ILIKETRASH  This has been a damn fine piece of software and I'm sorry to read that it is abandoned.

Since it is abandoned, the developer has a moral obligation to stop selling it.  
(Version 4.0)

COLLIN BLACKMAN  Now that i have SL installed loading seems to be an issue so i have put an icon in the dock and just load iclip as needed - seems to work so far.  
(Version 4.0)

HORATIO  very sad about this I agree, that iclip is very superior to other clip apps - For me, it is still working for old text clips (formerly recorded under leopard or tiger) on snow, but if you want to record a new one than it will stuck.

And you have to kill the process

M  
(Version 4.0)

HAL0THANE  "johnred", the developer, has said in a MacHeist forum that he considers iClip "abandonware" and has no intention to update it in the future, despite its (in my opinion) superiority over other clipboard-management apps.

Also, iClip 4 appears to be completely unusable on *FRESH* installs of Snow Leopard. If you have have done an upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard, iClip will appear to be usable (according to reports) except that it will be impossible to set preferences. Those who are very familiar with and comfortable with the Property List Editor could, conceivably, change preferences in such a way and hack a working copy of iClip.

Lastly, for the hackers: Remember that recent rulings affect the enforcement of the DMCA over abandoned copyrighted works, and the reverse engineering of said works could be completely legal -- or illegal -- depending on the day of the week and whether the people making the rules are wearing boxers, briefs, or lacy panties. (But if you get it working, be sure to drop me a message!)  
(Version 4.0)

PNORMAN  As far as I can determine, the developer of iClip manages MacHeist and develops iPhone apps at taptaptap, so he hasn't fallen off the planet; he just hasn't done any obvious work on iClip in almost 3 years.

With any luck, he will update iClip 4.0 with Snow leopard support. In just a few minutes trying to use iClip on Snow Leopard I had these issues:

- serial number entry dialog: can't paste serial number

- serial number entry dialog: clicking 'ok' button does nothing (pressing return on keyboard worked)

- preferences: can't tick radial buttons or tickboxes or move sliders or interact in ANY way (eg: 'automatically open iclip when you log in')

Clearly an update is required. I'm hoping it happens soon but for what MUST be obvious reasons, I'm not holding my breath.  
(Version 4.0)

MIROSLAVH  iClip is a very good product: I probably never will change. Today, I bought the last MacUpdate promo bundle, with a competitor of iClips, but I don't change in any case.

I purpose to the author to introduce his product to the futur big bundle... after some days, this is more than 13 000 buyers!!!

MiroslavH

Prague, CZ

(I wrote this comment by mistake in the CuteClip sorry for author of iClip: his product is, IMHO, better)  
(Version 4.0)

EASER  Okay, the site seems to be up and running again. Must have been a fluke.  
(Version 4.0)

EASER  I actually found V. 4 to be helpful in reduced eye strain. I agree, it has probably more eye candy than is necessary, but I compared my use of this with V. 3, and V. 4 gives me less fatigue. (My experience only, I'm sure.) More disconcerting is that the link to the developer page appears to be down. That's a shame, as I honestly think this program had more versatility than any of the other programs of this kind that are out there. I had hoped to eventually see the ability to double-click in order to paste and for the ability to enlarge the clip frames manually so as to see more of what's in the clip. (The preview is helpful, nonetheless.) I also know many of you are interested in the text formatting issues. But V. 4 has at least been stable on my system (10.5.6); for that matter, V. 3 worked just fine as well.

I hope the developer either gets back into working on this program or sells it to someone who is willing to do this.  
(Version 4.0)

SWEETBLUE  iClip 4 was billed and pushed two years ago as a very progressive, innovative piece of software with a first-rate GUI. That was two years ago. And Computer Years are like Double-Dog Years. Just as a bench mark, the last update to this program was the same month as Steve Jobs' iPhone keynote address. Moreover, like all X.0 software I've ever encountered, iClip 4 possessed several bugs in need of attention. Waaaay back then.

In the two years since -- NOTHING. Not even a minor tweak to fix even one bug. Zero. Zilch. Nathan. Not even the theme to THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. Silencio.

Part of investing in a piece of software is investing in the DEVELOPMENT of the software. Software is not a static product; it's an evolving, fluid product. Apple and Adobe are leading examples: minor updates fix bugs, implement improved functionality and often simply keep the software fresh. Major updates cost money, justified ostensibly because a) it's the next-best thing and b) the customer trusts the software company to keep the software in repair.

Thus, aside from iClip 4's issues with loading slowly, copying slowly, pasting slowly, etc., it's fallen woefully behind the very platform it's supposed to compliment. A little OSX update known as LEOPARD since implemented a nifty desktop management feature called Spaces. Guess what -- old man river iClip 4 doesn't work with Spaces. How could it? Its Developer(s) left the building with Elvis. Seriously, the developer even lists part of "new features" as being a Universal Binary. That's like rocking your 3rd Grade Class Photo as your profile pic on FaceBook.

I understand the fact that people "move on" in life; perhaps the developer(s) bounced to Bali and mix Mai Tais for a living now. Maybe they're supercool CIA ops. Whatever their new bag, the moral (yeah, I said it) thing to do is --

Stop charging for a product that you are no longer maintaining. Because buying software ain't like buying a cheeseburger.  
(Version 4.0)

PASTOR G  I've used iClip since its early days. It is getting long in the tooth in my opinion and is slow when it pastes directly to an application. (I've found that pasting to the clipboard works well but isn't ideal since the app offers to paste directly.)

Recently, I had a problem with iClip quitting on start up. I sent a support message before retiring for the night and the next morning I had a helpful response.

I like most long time users would like to see an update to this application with faster pasting, stronger inline viewing of bin content, the ability to back up clip sets, and stability enhancements.

Having tried many others I still prefer iClip and would readily pay for a reasonably priced upgrade with genuine enhancements, i.e. new features that add functionality not just a new interface.  
(Version 4.0)

PORCUSTAL  Not going to review the current version because I don't want to download it. My version of 3.5.2 works super great (5stars*), but i'm not at all into the new version's graphical look, and it seems its become more bloated with glammor and glitz. Which simply isn't the purpose of this type of app.  
(Version 4.0)

BIGCLOITS  After over two years of regular usage of first v3 and v4 since its release, I am finally abandoning iClip, and I'm not in a good mood about it. My major complaint is that it is too slow: I am tired of waiting for its glitzy interface to respond to my requests, and sick of it taking as long to launch as about six other applications combined.

iClip 4 is certainly not horrible, but it's far from excellent, and there's really no excuse for that. It certainly could be excellent.

As other reviewers here have commented in the last few months, the developer seems to have abandoned the product. Optimizations and bug fixes are needed, but there's no sign of active development, and the only responses I've received to about three different inquiries have been slow and a touch defensive and disinterested -- the "no one else has reported that" school of tech support. Meh.  
(Version 4.0)

BORUCH  Don't buy this application as it appears to have been abandoned by the developer who has moved on to bigger and more prosperous endeavors (macheist and other projects). It's very buggy! No updates in almost a year which has forced me to cease using the application. I'm rather upset considering that I paid to update from the previous edition of this software and all I get in the end is nothing :(  
(Version 4.0)

ZOIDBERG  Absolutely loved this program when I first got it -- made my workday all-around easier. Happily paid the shareware fee.

I'd give it five stars under Tiger and zero under Leopard. It just won't work under Leopard (currently running 10.5.3 as I write this).

What's worse, no updates to the program seem to be forthcoming (the last update was January 2007), and no updates of the company website since around that time. Even their blog is a single entry that just says "TEST" on January 2, 2007.

Oh, well. I'll keep looking for a replacement.   
(Version 4.0)

JOSHP  I don't believe that this program is bug free for one second. After five minutes of playing with it, I notice that the program often becomes unresponsive and pops up a window telling me it is waiting on Finder, Firefox, or whatever. Also, the menubar icon does not always show/hide the program on first click.  
(Version 4.0)

BOBZOZUS  I found several comments recently made about IClip to be unfair. I have no vested interest in the software, other than the price I paid to purchase it.

First, with regard to comments that IClip should be considered "abandonware." I can certainly refute that notion. I had difficulty with my Mac, and had to have the hard drive replaced. Therefore, I had occasion to contact the people at Inventive software. They were responsive.

I further contacted them once again with concern about IClip Leopard compatibility- for when I finally upgrade. They stated in no uncertain terms that IClip is fully compatible with Leopard. That they have not released recent bug fixes or revisions because there was nothing to fix. And, as I looked at their past software release cycle- it seems that they are not due another release of IClip until early 2009 (as they seem to release software on a 2 year cycle).

So, I wrote because of fairness. And, because, for me, I did not find CuteClips 3.0b17, CopyPaste + YType v. 2.75, or PTHPasteboard 4.4 to come close to meeting my needs as well as IClip (please see my earlier review if interested as to why). Since I only run Tiger, I have not been able to evaluate IClipboard. O.k., enough said to provide an alternative view of IClip.  
(Version 4.0)

JOI  LOL... bug fixes? updates? It's a simple clip board utility. And it works well for what it does? I have never had a problem with the program????????????  
(Version 4.0)

RUFTY TUFTY  I agree with the negative reviews below. This was a decent product, and would be if the developer would maintain it and fix the bugs.

However, I've had the same crash bug since I paid for it a year ago, have contacted the developer several times, and he's shown no real interest in fixing it. Apparently there are other unfixed bugs (no update since the initial 4.0 release).

At this point, I've stop using iClip, consider the $29 a loss, and would never buy another product from this developer.  
(Version 4.0)

HARRISTYPE  iClip is very pretty. However, in terms of being updated (last update was January of 2007), and current features, iClip has been passed by by PTHPasteboard Pro and iClipboard. I have to admit with another reviewer here that it appears to be abandonware.  
(Version 4.0)

JOI  iClip has a cool factor of about 1,000! Excellent piece of software. Highly recommended! Best clipboard utility out for the mac right now!  
(Version 4.0)

MUSICLC  iclip 4 appears to be dead software. I would suggest anyone considering this based on reviews don't buy it. I used version 3 and 4 was supposed to be a big improvement, but was a big dissapointment. I have been unable to use it without problems, and my latest attempt quits before starting. I checked the site, and it doesn't seem to have changed in quite a while.  
(Version 4.0)

BILL CLINTON  I updated my system software yesterday, an incremental change to 10.4.11, and now I find that iClip is stunningly unusable. (I don't know for shure if the update is related, but the coincidence is certainly odd.) Upon launching iClip, it uses all available processor cycles and sucks up RAM at the rate of about 12 MB per second, apparently without limit. Soon there is a large bump in the virtual memory as well. I don't know what happens if this continues without limit. the application does not respond to the keyboard shortcut and there is no dock icon so the only way to kill it is to use Activity Monitor. Bummer. I rather liked iClip, even though it never displayed RTF text.  
(Version 4.0)

BOBZOZUS  One last comment about the comparison between CopyPaste & YType vs. Iclip. MacUpdate has again stepped up to help make sofware affordable ”for the rest of us.“ They worked out a deal with IClip where they will discount the software to $21 from it's regular $30 price- which is the cost of CopyPaste + YType. Way to go MacUpdate!! As far as upgrade policies for previous users- I do believe that CopyPaste offers a discount for previous users. I do not see any explanation on the IClip web page concerning upgrade costs or discounts. Well, there you have it. MacUpDate rules!!  
(Version 4.0)

BOBZOZUS  O.K. To begin with, I am using Tiger. So, for the Leopard users (I'm waiting for all my favorite apps to be stable under it- as well as for a few more Apple Revisions :), you may not find this worth your time.

Why I wrote this review. Well, I really like this app. And, I have spent a far amount of time evaluating alternatives. After doing so, I came to the conclusion that IClip is certainly my choice. And, the belief that some on this forum may have been unfairly critical.

First, the reasons why I like IClip so much. Foremost, it is unobrusive (which is an attribute only shared by CopyPaste, in my opinion). And, it is extremely flexible. I now have the left side of my Ibook screen accessing the hidden dock, and hidden in the bottom of my screen is IClips. Works well, as it maximizes my screen space and does not interfere with scrolling- which usually takes place at the extreme right.

The above is worth strongly considering the app, but making it a good buy is the fact of what you can do quite easily with IClips. It has one function that I have not found implemented well with any other clipboard manager (except for CopyPaste + YType- see below). It allows you to easily edit the clippings that you paste into it. This is extremely powerful when used in combination with the ability to concatenate several clipboards into one file (which indeed, is unique to IClips). Extremely useful, for example, in comparing track listings of different CD's obtained from different Internet sources. This just rocks. Saves tons of time- and I am finding more applications for this functionality as I go. Amazing!

So, what about the poor reviews. First, I must admit, I am not a graphics artist needing to copy and paste art of 100 mb's of information. Usually have no need to copy more than a few mb. of info at a time- at most. So, those users who have such problems have little relevance for me. And, in the interchange between a disgruntled user and the IClips ”support guy“ detailed in an early review- I must say the IClips support guy seems to be working really hard to try and fix the problems this user was experiencing. Very hard. I'm sorry that this user's problems were not ameliorated. However, I do think that there was a willingness to try and help- and keep on doing so before the user discontinued their dance of frustration. And, besides, I have been in contact with IClip's support this week- and they responded in a reasonable amount of time with good cheer.

O.K. Some have thought that the program was a memory hog. Well, I guess they have a point- although not very important to me. It consistently utilizes about 20 mb. of real ram computer resources- vs. the 13 mb. used by what I consider it's closest competitor- CopyPaste + YType (I have paid for CopyPaste registration- and was using it solely before switching to IClip). However, interestingly for me- the Activity Monitor indicated that IClips was only said to be using .10 to % of the computer's CPU; vs. 1.0 to 1.5% of the CPU processing power utilized by CopyPaste + YType. This is of course state when neither program is called- which of course increases their CPU use appreciably- although that is to be expected. I am not a programmer, but the Activity Monitor seems to indicate that although the program does take up comparably more RAM, it is a much more efficient user of computer processing time. And, as regards RAM, 10 to 20 mb. more out of 1 g. Ram is not really going to hurt performance any. Especially since if CPU processing power is being used so efficiently.

As regards concerns about the IClip interface, I just have to say that the interface themes for IClips 3 must have been simply amazing!! I find the themes in version 4 to actually be quite pleasing, and somewhat configurable. I have set up the pallet that jumps out when the curson “un-hides” IClips- to be a large rectangular shape with maximum transparency. This allows me to see best what is in each clip- and yet only when I want to.

On my Ibook, Menu room is at a premium, and I was given the option not to have the Icon show up there. Essential- as it simply is redundant when you can call up IClip by keyboard hot switches or by simply pointing to the bottom of the screen. And, yes, I really appreciate the simplicity of the keyboard controls. I have set up keyboard hot switches for copying and pasting. Whenever I use these switches, IClips immediately shows it's clipboards, along with a number associated with each. At that point, I just chose a number- and the clip is either pasted to or from that particular clipboard. Nice. I don't have to move my hands from the keyboard to easily move data to the clipboards. And, I can easily see what I am doing as it happens! Wow, elegance and simplicity.

So, why do I think it better than the competition. Since IClipboard is Leapord only, I couldn't evaluate (and I wish that weren't so, since I am reasonable happy with SOHO notes- also by Chronos). I could not get ShadowClipboard & CuteClips to work, and both programs seemed dated. I really did not like the interface of PTHPasteboard- and it certainly did not offer the functionality of IClips. It is keyboard driven- and I assume, with practice, works well as a free alternative for some. I just felt that the value added by IClips to my computing experience was well worth the money I would pay. And, besides, PTHPasteboard does cost $25 if you wish to have a registered copy. In any event, even if free, I found IClips to be the better value for my needs.

So, that leaves CopyPaste + YType. I have used this extensively, and so understand it's functions. First, it does offer more text processing options than IClips. However, I do not need the extra functionality. The YType editor is simply a system wide spell checher- with the option of replacement of words with suggested alternatives. Some may find this useful. However, for me, it is not that important. And, since I have TypeIt4Me- it provides the same functionality- plus offers me an easier manner to utilize “snippet” short-cuts. And, for me, I could not get TypeIt4Me and CopyPaste to co-exist peacefully.

CopyPaste also offers many functions that can be utilized on any document that you are preparing. It cleans, dices, and parses. No really. It strips text formats clean, decrypts, encrypts, creates all upper case, all lower, undo's email comment, email indentation. You get the idea. Unfortunately, I have little need for all these functions. And, when I did, I had some difficulty in getting CopyPaste to do what I wanted. But, then again, I was not too motivated to learn. For some, all this extra text processing functioning can be useful. Just not for me. Especially if it meant that I could not use TypeIt4Me.

Now, CopyPaste does have an unobtrusive way to enter text into it's clipboards. And, you can use keyboard data entry. However, their is no ability to combine clipboards with other clipboards. This is the most unique feature of IClip that makes it so useful to me. But, if you need the ability to work with text across many different programs and manipulate it in many different ways- then CopyPaste may be more useful. CopyPaste also has the YType program for those challenged by speling (you know who you are, those who didn't get the preceding spelling typo). However, other programs such as the excellent TypeIt4Me do have this capability in much the same way as CopyPaste. And, IClips plays nice with TypeIt4Me. CopyPaste decidedly does not.

Well, that's about it. For me, it's either IClips or CopyPaste + YType. For ease of use and the ability to concatenate several clipboards- IClips wins. For those who have more extensive text processing needs and desire spell check- CopyPaste may be best. It's not as easy to use- but offers more capabilities as a text processor as well as a text manager.

So, here's hoping that to those of you who have read thus far, you will find it useful in making an informed decision regarding a ClipBoard manager.

And, perhaps will give you a more balanced perspective regarding IClip!  
(Version 4.0)

K0GG  I struggled to copy and paste with this app. The swanky interface soon became a swanky interference. I bought this as a half price add-on sale when buying another app. Unfortunately, I didn't test it before buying and soon learn to regret the purchase.

I couldn't move clips between groups. The clip previews didn't. I found using the app a fight and uninstalled it with AppZapper, the other half of my purchase.   
(Version 4.0)

CS101  There is a major security flaw using this with OS 10.5. Anything I copy in one user can be seen when other users log in?!! WTF? I don't really want my mom logging in and seeing what I have on my clipboard thank you very much.  
(Version 4.0)

RIGHTO  I used to use iClip a lot but one day it stopped functioning on my Tiger (version 10.4.10). When I hit command+c nothing happens to the clip set--the text literally doesn't reach iClip's cells and they stay empty.

I tried all kinds of resettings and reinstallations but they didn't help.

Very frustrating. And this is the only piece of software (among 185 applications I have installed) that refuses to work on my PowerBook.   
(Version 4.0)

FREEDMAN  Clipped text is either unreadable or invisible after installing Leopard. Developers wrote back that they're working on a fix, so I suggest holding off on buying until the upgrade is released.  
(Version 4.0)

ESPIRIDION  In February I wrote some comments regarding iClip, but abstained from rating the application. Since no changes have been made to iClip 4 I’ll just add my rating. Fortunately there are many great alternatives out there.  
(Version 4.0)

JCOLSON  iClip crashes and hands your system if you copy large blocks of text (100's of megabytes will easily reproduce the issues -- all I want is for iClip to IGNORE anything that big!). The only way to clean it up us to delete your iClip cache in the Preferences directory.

iClip does not work correctly with Java Applications (particularly Eclipse and IntelliJ). I have reproduced the issue, made a VIDEO of how to reproduce the issue and sent it to Inventive for them to investigate, and they have no desire to help. Instead they asked me to basically re-install their buggy application (that I've paid for by the way) and do their debugging for them.

Here is the email chain (removed personal information and names):

Jay Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 1:05 AM

To: support2007@inventive.us

Hello,

I use iClip as a replacement for cuteclips as cuteclips has some issues on intel now for whatever reason. I like iClip except for some performance issues that I've noticed. When something very large (text mainly, haven't really tried other large things) iClip becomes very unstable and has even crashed. It also is IMPOSSIBLE to clear just the bin that the large text is in (this is where I've seen it crash actually). I use iClip primarily as a clipboard buffer so everything I copy ends up getting buffered in iClip....

I've also noticed that iClip does not always paste what I ask it to (specifically in Java applications, such as eclipse's IDE and Intellij). It will generally paste what my latest clipboard contains and then when I try and paste the wanted material AGAIN, it will actually paste what I want it to... pretty annoying really.

Another thing that would be nice is for something in the buffer that has been pasted to move to the top of the 'stack' so that if something is often pasted id won't roll off, but also won't take an additional space (so trade where it was in place with the object at the top of the stack).

Summary:

1) large text crashes iclip and/or makes it unstable -- would like this fixed, or a setting that I can say text larger than x bytes does not get buffered

2) Java pasting doesn't work the first time - would like to see this fixed

3) Pasted content going to top of stack as an option

Sincerely,

Jay

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Inventive Support Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 1:16 PM

To: Jay

Hi Mr.,

In regards to your first issue, are you saying that iClip crashes if

you try to delete the clipping bin containing the text item? Do you get

an error message when it crashes? What kind of content is the text

(vector or some proprietary format?)

Is it possible that the java app you're pasting from is not immediately

pasting data to the clipboard? Have you tried pasting into another app

to see if the clipboard contains that data? If there's a delay when the

java app hands the data to the clipboard, that would explain why iClip

pastes the old clipboard content first. I'm not sure why else this

would happen since the clipboard can only contain one item at a time

and i

Clip is just grabbing what's there.

Thanks for the feature request. I'll pass that on to development.

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc

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Jay Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 9:32 PM

To: Inventive Support

The main (first) issue is that if I copy, say, 512MB-1GB of text (not vector/proprietary) into my clipboard iClip becomes unusable. And I can't even get it to be usable by trying to clear the copy/paste bins because it will hang and eventually crash. I would like a way for a 'max' iClip size so that iClip doesn't try to take it from the clipboard in these cases unless there is a better way to handle it. I copy huge logs around quite a bit which makes this very annoying... and then once it's in the cache, I end up having to delete my preferences for iClip in order to get iClip to even start without issues.

For the second problem, please see the attached movie of the exact bug.... completely reproducible.

j

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Jay Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 8:32 AM

To: Inventive Support

any updates on this?

Thanks,

j

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Jay Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 7:15 PM

To: Inventive Support

Again, any updates on this? I have, at this point, had to abandon using iClip, but would like to use it again if the below problems are/will be fixed. Any word?

Sincerely,

J

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Inventive Support Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:42 PM

To: Jay

Hi Mr.,

We're working on a fix for the crash related to large text clippings. Unfortunately, I can't give you a timeframe on when it will be available. It should be incorporated into the next release. I'll notify you if a fix becomes available before then.

As far as the java pasting issue is concerned, there's nothing we can do to control the behavior of other applications that delay transferral of data into clipboard. iClip collects what is on the clipboard. If the other app is not immediately pasting data to the clipboard, iClip cannot immediately retrieve it. Have you contacted the java app developers to see if they know of any issue that would cause a pasting delay from within their app?

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:53 PM

To: Inventive Support

did you see the video i sent? the clip IS available within iclip, iclip just doesn't paste the right one.

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Inventive Support Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 1:56 PM

To: Jay

Hi Mr.,

Yes, I watched the video and I forwarded it to engineering as well. Please try the following suggestion from our engineer to see if we can identify the cause of the issue.

"Click a paste button in iClip, then click outside the app (like to make the Finder active), then click to make it active again. If that makes it work, then the only way around this issue is to have the app developer modify its behavior so that it always reads the current Clipboard data when trying to paste. Otherwise, our hands are tied."

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 2:19 PM

To: Inventive Support

I'm using JumpCut (sourceforge) and have not had this issue, so I find it hard to believe that '[your] hands are tied'. This is not just with one application, it's any Java application that I use. (Intellij, eclipse, smartsvn, etc, etc).

j

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Jay Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 4:32 PM

To: Inventive Support

crickets?

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Inventive Support Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 6:15 PM

To: Jay

In my last email to you I asked you to perform a test so we can identify the cause of the issue. Have you performed the test? If so, what were the results? Here it is again:

"Click a paste button in iClip, then click outside the app (like to make the Finder active), then click to make it active again. If that makes it work, then the only way around this issue is to have the app developer modify its behavior so that it always reads the current Clipboard data when trying to paste. Otherwise, our hands are tied."

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 7:29 PM

To: Inventive Support

Did you watch the video that I sent of the issue?

Jay

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Inventive Support Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 8:48 PM

To: Jay

Yes, I did. It doesn't provide the information I need to identify the issue. It only illustrates the problem. If you're not willing to perform the test the developer recommended, there is absolutely nothing I can do to help you.

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 9:48 PM

To: Inventive Support

This is an easily reproducible problem with iClip, with ALL java applications (that I've tried), which another product (JumpCut) doesn't seem to have an issue with. I have even gone as far as giving you a VIDEO of the problem. Let me repeat, a problem that JUMPCUT DOESN'T HAVE (which means to me that if this actually where an independent Application issue, yes I would be contacting the developer to see if I could help debug the issue). I think I've gone above and beyond in trying to report an issue that you don't seem to think is an issue. I have UNINSTALLED your application because it doesn't work for me (even though I purchased it). I don't plan on reinstalling it to do this:

"Click a paste button in iClip, then click outside the app (like to make the Finder active), then click to make it active again."

Which is at BEST a vague description of what I should be doing to placate you and your support team. I don't even understand what it is you are asking me to do. Should I be trying to paste before and after? When should I actually do a copy? Beside the point. If Inventive doesn't plan on following up with this (am I truly the ONLY person who has reported that your application doesn't perform within Eclipse and IntelliJ?) and actually replicate the problem itself (after I've given EXTENSIVE information on the issue -- and even pointed to an OPEN SOURCE application that works just fine), it amazes me that you keep customers with this type of zealous energy (facetious) emanating from the support team.

Please let me know if you actually plan on trying to figure out the issue, I promise I won't bug you anymore either way.

Sincerely,

Jay

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Inventive Support Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 3:56 PM

To: Jay

Mr.,

It's unfortunate that you've chosen not to work with us to resolve this issue. If another customer ever reports a similar issue and is willing to provide us with the necessary data to pinpoint the cause of the problem, I'll let you know our results.

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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iClip ReviewiClip is not all it's cracked up to be; slow and doesn't work correctly with Java Applications - Version: 4, 7/13/2007 01:33PM PST

jcolson (Kwazee LLC)

iClip crashes and hands your system if you copy large blocks of text (100's of megabytes will easily reproduce the issues -- all I want is for iClip to IGNORE anything that big!). The only way to clean it up us to delete your iClip cache in the Preferences directory.

iClip does not work correctly with Java Applications (particularly Eclipse and IntelliJ). I have reproduced the issue, made a VIDEO of how to reproduce the issue and sent it to Inventive for them to investigate, and they have no desire to help. Instead they asked me to basically re-install their buggy application (that I've paid for by the way) and do their debugging for them.

Here is the email chain (removed personal information and names):

Jay Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 1:05 AM

To: support2007@inventive.us

Hello,

I use iClip as a replacement for cuteclips as cuteclips has some issues on intel now for whatever reason. I like iClip except for some performance issues that I've noticed. When something very large (text mainly, haven't really tried other large things) iClip becomes very unstable and has even crashed. It also is IMPOSSIBLE to clear just the bin that the large text is in (this is where I've seen it crash actually). I use iClip primarily as a clipboard buffer so everything I copy ends up getting buffered in iClip....

I've also noticed that iClip does not always paste what I ask it to (specifically in Java applications, such as eclipse's IDE and Intellij). It will generally paste what my latest clipboard contains and then when I try and paste the wanted material AGAIN, it will actually paste what I want it to... pretty annoying really.

Another thing that would be nice is for something in the buffer that has been pasted to move to the top of the 'stack' so that if something is often pasted id won't roll off, but also won't take an additional space (so trade where it was in place with the object at the top of the stack).

Summary:

1) large text crashes iclip and/or makes it unstable -- would like this fixed, or a setting that I can say text larger than x bytes does not get buffered

2) Java pasting doesn't work the first time - would like to see this fixed

3) Pasted content going to top of stack as an option

Sincerely,

Jay

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Inventive Support Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 1:16 PM

To: Jay

Hi Mr.,

In regards to your first issue, are you saying that iClip crashes if

you try to delete the clipping bin containing the text item? Do you get

an error message when it crashes? What kind of content is the text

(vector or some proprietary format?)

Is it possible that the java app you're pasting from is not immediately

pasting data to the clipboard? Have you tried pasting into another app

to see if the clipboard contains that data? If there's a delay when the

java app hands the data to the clipboard, that would explain why iClip

pastes the old clipboard content first. I'm not sure why else this

would happen since the clipboard can only contain one item at a time

and i

Clip is just grabbing what's there.

Thanks for the feature request. I'll pass that on to development.

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc

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Jay Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 9:32 PM

To: Inventive Support

The main (first) issue is that if I copy, say, 512MB-1GB of text (not vector/proprietary) into my clipboard iClip becomes unusable. And I can't even get it to be usable by trying to clear the copy/paste bins because it will hang and eventually crash. I would like a way for a 'max' iClip size so that iClip doesn't try to take it from the clipboard in these cases unless there is a better way to handle it. I copy huge logs around quite a bit which makes this very annoying... and then once it's in the cache, I end up having to delete my preferences for iClip in order to get iClip to even start without issues.

For the second problem, please see the attached movie of the exact bug.... completely reproducible.

j

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Jay Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 8:32 AM

To: Inventive Support

any updates on this?

Thanks,

j

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Jay Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 7:15 PM

To: Inventive Support

Again, any updates on this? I have, at this point, had to abandon using iClip, but would like to use it again if the below problems are/will be fixed. Any word?

Sincerely,

J

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Inventive Support Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:42 PM

To: Jay

Hi Mr.,

We're working on a fix for the crash related to large text clippings. Unfortunately, I can't give you a timeframe on when it will be available. It should be incorporated into the next release. I'll notify you if a fix becomes available before then.

As far as the java pasting issue is concerned, there's nothing we can do to control the behavior of other applications that delay transferral of data into clipboard. iClip collects what is on the clipboard. If the other app is not immediately pasting data to the clipboard, iClip cannot immediately retrieve it. Have you contacted the java app developers to see if they know of any issue that would cause a pasting delay from within their app?

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:53 PM

To: Inventive Support

did you see the video i sent? the clip IS available within iclip, iclip just doesn't paste the right one.

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Inventive Support Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 1:56 PM

To: Jay

Hi Mr.,

Yes, I watched the video and I forwarded it to engineering as well. Please try the following suggestion from our engineer to see if we can identify the cause of the issue.

"Click a paste button in iClip, then click outside the app (like to make the Finder active), then click to make it active again. If that makes it work, then the only way around this issue is to have the app developer modify its behavior so that it always reads the current Clipboard data when trying to paste. Otherwise, our hands are tied."

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 2:19 PM

To: Inventive Support

I'm using JumpCut (sourceforge) and have not had this issue, so I find it hard to believe that '[your] hands are tied'. This is not just with one application, it's any Java application that I use. (Intellij, eclipse, smartsvn, etc, etc).

j

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Jay Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 4:32 PM

To: Inventive Support

crickets?

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Inventive Support Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 6:15 PM

To: Jay

In my last email to you I asked you to perform a test so we can identify the cause of the issue. Have you performed the test? If so, what were the results? Here it is again:

"Click a paste button in iClip, then click outside the app (like to make the Finder active), then click to make it active again. If that makes it work, then the only way around this issue is to have the app developer modify its behavior so that it always reads the current Clipboard data when trying to paste. Otherwise, our hands are tied."

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 7:29 PM

To: Inventive Support

Did you watch the video that I sent of the issue?

Jay

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Inventive Support Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 8:48 PM

To: Jay

Yes, I did. It doesn't provide the information I need to identify the issue. It only illustrates the problem. If you're not willing to perform the test the developer recommended, there is absolutely nothing I can do to help you.

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.

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Jay Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 9:48 PM

To: Inventive Support

This is an easily reproducible problem with iClip, with ALL java applications (that I've tried), which another product (JumpCut) doesn't seem to have an issue with. I have even gone as far as giving you a VIDEO of the problem. Let me repeat, a problem that JUMPCUT DOESN'T HAVE (which means to me that if this actually where an independent Application issue, yes I would be contacting the developer to see if I could help debug the issue). I think I've gone above and beyond in trying to report an issue that you don't seem to think is an issue. I have UNINSTALLED your application because it doesn't work for me (even though I purchased it). I don't plan on reinstalling it to do this:

"Click a paste button in iClip, then click outside the app (like to make the Finder active), then click to make it active again."

Which is at BEST a vague description of what I should be doing to placate you and your support team. I don't even understand what it is you are asking me to do. Should I be trying to paste before and after? When should I actually do a copy? Beside the point. If Inventive doesn't plan on following up with this (am I truly the ONLY person who has reported that your application doesn't perform within Eclipse and IntelliJ?) and actually replicate the problem itself (after I've given EXTENSIVE information on the issue -- and even pointed to an OPEN SOURCE application that works just fine), it amazes me that you keep customers with this type of zealous energy (facetious) emanating from the support team.

Please let me know if you actually plan on trying to figure out the issue, I promise I won't bug you anymore either way.

Sincerely,

Jay

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Inventive Support Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 3:56 PM

To: Jay

Mr.,

It's unfortunate that you've chosen not to work with us to resolve this issue. If another customer ever reports a similar issue and is willing to provide us with the necessary data to pinpoint the cause of the problem, I'll let you know our results.

Support Guy

Inventive, Inc.  
(Version 4.0)

MACLOVER1.1  For years Iused copypaste but it has limitations and often crashes depending what type of graphics I copy... So I took a look around and tried iclip and it rocks. It fits all my needs (graphic design).. I can copy anything I need between my various apps. It has no text editing abilities but I really need it for graphics not so much for text. Goodbye copypaste, hello iclip :-) Thanks for making such a cool and useful and sturdy tool !!!  
(Version 4.0)

VGOKLANI  Bloated! try PopCopy2 instead:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21795/

must more efficient  
(Version 4.0)

TOMIS  A 14MB download, ok.... And a 40MB app, what? It takes 30MB RAM on launch. Not a good sign.

It certainly looks slick. But a novel interface is not always a good thing. A simple bezel-style interface with a grid of items would have been perfect.

Digging into the program package I can see why it's so bloated. The developer must have gone to the Apple school of software design. All of the graphics in the app are pre-rendered, with multiple copies, even down-sampled pre-renders.

It's supposed to be a clipboard extender, less is more. Be functional and stay out of my way, and don't eat up gobs of RAM.

Dear Mr. Developer; A little optimization effort goes a long way. If you don't have enough respect for your users to optimize your app, don't expect them to respect your work.  
(Version 4.0)

EASER  I haven't experienced any buggy behavior in general. I also like a lot of the new enhancements. But I would have to agree with others that the interface is less than desireable. I use ShapeShifter, and the new interface actually works very nicely with some of those themes. But I'd rather that iClip be able to adapt to particular themes. As I recall, the previous version allowed for this. Overall, it's stilll worth the investment. But I do hope the developer is responsive to the interface requests.  
(Version 4.0)

DONALDOWL1  Highly useful program. Or rather it used to be. V4 is full of unpleasant suprises and bugs, such as trying to run my VPN whenever I click on Help. Also, is there any way to to get back the old boring, flat, dull user interface without reverting to V3? The new UI is a real ugly butt!  
(Version 4.0)

ESPIRIDION  I also prefer the previous version.

What was John thinking when he decided to offer this interface?

I wonder if many people will buy iClip now that it’s more expensive and is so grotesque.

Trying to use the previous version now results in a warning message and odd behavior in my system.

Time to move to something else. Hopefully John is aware that many users are disliking iClip’s looks so much, and will offer the previous interface as well.

It’s a shame, since it’s a good program. Such a long wait for a disappointment!  
(Version 4.0)

SERGE   Faster, reliable, takes less CPU, but what an ugly interface. I prefer iClp 3 UI by far.   
(Version 4.0)

ANON BUD  Not quite sure what’s going on, but for the life of me I cannot get the app to work. I’ve read the documentation all the way through and have tried to get the app to copy and paste. Nothing. Just once I’ve been able to actually copy something, but I have been unable to paste anything. Oftentimes the app crashes when I try to perform some function.

If I’m doing something wrong, it is not self evident. I’m not that bright, but I think that if I can teach myself how to use InDesign in just a few hours, I should be able to learn this in just a few minutes!

I‘ll stick with CopyPaste. It’s an ugly app, but at least it works!

BTW- I’m using a 1 GHz Aluminum PB G4, 1 G RAM, running 10.4.8  
(Version 4.0)

YRM  Bug: Right now (iClip 4) is not showing up if you use Menufela by ninjakitten.  
(Version 4.0)

DONKEYOTAY  Something is wrong. Whenever I try to download iClip, it starts to download a 4Gb file!  
(Version 4.0)

BOSIE  I've used iClip for about 2 weeks now and am quite comfortable with it popping up from the side of my Desktop. Clipboard management made easier. Thanks  
(Version 3.7)

JOS  John, Thanks for the fast new update iClip version v3.7b4 it works now fine to me !

The problem with 3.7b3 is over.

Great app !!

More than five stars !!

-iMac G3

-OSX 10.3.9  
(Version 3.7b4)

ROHN BUTTERFIELD  This version hogs my processor. I left my computer on all day, and when I went up this evening, my processor was full capacity. I checked with Activity Monitor, and the culprit was iClip and I had to force quit it to get back my computer. This is the first time I've experienced this with iClip, and I have been a very satisfied registered user for over a year. I love the app, but can't afford to have it hog the processor...

I have a B&W souped with with an 800 mhz ZIF, 1 gb RAM, and an ATI Radeon Mac Edition (PCI) graphics card. Am using 10.4.2.

(I know, it's probably my fault!)  
(Version 3.7b2)

ANONYMOUS  This app just keeps getting better and better. Thanks for making the auto-show feature optional!

It would be great to have the option of navigating bins via the menu icon, or something like it, since it can get hard to find things when there are a lot of clippings in one set.

But I use this program constantly and find it to be very handy, stable, and easy to use.

Alexandria  
(Version 3.7b2)

PRS  Now with the Dock like behavior, it's the best app you can get. You guys are doing a great job.

Only 5 stars because there ain't more.

Keep the good work.  
(Version 3.7b1)

JMC  I've tried the free/donationware ones and stupidfish...this is the best (at least in my opinion).  
(Version 3.7b1)

ANONYMOUS  iClip is one of the best and most stable pieces of software I know. There is only one problem I have with it, since I cannot use it to paste passwords in Tiger's authentication windows. Now I have to use additional software for that, which does not work as easy as iClip. I would be very pleased if iClip could do that some day.  
(Version 3.6)

TED  Probably the worst piece of software I have downloaded in a long time.

Unpacked, copied into Applications folder. Crashed (locked up stating that the iClip data base was corrupted).

Cleaned it out. Downloaded again. Same result.

Cleaned it out. Downladed yet again, tried launching it from its own attached disk and still locked up tighter than a drum.

All three time I had to force quite it from the Activity Monitor.   
(Version 3.6)

COOPS  Been using this for a couple of months and now with Tiger. Just paid to upgrade. Never had a single problem with the functionality or reliability of the product. It's easy, intuitive and very useful.  
(Version 3.5.5)

JIMW  There are a number of similar programs like this available, some of them free. Doing a search on the term "clipboard" I found around 8 free products that have similar functions to this product. I would suggest doing some research in order to make an informed and wise "purchase" decision.

I was using the free PTHPasteboard, but since it is not Tiger compatible, I am currently using Koolclip, another donationware product that is.   
(Version 3.5.5)

ADAM GARDNER  I really want to try this software out to see if it's what I'm looking for... but the developer's server seems to have gone down. Does anyone have an alternate download link?  
(Version 3.5.4)

ANONYMOUS  When trying to paste into type fields, iClip pasted the text that was copied from a type field, making iClip useless for that task. If iClip could also type the contents of a bin when needed, it would make it even more amazing than it currently is.  
(Version 3.5.3)

ANONYMOUS  DARN!! Doesn't work for me.

To the developer: the message is

"A Cocoa NSImageCacheException was not handled: can't cache image. Please report to the application developer. The application will quit now"

I know is my problem. Has somebody any ideas?

(Titanium G4@1Ghz - OS X.3.8)  
(Version 3.5.3)

MAD DONKEY  quite good, i mean great!  
(Version 3.5.2)

JOS KISER  Everyday i startup my old imac,

the little i(mac) Clipper app it's there...

always ready for use.

iClip is a great help for me.

Development is coming along nicely

and Shareware fee is a good value.

iClip works great under OS X 10.3.8

-By the way-

?Why Is iClip not a standard app for every new Mac?

More than 5 stars !!

Thanks for this great app !!  
(Version 3.5.2)

JOHN S  iClipboard is pretty cool. But I think I will stick with ShadowClipboard.

It seems to be a tad better.   
(Version 3.5.2)

GARETH  I'm with Ronan, the anonymous poster has no clue about what iClip does. As an author and journalist, I find it brilliant!  
(Version 3.5.2)

RONAN  I can't stand that the first comment you read is the one below. The poster has clearly no idea what iClip does, and is utterly at variance with dozens of enthusiastic reviews, here and elsewhere. iClip is the biz - and as someone who has been around since punched card, I know from ugly; this is elegant.   
(Version 3.5.2)

ANONYMOUS  what an ugly pig. does nothing a folder doesn't do.  
(Version 3.5.1)

WHYTOI  Trying out v3.5 for the first time. Noting that its CPU usage hovers b/n 1.5-2.5% consistently. Is this level of usage expected? Or is it awaiting to be further optimized in the 3.5.x series?  
(Version 3.5)

ELAINE KAUVAR  This is an absolutely indispensable program that saves time, lessens stress, and works beautifully. Kuddos to its developer and executor!  
(Version 3.5)

CARL V ROSEN  This is the one most useful gadget that was lost in the transition from OS9 to X. Do one need to say more?  
(Version 3.5)

ANONYMOUS  This is the greatest software ever! Absolutely essential if you do any word processing  
(Version 3.5)

J P FINNIGAN  I bought my first Macintosh in June of 1984 ... 3 months after the Mac came out. At least 3 other software firms have attempted to do what iClip does -- without success. I tried them all ...

I have been in the information field since 1952 ... I can say without reservation, you have developed a utility that has been needed for many years - one that works!!

Congratulations on a great product.

John Finnigan

Capitola, CA  
(Version 3.5)

GEORGE GUTEKUNST  I would pay $50.00 for this nifty piece of work.Totally and utterly useful.At the price of $19.95 I felt I've robbed these folks. Use it everyday.  
(Version 3.5)

BILL SANDERS  iClip is always open on my Mac. You can take away a lot of apps from my computer, but you can't have my iClip. It's an absolute essential that I simply cannot do without. I continue to find new uses for it and things it's the great utility in years.  
(Version 3.5)

DONALD MILLER  The Best  
(Version 3.5)

ROBERT LANDSMAN  A great utiliy has been made better! How did they do that.  
(Version 3.5)

ANONYMOUS  the best  
(Version 3.5)

ANDREW RODNEY  I've tried virtually every clipboard extender product known to man or dog. This product (iClip) is bar none the best. Elegant, fast, easy to use and the developer is working on improvements all the time.   
(Version 3.5)

RONAN  Inventive interface. The problem with smart clipboard utilities is usually that they are smarter than people. They can remember more stuff than you can. So the interface is critical - it should be easy to figure out where to put stuff and to retrieve it from. The latest improvements to the interface are well thought-out, getting the whole look simpler and more integrated.

These people are developing a really first class utility.

Still the occasional crash with Word (when copying text containing hyperlinks) but utterly stable with all other apps.  
(Version 3.5b1)

JOS KISER  i would certainly recommend iClip to anyone looking for a good Clipboard.

Development is coming along nicely!

Shareware fee is a good value.

Works great under OS X 10.3.7

Thank you ! John Casasanta

for this great app !!

  
(Version 3.4.1)

ATARA STEIN  Really fabulous. So much more helpful than the old Classic Scrapbook, and I can keep frequently used text in a readily findable and accessible fashion. And incredibly easy to use. Also the bins can hold really large chunks of text if nec. as well. I love this program. :-)  
(Version 3.4)

RALPH  I have used iClip since it was first available everyday. An excellent program that only gets better. Thank you.  
(Version 3.4)

ERNIE SOWADA  iClip allows me to have as many clipboards as I want.

I find news uses every day! I like this program.   
(Version 3.4)

JOHN RASMUSSEN  If ever an application was "the" Mac application then iClip is it. Try it and you will buy it! It was good in the early versions - now it is 5 star!  
(Version 3.4)

PETEL THOMPSON  An excellent program!  
(Version 3.4)

JOS  Easy to use. Very helpful for my chaotic brain.

I'v thrown away all kinds of 'stickies'.

Upgrade was a piece of cake. I'm delighted.  
(Version 3.4)

ANONYMOUS  A nice clean program, well explained, helpful support.  
(Version 3.4)

CARL V ROSEN  The iClip is a wonderful little tool that enables you to get access to the lost clip book of the pre-os x Macs.

I've been using it for over six months (dec 2004) and I'm both impressed by its versatility and the support with new versions dropping by every now and then.  
(Version 3.4)

SWANSON@WINDSONGAPPRAISALS.COM  Fabulous and unobtrusive little helper. Works great, never needed tech support. Updates are free and notification comes by email.  
(Version 3.4)

DANA C. LOWE  This is one of the best & most brilliantly thought out little apps I have ever encountered. I use it literally every day! Have tried out at least a dozen or more multiple clipboard/pasteboard/save items thingys in the past. And none of them comes even close to the stability, functionality & ease of use of iClip, regardless of price. Keep up the fine work & thanks for a wonderful program!  
(Version 3.4)

DAVE  I use iClip daily - it's a huge timesaver. I use it for all my eBay transactions and quickly paste in common messages to buyers, listing details, and more - saves me a ton of time!  
(Version 3.4)

ERIC JAUTéE  iclip: highly reliable. Its use is safe. No risky operations about the bits of data that we store there, and which are so important for us.

Ease of use: five stars.

I use it each day. Excellent clipboard, the best in its category.  
(Version 3.4)

RONAN  The final irritation I had with iClip had been overcome. You can now copy to and paste from multiple clipboards directly from the keyboard. Memory usage is also reduced by about 50% on my machine. And the app continues to be stable - the first consideration in my book.

This goes on my 'must have' list, along with DefaultFolder, as the two productivity aids I can't live without.  
(Version 3.4)

BRUNO GRONEN  ***** for iClip 3.4 Bruno Gronen  
(Version 3.4)

DIRK HANGSTEIN  Great tool. There have been some problems with MS Office X, but this seems to be fixed!  
(Version 3.4)

DONALD MILLER  Great program. It stays out of the way until you need it and then it's right there. I keep all kinds of info in it such as credit card #'s, dates, notes etc. It is well thought out and very intuitive plus it looks good  
(Version 3.4)

JUJU   Way too much overhead consumed even when idle.

This app is a hog for mem and cpu.  
(Version 3.4b2)

ANONYMOUS  Please get rid of annoying startup screen!  
(Version 3.3.2)

ANONYMOUS  Nice... but consumes too much CPU (about the same as Entourage, and more memory!!). I'd expect such an app to stay idle when in hiding.... Makes no sense to me; it's not like it's doing much.  
(Version 3.3.2)

ANONYMOUS  This is a great application except that it uses too much memory. For example, it takes about 35 to 48 MB for 5 bins that just store simple text in my mac.  
(Version 3.3.1b1)

SAM  iClip is great for a lazy typer like myself. Now I have all my favorite text clippings neatly organized by category. It takes one or two mouse clicks and I am typing at 200 wpm!  
(Version 3.3)

LESLIE CRAWFORD  I'm a digital artist who combines imagery from many sources into Photoshop. iClip is the BEST! All I do is drag and drop my images into one file. The original resolution stays intact. Thanks for making my life so much easier!  
(Version 3.3)

JOHN RASMUSSEN  iClip is the utility for all Mac users. The more you use your Mac, the more you need iClip.

Give it a try - you will certainly buy - and be a happy Mac user.  
(Version 3.3)

JOS KISER   **Fantastic program!**

I've been using iClip since it's early days, and it has become one of the most used apps on my computer.

i would certainly recommend iClip to anyone looking for a good Clipboard.

Development is coming along nicely!

Shareware fee is a good value.

I'm curious about the next version...

Works great under OS X 10.3.5  
(Version 3.3)

LOGFLA LOGFLA  I freely admit I ain't no genius........but the clarity of iClip is a blessing to those of us who can't or won't spend hours or yrs on a learning curve for a program that's supposed to "simplify" our lives.

Keep it up!  
(Version 3.3)

RONAN  I need multiple clipboards on a frequent basis, transferring results from stats packages to reports. Of the various utilities, this one has the best combination of ease of use and features. It's elegant and well-behaved.   
(Version 3.3)

ANONYMOUS  I was the 10,000th download! HURRAH! Medal for me!  
(Version 3.3b2)

ANONYMOUS  What can I say? Its a great realbasic app!  
(Version 3.2)

RSOLDIN  The greatest clipper I have seen. I haven't downloaded the beta of this version, I leave the testing up to the people that have the time. I do run this little app at all times. Its one of my startup programs. Without it I would have a mess.

Thanks for the awesome work.  
(Version 3.2b2)

LASSE  ShadowClipboard (7.50$) is more elegant - but not so many features. And no update for almost a year.

Still my favourite clip-app.  
(Version 3.2b2)

HARDCAT  iClip is a first class application. On my Mac it is always on and I'd rate it better than other like products.

Simple to use, elegant to look at and and a joy to use  
(Version 3.2b2)

TOM SAWYER  Uh...where'd Inventive go? No site, nuthin to download? That's a kick in the pantaloons!  
(Version 3.2 beta 1)

JIM  iClip has made my Mac and me so much more efficient. No problems at all with it, and it does deliver what it promises.  
(Version 3.1.1)

A MARTIN  AArrgh!

I can't use my scroll wheel in iClip...  
(Version 3.1.1)

MYLES BIGENWALD  iclip has earned 5 stars simply for the following reasons:'

1.its is a well designed & useful product.

2.It is constantly being improved with free updates sent almost automatically.

3.Trouble shooting questions go back and forth so rapidly by e-mail that you think you are on a chat lint. (and I think it's the presideent this small company on the other end.)

4. It is a good value.

5.I inadvertantly sent the same order twice, & they sent a credit for my credit card before I even caught the mistake myself.

6. You'll find many uses for it after you use it.

Buy iclip! You won't regret it.  
(Version 3.1)

GERALD ALFORD  I heartily recommend iClip as a practical utility whose usefulness is only limited by your own imagination in find use for it as a quick storage tools for bits, clips, blogs of info and images.   
(Version 3.1)

JOHN RASMUSSEN  Probably the best untility I have downloaded at any price. Worth five stars or mice any time!  
(Version 3.1)

MARK WIRTZ  Without a doubt the most useful, versatile, practical, fast and simple "aid" and "friend" I have downloaded - and kept! - for months. And that at a price so friendly, I would have paid many times that amount and still have felt that I made a worhtwhile purchase. Whether at home for general correspondence/e-mail/graphic/password bank/writing projects/ demo projects purposes, or professionally at the recording studio, iClip has proven itself to be of invaluable time and hassle saving assistence.

Mark Wirtz  
(Version 3.1)

ANONYMOUS  Great update. This is definately becoming one the best programs for OS X.

I can only think of one thing that would make it even better, since it would allow very quick access to often used clips, which would be an option to set a hot key to paste selected clips directly.  
(Version 3.1)

AFTER COMMENT  does exactly as described, well done!  
(Version 3.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Once again, nice job. Neat, simple, very helpful app. Keep it up!  
(Version 3.0)

LOUIS FLETCHER  iClip version 3 is a great update to an already great piece of software. It greatly enhances the utility of Mac OS-X. For me, it is amone the best of the little applications available to OS-X, making it much more useful than it otherwise would be. Thanks for a great product.  
(Version 3.0)

WILLIAM BRAUN  iClip is a great little program - make me more efficient and accurate. Worth the money.  
(Version 3.0)

ANONYMOUS  I have been looking for something like this for a long time. It greatly speeds up the process of documenting my customer files.  
(Version 3.0)

HAMID  A most elegant piece of software and a must-have for tedious copy/paste tasks. Also handles non-Roman scripts and Unicode characters impeccably.  
(Version 3.0)

ANONYMOUS  Outstanding !!  
(Version 3.0)

THOM  Quite simply: Perfect!

Very good job!  
(Version 3.0)

MHUGHES  I love this iClip & have used it since it first came out.

BTW, thanks for giving it a new icon! I never wanted to tell you but always thought the old brown drab puck (is that what it was? I don't want to know!) was really ugly.

I like the looks of the new one.  
(Version 3 beta 1)

RB  It's the third soft i have choosen to manage my clipboards...

So I know how tu use clipboards...

And now, i can say i am really happy!

Thank you to the author...  
(Version 2.8.1)

CONNIE GOLDEN  Easy to use and reliably quick. It sure has made my life easier. It's also very nice to get free upgrades.  
(Version 2.8)

ANONYMOUS  One of the absolute best tools I have downloaded in ages. I keep Bits of programs and scripts here, constantly used email directions for my staff (I am a school computer coordinator), quotes, serial numbers---anything I need quick access to! Great interface---I leave it open on my desktop all the time.  
(Version 2.8)

THOM  I just keeps getting better! The only problem with this app is the fact that I modified the menu bar icon for my own aesthetics, and have to keep redoing it as improvements and upgrades come so fast.

This app is a must have for anybody working hard on their Mac, especially webdesigners. Have no fear this app is well worth the price!!!  
(Version 2.8b1)

MARK POE  Awesome utility app for the Mac OSX user! Surpasses the old Scrap Book from OS9 (and earlier Operating Systems) by a long shot! I'm a graphic artist and I keep all my daily used art & text clips on there, and drag them into Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or PhotoShop as I work. It really speeds up my production times. Highly recommended!*****   
(Version 2.7.1)

NORMAN GILLER  A metaphorical gold medal to the inventor of iclip. It is a Godsend for those of us who used to rely heavily on the late, lamented Scrapbook before switching to the slippery slope of OSx 10.3.

iclip improves with every update and is now pretty near darn perfect ... and much better than the old Scrapbook.

Thank you Mr Inventor.

Norman Giller, Dorset, UK  
(Version 2.7)

MIKE P  iClip is a great substitute for the Scrapebook  
(Version 2.7)

ANONYMOUS  Great application, easy to use.  
(Version 2.7)

SUSAN WESTLAKE  Fantastic little application! I use it all the time for building invoices, changing web pages, composing documents, sending email, etc. It has saved me tons of time!  
(Version 2.7)

BILL S  iClip is the "solution" I have searched for. It's awesome in its simplicity and yet its broad usage and application. It's my most valuable utility. Thanks!  
(Version 2.7)

RON  Excellent Utility...

This is a very convenient and well implemented utility. The new button feature allowing dynamic addition and subtraction of clipping bins to existing sets is especially welcome. John promptly and courteously responds to emails and the implementation of new features is often only an email away. This is a welcome addition to anyone's system.  
(Version 2.7)

VIEWTIFUL D’OH  BEST clipping mgmt app there is...and believe me, I've been looking.  
(Version 2.7b1)

ANONYMOUS  Cumbersome and akward.  
(Version 2.6)

ANONYMOUS  What's not to like? The program is great and was a needed addition to the Mac.  
(Version 2.6)

ANONYMOUS  If you thought it was good before, check out this update.

When you are working in a document now, there is no more clicking back and forth between the clipping bins and the paste command. Just choose the clip you want, paste it right out on the bin arrow, move on the next bin, paste it out etc ... This is the best shareware app I own. Thank you iClip!  
(Version 2.6)

THOM  First off, contrary to the review below, this app runs great on Panther!

I am the webmaster for a public radio station and a television station and have been overhauling both of their sites, which were originally coded by WYSIWYG editors. During our upgrade to standards compliant code the sheer volume of cutting and pasting we've been doing could make your head spin. During it all, iClip has been my constant companion and has served wonderfully. The interface is intuitive and the multiple bins and clipping sets make it easy to organize clips for tons of different projects without getting lost. I have used just about every clipboard app released over the years and this is the one that really does the trick! Give it a try, you won't be dissappointed.  
(Version 2.5.2)

A BIG FAN  I've tried them all Ugly multiclip, copypaste, clipprint, etc ... iclip is by far the most intiutive and full featured. It's also reasonably priced.

Try it .. you'll love it!  
(Version 2.5.2)

WOL  this is a terrific little app ... and it keeps improving! it's great for research ... drag snaps 4 ref ... drag url's 4 ref ... type little bits of whatever 4 ref ... EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING 4 ... thanks!  
(Version 2.5)