A powerful idiom where one object gets copied into a clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere.
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Can the Finder resume a file copy?
I know about rsync and how to use it, but sometimes I just want to copy files using the Finder. However, if that fails, I have to do everything all over again, since the Finder does not seem to be ...
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Cannot share clipboard when using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection to Windows7
I use Remote Desktop Connection on my 10.6.2 to connect to Windows XP and Windows7. I can share clipboard between mac and Windows XP but Windows7.
Any idea how to make it work for Windows 7?
It ...
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how to move files in terminal osx
Hello world so i am way new to mac i am trying to install an older version of wkhtmltopdf because the brew install wkhtmltopdf installs a rc version that just wont work.
So i found this blog that ...
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Access Jumpcut archives?
I have jumpcut on mac and it is set up to "remember" 40 items, but only 15 items actually show in menu. How can I access the other 25 items?
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Screen Sharing won't allow me to paste into remote system
I am connected to a remote system via Screen Sharing. I have text (plaintext) on my clipboard locally. I am unable to paste into the remote system. How can I make this work? Here are some details:
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Is there an easy way to clear/empty the clipboard?
I would like to find a combination of keys to clear the contents of the clipboard or better yet an application that can configure a timer to clear it automatically one minute after last paste ...
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Is there a file copy utility for OS X that's similar to TeraCopy for Windows?
On Windows, I use TeraCopy for improved file copying. Are there any similar equivalents for OS X?
In particular, I'd like to see things like copy speed.
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OS X Application to add contact from clipboard
Several years ago, I had a Microsoft Windows application that would offer to add a contact to Outlook if I copied it from anywhere into the clipboard. For example, if I received an email containing a ...
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Which iOS app will let me paste an image?
TL;DR; Version:
I'm looking for an app (preferably free) that will allow me to past an image from the clipboard and save it either to my photo library or to an online service.
Long Version:
Several ...
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How does the “Copy” button work for iPad photos?
When I click "Share" on an iPad photo not in Camera Roll, there's a "Copy" option. It seems to do nothing, how can I get it to work? Ideally I want to copy a photo to the Camera Roll so I can save it ...
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What might fix an installation of KeePass that won't copy or paste on OS X?
KeePass will not copy and paste, let alone do autotype.
I have installed the KeePass 2.18 Mac package from http://keepass2.openix.be/. I could not find a more recent Mac package for KeePass, so I ...
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Apple Automator Question Copy and Paste
How would I copy all of the text from a powerpoint presentation and paste it into a word document?
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Configure emacs to cut and copy text to Mac OS X clipboard
Can I configure emacs, so that I could copy/cut text from emacs (default Terminal version) and paste it somewhere else (into X Window program)?
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Copying applications from applications folder to external and reinstalling osx
Is it possible to copy all my applications from the applications folder onto an external, format my mac, reinstall OS X and finally copy the applications back into the applications folder for ...
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How to force OS X Notes application to lose formatting when I paste text from clipboard?
While I do find Notes.app very useful, especially due to the iClould integration with iOS counterpart apps, I am very annoyed about the text formatting used by the application.
I just want to be able ...
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Copying files to the clipboard using applescript
Often I find myself at the command line wanting to copy files to the clipboard, so that I can paste them as attachments in Mail. If I have an image file, image1.png, I can accomplish this with
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copy simulator from one mac to another mac osx
I'm the user with the less internet speed, one of my friend downloaded iPhone Simulator in his Xcode 4.5 to test the code in iOS 5.1, 5.0, 4.3 os too, now if I want those simulators in my mac, is ...
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Disable copying of file
I want to provide a mac to a remote worker with my project folder. Its ok if they try to take pics of the code but i dont want them to copy the whole folder. Is it possible? how?
UPDATE:
Can I just ...
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How to copy message from pop-up window?
Is there a way to copy text message in a pop-up window like this is possible on Windows machine by making pop-up window active and then pressing CTRL+C?
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Non-destructive File/Folder Replace
While testing WordPress 3.5, I took the old copy of a site, and copy pasted the 3.5 from the zip file.
Part of a WordPress install is the folder wp-content containing all the uploads and themes ...
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Emacs copy a paste line with comment adds extra space / line
I work in emacs in a termal tab, and instead of using the built in copy and paste shortcut commands I generally just highlight (with the mouse) to copy and paste. This works fine for normal ...
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Why can't I paste a password into a password form on a webpage?
On my Snow Leopard Mac, I can't seem to paste into a password field on login pages to Apple sites, (developer.apple.com for example). I thought is was a browser issue but it's happening with Safari, ...
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Paste and Match Style - Default?
I find that "Paste and Match Style" is more often useful than just "Paste" when I am copying text. Is there a way to make this the default behavior? The (long) keyboard shortcuts are also inconsistent ...
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Copy and paste from skype includes unwanted characters
I tried to copy the following line from Skype:
blah123
I got an error when I tried to paste it into another app to use it. So I pasted that into a hex editor and it looked like this in the hex ...
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How can I copy a file from a CD when Finder reports error code -36?
I have a CD. I copied the whole CD to another location - except for one file. When trying to copy that particular file, I get following error:
The Finder can't complete the operation because some ...
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Pasting Clipmenu snippets into Word without the paragraph formatting
I am using Clipmenu to paste "snippets" that I regularly use. When I paste into Word the "snippet" has a paragraph format with 10 point spacing after each sentence. I don't want any spacing. How do I ...
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Multiple skype account • Share clipboard, input source, default app, etc
I have two Skype account, which I would like to be constantly signed-in in both. My solution to this matter is similar to another answer to the same problem. I do the same under Linux, but there is a ...
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Copy and Cut sometimes don't work
My system is kept fully up to date and I still see this problem intermittently, although not as often as I used to; I would say that this has not been fully fixed. If there are any workarounds ...
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safari copy only plain link
I'm copying a link from Safari, via "Copy Image Link". When I'm pasting it to some places, like Messages.app, or some input fields on the Web (not every one, but many of them), I just get a file-name:
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Way to select HTML tables by column and add them to the pasteboard?
Whenever you try to copy an HTML table to the pasteboard, it will select by row. Sometimes, I'd like to select by columns. Is there a way to do this? If not out of the box, any extensions that enable ...
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What tools exist to recover a file I clobbered using cpp in terminal?
I accidentally typed cpp Scriptname.py DestinationDirectory, intending to copy the Python script into the folder.
I realized afterward that I should have used cp, but now my Python script is ...
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Upgrading to 10.7.5 broke copy/paste system wide
I upgraded to 10.7.5 through software update, and it appears doing so broke the paste command. I can cut (and perhaps copy) text out of fields, but when I try to paste, the Edit menu lights up, but ...
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Copying text gets jumbled around
I am doing a series of text correction for a game, and recieved the pdf of corrections from the customer. I use preview as a pdf reader.
On windows, I can freely copypaste the content back and forth, ...
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Merge folders is not working
I'm trying to merge two folders with the same name but different contents in Finder on OSX Mountain Lion.
The folder is located on my iMac and I am dragging a dropping to my External Harddrive where ...
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How to copy only user profile restrictions i.e. viewable websites from one iMac to another? OS SL
I have some iMacs in my computer lab and want to copy the restrictions from one to the others. By restrictions I mean the websites the students can see.
The reps at my local apple store tell me the ...
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Preview copies aliens. How to change the encoding/make it work?
Preview copies aliens! Literally. Here is a screenshot:
The text selected on the pdf was copied (Cmd+C) and pasted (Cmd+V) from Preview to TextEdit. What did I get? A bunch of aliens.
I'm guessing ...
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“Pasting” text to Java applet through keyboard emulation
I have a Java applet that I need to paste lots of text into. However, the paste options doesn't work (neither keyboard shortcut, nor right-button menu).
I'm looking for a way to emulate a keyboard ...
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How to copy data from harddrive to time capsule over USB connection via OSX terminal?
I want to copy a big amount of data from a harddrive to a time capsule controlled drive.so I put the harddrive via USB to the capsule and connect to the capsule server with a Mac. But when I then move ...
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On iMac pasted clipboard text lacks last words
When I paste a text last part of it is not included. I face this from Lion days. It even remains after 10.8 update. Is there something to reset clipboard (like a terminal command)?
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How to make keyboard shortcuts work for the Clipmenu application?
I'm using Clipmenu application to manage copy and paste tasks.
It seems to me that you can use the shortcuts: cmd+1, cmd+2 to paste the copied texts, but it doesn't work though.
Let's say I copy ...
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How to remove leading or trailing spaces from copy/paste operations?
I usually have to copy/paste test from web pages (or other places) and paste it into HTML forms (usually Chrome).
The problem is that ofter I do end-up with a text that has additional leading or ...
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Any ideas why my copy and paste are acting weird?
I'm on a Macbook Pro (mid-2009) running Lion 10.7.4. Everything has been awesome these past few years, but something weird started happening a month ago: my copy/paste has been acting oddly. Sometimes ...
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Copying hidden files and folders to an external hard disk
I use an external hard disk as a backup for my programming projects. Now a lot of files in these projects are hidden files. Like .git or .svn etc. I have been able to view the hidden files but I ...
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App to manage copy and paste?
I'm looking for an app to manage copy and paste tasks.
What I need is to have shorcuts to the last copied text.
Let's say I copy these 4 lines in 4 times:
111111
222222
333333
444444
Then I'd ...
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How to use drag and drop to move files instead of copying
Drag and drop between drives defaults to copying the files not moving them. I know holding ⌘ along with the drag will move the files, but I'm looking for something more permanent like a defaults ...
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Getting the whole iTunes not found list
When I sync iTunes with a device I get the standard list of items that didn't sync because they weren't found.
My question is that this dialog (pictured below) is neither resizable nor do the entries ...
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Clipboard manager for pasting multiple items at once?
I'm looking for an app that let me copy multiple items from different locations and paste them at once, I have tried many clipboard managers but none of them let me to paste my whole clipboard history ...
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Playback during Copying
When I copied a movie over the Network, via Finder, back in 10.5 I could simply open it in VLC during copying. However on 10.7 it tells me the file is used by OS X and could, therefore, not be opened. ...
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pbpaste, pbcopy using wrong pasteboard?
I'm converting a shell script which xclip and similar tools on Linux, to use pbpaste and pbcopy on Mac. The problem is the default pasteboard ('general' according to the man-page) for these tools is ...
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Multi threaded file copy?
I was wondering if there exists a method or tool to copy a lot (thousands) of small files/directories using multiple threads?
Such a tool exists for Windows: RichCopy, Robocopy or vXCopy.
Cheers,
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