What's new in Cliptop

Cliptop 1.10.0 introduces Follow Up Library and contact clips. Save an interesting link for later, get a reminder to return to it, or keep a shared contact with the rest of your clips.

New features

Save now, follow up later

Press Command-C twice quickly to add the copied clip to Follow Up. You can also choose Follow Up Later from a clip’s menu. Your saved links and other clips stay together in the Follow Up Library, ready when you have time for them.

Notifications are optional. When enabled, reminders start after six hours and are limited to one per day. You can mark a clip, or a group of clips, as done from the notification.

A short introduction explains Follow Up and lets you allow notifications. Existing users see this new screen once, without repeating the full onboarding.

Keep contacts as clips

Copy a contact or drop a .vcf file into Cliptop to save it as a contact card. Preview its details, copy a phone number or email address, or use Add to Contacts to open the Contacts import flow.

Find actions faster

Hold Command in the clipboard panel to see shortcut hints on your clips. Text clips now also offer actions for links found inside them, so you can open a link without copying the whole text first.

Product changes

• Cliptop appears in the Dock while its windows are open, making them easier to return to.
• Clip menus now use a more consistent set of actions across the panel and Library.
• You can open Settings directly from the Library.
• iCloud Sync can resume interrupted downloads and retry records that failed to download.

Direct license checks

The Direct build now checks your license online daily and allows up to 14 days of offline access after a successful check. Connect once after updating; Cliptop uses your saved license key automatically. Connection failures do not delete your key or clipboard data.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a sync conflict that could stop iCloud Sync when two clip records had the same content hash. Both clips and their pinboard links are preserved.
• Fixed missing items in the default Pins pinboard when syncing across devices.
• Fixed automatic link previews when Cliptop runs in the background.
• Fixed the keyboard shortcut for Settings.

Cliptop 1.9.1 gives you more control over the clipboard panel and makes everyday selection, pasting, and syncing more reliable. You can widen the panel, adjust the copy sound volume, and name protected clips before you lock them.

New features

Make the panel fit your workflow

A new width control in Settings lets you expand the clipboard panel from its default size to a wider layout. Use the extra space when you want to see more of long text, links, filenames, or other clip details.

You can also set the volume of copy sounds independently, so Cliptop’s feedback can stay audible without being louder than you want.

Find locked clips by name

Cliptop now asks you to name a clip when you lock it. The name remains searchable in History while the protected contents stay hidden, making private clips easier to find without exposing what is inside them.

Product changes

Keep your selection in place

Selecting a clip no longer recenters it unnecessarily. The panel keeps the selected clip in place and scrolls only when the clip is outside the visible area, so browsing your history feels steadier and more predictable.

Bug fixes

• Improved iCloud Sync recovery and handling of temporary sync problems.
• Prevented paste actions from creating duplicate clips in History.
• Made the pause button easier to click.

Cliptop 1.9 gives you more control over what stays in your clipboard history and who can see it. You can now lock individual clips or entire Pinboards, then open them with Touch ID or your Mac login password. You can also pause clipboard capture whenever you need a break from history.

New features

Lock only what needs protecting

Lock a clip to hide its contents while keeping it close at hand. Cliptop replaces its preview with a locked state and asks you to authenticate before you can view, copy, paste, or otherwise use the protected content.

For a collection of related clips, lock the entire Pinboard instead. Every clip inside is protected together, making it useful for private projects, personal details, or anything else you do not want sitting openly in your clipboard library.

Keep locked content protected across your Macs

Locked clips and Pinboards remain encrypted when iCloud Sync is enabled. The protection travels with them through your private iCloud account, so synced content does not need to be exposed just to stay available on another Mac.

Pause clipboard capture on your schedule

Need to copy something without adding it to your history? Pause capture for 30 minutes, one, two, four, or eight hours, the rest of the day, or indefinitely. A visible paused state makes it clear when Cliptop is not recording new clipboard activity, and you can resume capture whenever you are ready.

Bug fixes

Protected workflows

Locked clips can no longer be dragged out of Cliptop while they are protected. This release also improves window focus around authentication and protected actions, along with the reliability of locking and syncing protected content.

Cliptop 1.8 turns frequently typed text into reusable snippets and makes it faster to work through your clipboard without reaching for the mouse. You can now expand saved text in any app, fill in template details as you go, preview copied files, and act on visible clips with new keyboard shortcuts.

New features

Type it once, reuse it anywhere

Save text you use often as a snippet and give it a short trigger. Type that trigger in any app and Cliptop expands it into the full text, whether it is a quick reply, an address, or a longer block you would rather not type again.

Snippets can also include template variables for details that change each time. When you use one, Cliptop asks for values such as a name or date before inserting the completed text.

Preview and use clips from the keyboard

Press Command-Y to open macOS Quick Look for a copied file or image, so you can confirm what you found without opening another app.

You can also press Command-1 through Command-9 to quickly paste or copy one of the visible clips. Command-, now opens Settings.

Product changes

Smarter actions and a tidier panel

Calendar Smart Actions now do a better job of recognizing scheduled launches and interpreting event details that include an explicit time zone.

Trial and update notices have moved into the clipboard panel’s top toolbar, keeping important status information visible without taking over the panel. The Text Inspector now follows the system appearance more consistently, too.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the update window sometimes appearing behind other active windows.
• Fixed newly captured clips taking a moment to appear in the clipboard panel.

Cliptop 1.7 makes your clipboard history more useful after the moment you copy something. Smart Actions can now recognize calendar events in copied text and images, while semantic search helps you find a clip even when you cannot remember its exact words.

New features

Turn copied details into calendar events

The first Smart Action recognizes event details in text and images, then offers to add the event to Calendar. When Cliptop spots a title, date, and time, you can review the suggestion and create the event without retyping everything yourself.

Calendar suggestions can be turned on or off from the new Settings > Smart Actions section.

Search by meaning, not only keywords

Semantic search makes it easier to rediscover clips when the exact wording escapes you. Search for the idea you remember and Cliptop can surface related text from your history, even when your query does not contain the same words as the original clip.

More control over your history

You can now choose how long Cliptop keeps unpinned clipboard history, from one day to forever. Cliptop checks for expired clips once a day, and you can also run a cleanup immediately from Settings > Capture & Privacy. Pinned clips are always kept.

App Store customers can also unregister the current Mac from the billing settings when they need to free a device slot.

Product changes

• Refined several Settings screens, including the Accessibility status and ignored apps controls.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the clipboard panel opening over fullscreen apps when Disable in fullscreen apps was enabled.
• Fixed deleting a clip sending you back to the beginning of the list.
• Fixed saving an edited text clip so it now preserves rich text and updates the existing clip instead of creating a replacement copy.

Cliptop 1.6 gives your clipboard history more room to breathe. The new Library view opens your clips into a larger grid, making it easier to scan a busy history, rediscover something you saved, and see more of your collection at once.

New features

Meet Library view

Open Cliptop with your usual shortcut, then press the shortcut a second time to move into Library view. You can also open it from the new library icon next to Settings. From there, the wider grid gives you a more visual way to browse and organize all your clips without changing the quick clipboard panel you already use throughout the day.

A little more feedback, tuned to you

Copying something can now answer with a subtle click, so you know Cliptop caught it without looking away from your work. You can choose a different sound—or keep things completely quiet—from Settings > General.

We also added a larger font size in Settings > Appearance, giving clips a little more presence when you want easier reading.

Product changes

More polish throughout Cliptop

Colors written in OKLCH are now recognized alongside Cliptop’s existing color formats. The clipboard panel also feels more grounded with new shadow effects, while an improved notch animation makes opening Cliptop feel smoother.

New installations now start with an 800ms open delay, giving the notch interaction a calmer default rhythm. Existing installations keep their current setting. We also refined onboarding so the first few minutes with Cliptop are clearer and easier to follow.

Cliptop for iOS is here with the first iPhone and iPad release, Cliptop iOS 1.0.0. You can now install Cliptop on your iPhone and iPad, keep your clips in sync, and enter your license in the iOS app to activate it.

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New features

• Added on-device OCR for detecting text in images. Detected text is searchable, so image clips are easier to find later. OCR is on by default and can be disabled in Settings.
• Sensitive clips can now be blurred. Automated checks blur sensitive card contents, and you can also manually mark clips as sensitive. You can adjust related options in Settings > Capture.

Product changes

• Added a slight notch animation during delayed open.
• Set the default notch open delay to 600ms.
• Updated all windows with the Liquid Glass design.
• Replaced the sensitive warning icon with blurred clip contents.
• Improved the design of image and URL clips.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the left arrow for going back to the start of history did not always take focus.
• Made small fixes to the drag and drop UI.

This release makes the notch area more useful when you are moving files around, not just text snippets.

New features

• You can now drag files and images into the notch area. Drop them on Cliptop and choose whether to pin them to a board, add them to history, or AirDrop them to your other devices.

Product changes

• If drag and drop is not part of your workflow, you can turn it off in Settings > Shortcuts.

Mostly fixes in this one, along with iCloud sync improvements for the upcoming iOS app.

Product changes

• Added a new rule that resets the cursor back to the start of history if the clipboard panel has not been opened for 3 minutes or more.

Bug fixes

• Fixed iCloud sync issues.
• Fixed an issue where deleting a pinned item from history would remove it from the pinboard as well.
• Fixed issues with fetching link previews from some websites.

New features

• Added Multi-select. Hold Shift, then click or use the arrow keys to select multiple clips at once. You can then paste, copy, or delete multiple clips in one action.

Product changes

• Improved the design of the URL editor.
• Added a Feedback/Review section in Settings > About.

Bug fixes

• Fixed small issues with iCloud sync.
• Fixed an issue where deleting a clip could corrupt it without removing it from history.