![]() ![]() ![]() I’m not completely on-board with that shift, but this is not the first time I’ve lagged behind an English language change. **In case you missed it, “programs” are no longer called “programs.” They’re now called “apps,” as in “applications.” “Apps” originally just referred to programs on mobile devices, but at some point the terminology made the jump to computers. I also found zip disks, but I don’t think I kept those. I found some 3.5″ floppy disks when I was cleaning out my office. * The floppy disk remains with us today as the “Save” icon in a lot of computer apps**. These are items that have been marked as “Never Auto Delete.” Ditto will not delete them until I remove the gold star, or until I manually delete them myself. As I start typing in the “Search” box, Ditto will return all copied items that match what I type… as I type. What I especially appreciate about Ditto is the live search. Items with a yellow sticky note icon are items that I’ve designated with a “sticky clip.” These are items that will remain at the top of my Ditto list until I remove the sticky setting. When I use my Ditto keyboard shortcut, I get a pop-up that gives me access to my clipboard history. (Copyless 2 can handle up to 1,000 copies.) The default is 500, but in Ditto’s “options,” I increased the limit. When I use my keyboard shortcut to open Ditto, I have access to the last 2,000 items I’ve copied. While I’ll be showing you Ditto, Copyless 2 works in a similar way. For Macs, I recommend Copyless 2 (free, but $6.99 for additional functionality). Or, rather, allow you to better manage your clipboard.įor Windows, I recommend Ditto (free). These are called “clipboard managers,” and that’s a fair term. There are a lot of third party programs… er, apps… that bring much more functionality to the clipboard. And scroll.Ĭlipboard managers (for both Windows and Mac users) For example, there is no search function the only way to find what you want to paste is to scroll. If you try out this clipboard history, you’ll notice that it’s a little clunky to use. CTRL + v will still paste your most recently copied item. If you want to delete an item now, click the 3-dots to the right of the item and select “Delete.” If you don’t ever want it to be deleted, select “Pin.” If you want to completely clear the clipboard, select “Clear all.” Once the clipboard limit of 4MB has been exceeded, the items will start being deleted from the bottom of the list. You’ll see a pop-up with the items you’ve copied with the most recent items at the top. To access it, click the spot in your document, email, etc. Everything you copy will be available in your Windows clipboard history. On your keyboard, hit the Windows key and v. So, let’s get you access to your clipboard history. Windows calls this your “clipboard history.” If you’re copying images, it would be about two high resolution photos. If you don’t remember floppy disks, 4MBs would be the equivalent of two or three novels. For those of you who remember floppy disks*, the most common disk size was 1.44MB, so picture what could be held on 2.77 disks. The new Windows clipboard manager will hold multiple things that you copied-up to 4MB of data. ![]() From what I can suss out, this is how Macs still work, but I have an option for Mac users (and another option for Windows users) at the bottom of this email. And then that first copied item would no longer be on your clipboard. ![]() You would copy something, such as text or an image, and it was available for you to paste, until you copied something else. Historically, computer clipboards have not been very useful. Apps that manage this clipboard are called clipboard managers. Your computer clipboard holds onto things you’ve copied, making them available for you to paste. The clipboard manager I’m thinking about is not a manager who stands around holding a clipboard. ![]()
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