PopClip

A true GEM! I needed some time to use most of its usefulness and I still do but there is no doubt that there is nothing else like this: GENIAL!

Been using for years....love it!

Personally I use Clipy and it is free.

Latest update (2019.9.1) STILL doesn't fix the runaway CPU issue I mentioned below in Nov. 2017: "After copying and pasting a huge block of text, within seconds CPU usage climbs to over 99% and the fans start racing. The only way to stop it is to quit the app, then it can be reopened." Dev. was able to reproduce the problem and has known about it for approx. 27 months. WTH has he been doing the past 2 years? Nothing in this update but a HS bug fix.

macOS 10.14 Mojave users: In case of trouble with PopClip, please do the following: 1. Quit PopClip 2. Go to System Preferences → Privacy → Acccessibility 3. In the list "Allow the apps below to control your computer", highlight PopClip and then remove it using the "-" (minus) button. 4. Use the "+" button add PopClip again to the "Allow the apps below to control your computer" list.

This is the first extension i'm installing on new macs. Should be part of the operating system :-)

Still a MUST have – couldn't work without it any more, because it saves sooo much time for me!

R.I.P. PopClip. No update in 5 months and no bug fix for the issue reported over 8 months ago.

Looks good. I'll try.

An extremely useful utility. It's in my macOS EDC list.

When it works correctly it’s a very helpful app.
Unfortunately that’s only about half the time (as another reviewer has also stated).

So it should be priced at half-off until it works 100%.

It often takes several tries at highlighting something before PopClip activates. It doesn’t seem to like when things are highlighted slowly so it do it fast and then it works (sometimes).

Maybe that’s not really making a difference at all, but at least it seems like I’m making it work by highlighting it faster.

And quite often when it does activate, its menu covers up something I need to click and I have to stop and wait a few seconds for the menu to disappear before I can continue.

I’ve suggested a preference for making the menu appear above or below the highlighted text, but that wasn’t implemented so I’m forced to pause frequently.

The app also has a bug that the developer has known about for nearly four months but failed to fix.

After copying and pasting a huge block of text, within seconds CPU usage climbs to 99+% and the fans start racing. The only way to stop it is to quit the app, then it can be reopened.

And I often forget I’ve killed the app until I try highlighting something several times and nothing happens.

The dev. was able to recreate the issue but has yet to do anything about it.

I am once again retracting my positive review after four months of frustrations. I like what PopClip is trying to do, but it fails to activate via drag & highlight half the time. Furthermore, it severely limits the number of actions showing up in the first pane, and, with 20 extensions installed, I often have to click a little arrow to go to the second pane to get to what I want. I hung onto it for four months but naturally shifted toward using OS X's default Contextual Menu and LaunchBar for pretty much everything I need to do. Now it's only annoying whenever it pops up.

I would like to retract my previous review and give this gem five stars. I was 100% wrong. After a few months of working without PopClip, I now painfully realize how much I miss the functionality PopClip provides. I recently resumed using PopClip, and to my pleasant surprise, it activates consistently without any problems. It's just so much faster to do many little things with PopClip than trying to do it via keyboard, copy-paste, etc. After a few months of not using it, it feels like my handcuffs are gone. Thank you, the PopClip developer, to come up with this little gem!

I abandoned this tool because it doesn't activate itself consistently. Highlighting doesn't always trigger PopClip, so, I sometimes have to try highlighting the same word again and again to activate PopClip. For this reason, I had a Keyboard Maestro action to invoke PopClip via AppleScript. Now, I just use OS X's contextual menu, Services menu under the contextual menu, and Send-To command in LaunchBar, all of which work consistently and reliably.

Simply a MUST have – it's sooo convenient!

PopClip is especially helpful if you work often with texts and need to copy/paste all the time. It saves time. At first, it can be strange to use this way off copy/pasting but when you get used to it, after few days, you will appreciate the app help.

Very useful to have! You will wonder why you didn't get it sooner. No reason not to have it.

It gives quite a improvement to my workflow!

Excellent program! It is in my 10 best productivity apps for Mac. Not only there are numerous extensions available on the official site that greatly enhance the app but other prominent Mac users, like Brett Terpstra, make their custom extensions. Must have.

That's my favorite app. It's amazing how this little app makes my work more easier.