Have you tried PopClip extension snippets yet? They are an easy new way to add your own simple actions. Thank you all for reporting things!Įxtension developers can check the Changelog in the PopClip Extensons GitHub repository for full details of new capabilities available to extensions. Allows Formatting extension to work in Visual Studio Code. Recognises the new DuckDuckGo browser for performing web searches. (Now you can Word Count the complete Shakespeare.) PopClip can now appear for very large selections - up to 10 million characters. VoiceOver will now describe PopClip as "PopClip" instead of just "system dialog". Fixed bug where PopClip might fail to pop up if you had set custom mouse pointer colors (in Accessibility preferences). Fixed bug where using the Select All extension could result in an endless spinner. It also adds capabilites that will allow new kinds of extensions in future. This release focuses on fixes and improvements to your PopClip experience. "I'm buying it right now." - Leo Laporte, MacBreak Weekly "I think even Mac traditionalists might be tempted." - Dan Frakes, MacWorld "If you love the tap and copy functionality of iOS and want it on your home computer, PopClip is a simple app that adds similar functionality" - lifehacker "an awesome new utility from Pilotmoon that makes the copy & paste function on your Mac look just like the copy & paste function on your iPhone" - Cult of Mac For that alone, it is worth its asking price." - The Next Web "PopClip has achieved near perfect integration with Mac OS X and seems like a default feature of the operating system. For an up-to-date list of known incompatible apps, see Please note: PopClip works in most Mac apps, but not in all. See the full range of available actions at: PopClip integrates with many popular apps and websites. Send a snippet to a translation website, or add a task to your favourite to-do app. You can transform the text from lowercase to capitals, or sort the selected lines alphabetically. Select a URL, and PopClip lets you open it, or shorten it, or add it to your reading list. Select a misspelled word, and PopClip offers corrections. The basic actions include copy and paste, dictionary lookup, and web search. Now that you have mastered the basics, see the Advanced Topics section to get more out of PopClip.PopClip pops up when you select text with your mouse, giving you a customizable row of helpful action buttons. Tip: Right-clicking the PopClip menu bar icon is a shortcut to toggle PopClip on/off.Īdvanced tip: You can also toggle PopClip on/off using AppleScript. You can turn off PopClip completely by clicking the on/off button in the preferences panel.Tip: Holding ⌥ when clicking '+'adds the currently active application directly to the list. Click the '+' button to show the file chooser, and select the application you want to add to the list. To avoid PopClip showing up when using a particular application, add it to the Excluded Apps list in PopClip preferences.Hold down the ⌘ or Fn key while selecting text, and PopClip will not appear.There are several ways to tame PopClip, if you find that it appears when you don't want it to. Tip: You can also add a dedicated Paste and Match Style button using the Paste and Match Style extension. You can also hold shift when you click Copy (and Cut), to copy without formatting. Hold down the shift (⇧) key when you click Paste, to paste without formatting. You move the mouse away to another part of the screen.You click or type anywhere outside PopClip.Methods 1 and 2 will also summon PopClip at an insertion point between characters. Shift-click (click while holding down the Shift (⇧) key).Long press (hold the mouse button for 0.5 seconds).There are three ways to make PopClip appear when you want to paste in an empty text field: Make sure to check out the PopClip Extensions page, where you can choose from over 100 more actions to add to PopClip. Another note: You may need to set the Spelling Language in PopClip preferences, to match the language you are writing in.