [H.MM.SS AM/PM].png ``` Example: ``` ~/Desktop/Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 7.04.08 PM.png ``` ### Maccy's Clipboard Database Maccy stores clipboard history in: ``` ~/Library/Application Support/Maccy/ ``` This includes: - **Maccy.sqlite** - Database of clipboard items - **Images/** - Cached image previews - **Preferences** - Settings and hotkey configurations ### Accessing File Paths To get the actual file path of a screenshot stored in Maccy: 1. Open Maccy menu 2. Find the screenshot in history 3. The original file remains at `~/Desktop/Screenshot...` 4. Maccy references this file rather than duplicating it ## When to Use It - **Pasting formatted text** into email clients without losing formatting - **Managing multiple clipboard items** while working between applications - **Retrieving screenshots** taken earlier in your session - **Copying code snippets** between documents without formatting issues - **Working with repetitive copy-paste workflows** ## Pro Tips ### Clearing Clipboard History Periodically clear Maccy's history to remove sensitive information: - Open Maccy menu → Clear History ### Search in History When Maccy menu is open, simply start typing to search through your clipboard history. ### Pin Important Items Right-click items in Maccy to pin them permanently, preventing them from being cleared or aged out. ### Integration with Screenshots After taking multiple screenshots in a session, you can: 1. Open Maccy to see all captured images 2. Paste them sequentially without opening Finder 3. Original files remain on Desktop for permanent storage