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by TMWNN 1331 days ago
Might as well ask here.

On MacOS I have eight years of clips saved in a SQLite database created by Ondesoft's ClipBuddy. It is, by far, the best MacOS clipboard manager:

1. Unlimited clip storage, with no limit whether by time or space.

2. Search clips.

3. Paste without formatting from the keyboard.

4. Scroll up and down the history before pasting, again with the keyboard.

Ondesoft hasn't updated ClipBuddy in years, and each new MacOS version makes it creakier. It was broken on Monterey 12.5.1; with Monterey 12.6 it is mysteriously working again, but I know I can't depend on it forever.

I have tried ClipDrop, Clipy, CopyClip, Clips, ClipMenu, Jumpcut, and Qlipper, but nothing has all virtues. The closest I've found is Maccy; while limited to 999 clips, it supports 3 and I can partially replicate 4 with BetterTouchTool's help.[1] I would appreciate suggestions other alternatives, whether free or paid.

[1] Speaking of which, I've never been able to get BetterTouchTool's own clipboard manager to work.

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Alfred and Raycast also do that - I use the combo cmd+opt+v to search the clipboard history and then paste.

But its not infinite - I think the longest settings is to keep items for 90 days.