Clipboard manager for Mac· $5 for the first 50 customers

Everything you copy,
and where it came from.

CopyPal is a clipboard manager for Mac that keeps every text, link, image and screenshot you copy — filed by the app and the web page it came from — and brings it back with one keystroke.

Get it for $5$10 See what it does Windows · coming soon

Launch price for the first 50 customers — $10 after that. One purchase, no subscription.

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Where it came from

It remembers the page, not just the text.

Every item carries the app it came from. Copy from a browser and CopyPal also records the exact page — so a quote, a link or a number is never orphaned again. One click takes you back.

  • Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc and Vivaldi
  • Pages, TextEdit, Xcode and other document apps report the file
  • Works for screenshots too
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Screenshots

Every screenshot, searchable by what's in it.

Press ⇧⌘4 like you always do. CopyPal files the screenshot with the app and page it was taken of, reads the text inside it on your Mac, and lets you paste either the picture or the words.

  • Search "cannot find module" and get the screenshot of that error
  • ↩ pastes the image, ⇧↩ pastes the recognised text
  • Recognition runs on-device — nothing is uploaded
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Snippets

Type a keyword, get the whole thing.

Give any item a keyword like ;sig. Type it in any app — Mail, Slack, a form in the browser — and CopyPal swaps it for the full text, then puts your clipboard back exactly as it was.

Thanks for the quick turnaround — I'll send the revised numbers tomorrow.

Paste stack

Copy five things, paste five things.

Stack items with ⌘S, then paste them all at once — or one per ⌘V, in order, straight into a form. No more bouncing between windows.

1Jane Doe⌘V
2jane@example.com⌘V
3+1 (415) 555-0134⌘V
each ⌘V pastes the next one
Knows where you were

Works with the apps you already use.

Page detection in the browsers below. Document apps report the file you were in. Everything else still gets the app name and icon.

Page & titleSafari, Chrome, Edge, Arc, Brave, Vivaldi
DocumentPages, TextEdit, Xcode
App name & iconSlack, Teams, Outlook, Notion, Zoom and everything else
And the rest

Small things that add up all day long.

Clean links

Pasted links lose utm_, fbclid, gclid and other tracking parameters. The original stays in your history.

Smart types

Colors become swatches with hex, rgb and hsl to copy. Code stays monospaced. Emails and phone numbers get one-click actions.

Pin it, or file it

Pinned items stay at the top and are never pruned. Make groups like Design or Research and save links, screenshots or snippets into them; a clip can live in several. Everything else keeps the last 1,000 items, or as many as you like.

Open. Pick. Paste.

One keyboard shortcut opens CopyPal on top of whatever you’re doing. Choose what you need and press Enter — it lands right where you were typing.

Private by default

Everything stays on your Mac — no account, no cloud. Passwords from 1Password, Bitwarden and other managers are never saved, and you can exclude any app or website.

Feels like a Mac app

A floating panel that never steals focus, keyboard-first, with Liquid Glass on macOS 26. Direct download, notarized, no account.

Pricing

One price. Yours forever.

No subscription, no tiers. One purchase covers two Macs and every update to CopyPal 1.x.

CopyPal for Mac

Launch price
$5$10$10

One-time purchase for the first 50 customers, $10 after that.One-time purchase. No subscription, ever.

Get it for $5$10
  • License key by email, instantly
  • 14-day refund, no questions
  • Use it on 2 Macs

Already have a key? Download CopyPal for Mac — macOS 14+, notarized. A Windows version is coming soon.

Everything included
  • Unlimited history with full-text search
  • Every item filed by the app and page it came from
  • Screenshots, searchable by the text inside them
  • Snippets, paste stack, clean links, smart types
  • Shortcuts and launcher commands
  • Every CopyPal 1.x update, free

Private by design: your history lives in a local database on your Mac. No account, nothing uploaded.

Questions

The short answers.

Does a Mac have a clipboard history?

Not really. macOS remembers only the last thing you copied, and on macOS 26 Tahoe, Spotlight can optionally keep recent copies for a few hours. CopyPal keeps everything you copy — text, links, images and screenshots — for as long as you want, searchable, with the app and web page each item came from.

How do I see my clipboard history on a Mac?

Install CopyPal and press ⇧⌘V. The panel lists everything you have copied, newest first. Type to search, use the arrow keys to pick an item, and press Return to paste it into the app you are in. The only setup is granting Accessibility permission once.

Does CopyPal keep images and screenshots?

Yes. Copied images and screenshots are saved with a preview, and the text inside them is recognised on your Mac, so you can find a screenshot later by typing a word that appears in it.

Why does CopyPal ask for Accessibility permission?

Two reasons: to press ⌘V for you when you choose an item, and to read the address of the page you copied from in Safari, Chrome and other browsers. CopyPal never reads what you type, except to notice a snippet keyword — in memory, and never in password fields.

Does anything leave my Mac?

No. History, images and recognised text are stored in a local database. The only network requests are optional site icons, a license check with Dodo Payments about once a week, and a daily check for updates. Details in the privacy policy.

What does "Paste into Mail" mean?

The panel never takes focus away from the app you were in. Choose an item and CopyPal puts it on the clipboard and presses ⌘V there for you. Prefer to paste yourself? Use Copy.

What if my Mac is offline?

CopyPal keeps working for 30 days without a license check, then asks to reconnect.

Is there a Windows version?

Not yet — CopyPal is coming to Windows soon. Buying now gets you the Mac app today; the Windows release will be announced here.

Which macOS versions?

macOS 14 Sonoma and later, Apple silicon and Intel. On macOS 26 the panel uses Liquid Glass.

Is the $5 price really lifetime?

Yes — the first 50 customers pay $5 once and get every CopyPal 1.x update. After that it's $10, still one-time.

Stop losing things you already copied.

Get it for $5$10