How do I open my clipboard history?
Hold ⌥⌘V. Your history appears while you hold — tap V or use the arrows to move through it, or type to search, then release to paste the highlighted item. No mouse, no window to manage.
What is Stack paste and how do I use it?
Open the Stack with ⌥⌘S and copy several things one after another. Then paste them in order — each ⌘V drops the next item. Set an after-paste action (like Tab) and it jumps to the next field for you. Perfect for filling forms.
What does Split Copy do?
Select a block of text and press ⌃⌥⌘C. Klipto splits it line by line into separate Stack items, so you can paste them one at a time instead of re-copying each piece.
How does Collect work?
With the Stack open, everything you copy piles up — text, links and screenshots. It's ideal for gathering references: pull images from Pinterest, screenshot posts from Instagram or any site, collect a whole batch, then unload them one by one into Figma to build a moodboard. Drag-out is one item at a time.
How do I transform or clean up what I copied?
Open the preview (press Shift while the popup is up) and Klipto offers the right actions for the content: strip formatting, convert a color HEX→RGB, prettify JSON, clean AI artifacts from text, and more — right before you paste. Press T to cycle your favorites.
Can I search inside images?
Yes. Type to search across everything you've ever copied. Built-in OCR finds text inside your copied screenshots and images, so you can search it — or paste the recognized text with ⇧Enter.
How do I save things I paste often?
Press ⌥⌘C (or the heart in the preview) to add an item to Favorites, and organize items into folders. Right-click a folder's name to rename or move it, or to reorder its items. Your email, address or signature stay one shortcut away.
Where is my clipboard stored? Does it leave my Mac?
Your clipboard history lives in a local database on your Mac — it is never uploaded, and there is no account or cloud sync. The app reaches the network for just one thing — checking for updates, which you can turn off. Buying happens here on the website; activating your key in the app is done offline. Your clipboard content itself is never sent anywhere.
Does Klipto need any permissions?
macOS asks for Accessibility access so Klipto can paste for you (it simulates ⌘V). Without it, Klipto still copies items — you just press ⌘V yourself. A short guide walks you through it on first launch.
What are the system requirements?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel. Klipto is a native app — about 11 MB, no Electron — that idles quietly in your menu bar and wakes in milliseconds.
Klipto vs Maccy — how are they different?
Klipto is built on the open-source Maccy core (MIT-licensed), so it inherits Maccy's rock-solid, native clipboard engine. On top of that, Klipto adds a lot that Maccy doesn't have: the hold-to-paste flow, the Stack (multi-item paste and Collect), the preview panel with smart transforms (colors, JSON, code, Anti-LLM cleanup), OCR search inside images, content-type detection, folders and the full-history window.
Maccy is excellent if you want a simple history. Klipto is for people who want the power-user layer on top — and buying it supports that ongoing work.
Is Klipto a good Paste alternative?
Paste is a polished app on a yearly subscription. Klipto is a one-time $19.99 purchase — no subscription — so if you're looking for a Paste alternative without recurring fees, this is it. Klipto leans keyboard-first (hold-to-paste, Stack, transforms) and keeps everything on your Mac, while Paste is built around iCloud sync across devices. Want cross-device cloud sync? Paste fits better. Want a fast, local, pay-once tool? That's Klipto.
Looking for a Pastebot alternative?
Pastebot is a capable, one-time-purchase manager, but its UI and UX feel dated today. As a modern Pastebot alternative, Klipto keeps the paste-sequences idea (the Stack) and adds the hold-to-paste release flow, a live preview with transforms, OCR search inside images, and Anti-LLM text cleanup — in a lighter, fully native app.
Looking for a Clipy alternative?
Clipy is a free, open-source classic, but it's a Carbon-era app built for Intel Macs — and as Apple winds down Intel support, its days are numbered. Klipto is a modern, Apple-Silicon-native Clipy alternative: hold-to-paste, live preview, transforms, the Stack, and full history with OCR search, all under active development.
Looking for a PasteNow alternative?
PasteNow centers on a visual board of clips with iCloud sync. Klipto is keyboard-first and local — no cloud board, no sync — with the Stack, transforms and OCR as the core. Two philosophies: a synced visual shelf vs a fast, local power tool. If you want the local, pay-once option, Klipto is the PasteNow alternative to try.
