Questions tagged [copy-paste]
A powerful idiom where one object gets copied into a clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere.
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Why can I not move certain files to certain folders? I can only copy the files
MacBook Air, Early 2014 running macOS Big Sur 11.7.4
I'm using an external drive (exFAT partition) hooked up via Thunderbolt and this is the first I've seen this behavior.
There are certain files I ...
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Right Single Quotation Mark (U+2018) being replaced by Apostrophe (U+0027) in iTerm2
I use iTerm2 (version 3.50beta10) on my Mac (macOS 13.2.1). Whenever I paste a right single quotation mark (U+2018) aka (’) into a terminal window, it is replaced by an apostrophe (‘) (U+0027).
Can I ...
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Where can I find a complete list of characters that are considered word boundaries in macOS?
When one double clicks words in macOS usually the entire word is selected. For example, double clicking the phrase "this_is_a_word" will select the entire phrase as a singular word, but when ...
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MacOS zip folder error code -36/ couldn't communicate with a helper application
I want to zip a folder (any folder). When I try to do so I get:
couldn't communicate with a helper application
Also, when I try to copy any folder I get exactly the following:
Finder can’t complete ...
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How can I disable the "double-click-to-copy" function?
On webpages, PDFs, and any other contents, macOS enables me to double-click the text to copy. It is annoying. How can I disable the "double-click-to-copy" function?
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Pass not working within "Run Shell Script" of Shortcuts app
I want to setup a shell script shortcut with the Shortcuts app to copy a password to my clipboard. The script works fine when running it manually from the terminal, but it times out when running it ...
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Cannot select and copy certain text within iPhone iOS 16 apps
Until recently, I believe any text displayed on my iPhone 13 within an app could be selected and copied. Recently, certain text cannot be selected with press and hold or double tap. For example. I am ...
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Launch Python script from command line w/ `bindkey` and import clipboard contents
Is it possible to launch a terminal command with a shortcut of type cmd + [LETTER]?
My aim is to use the current content of the clipboard (cmd + C) and use an available letter (for example cmd + W) to ...
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Applescript to Search a Text File for a specific value and then copy that value into a string
EDIT #2
@CJK and @mockman
so using both your ideas I've created this god awful long script that does the trick for the first offset value in the xml and first marker value shown in the xml
Now the ...
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Collect all the PDF in the subdirectories into a specific directory
Suppose that there is a tree directory main, and there are some subdirectories in main, e.g., sub1, sub2, sub3, etc. And there is a specific subdirectory named PDFs in main. How can I efficiently (...
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Weird copying error after updating to MacOs 13.0.1 (22A400)
I have been trying to copy some folders between 2 external hard drives and I am getting this weird error.
None of the folders is locked; this never happened before updating to 13.0.1.
Any idea how to ...
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Mac Screenshot Cmd+Shift+4 no longer defaults to file save --it follows the options set in Cmd+Shift+5 instead
On a MacBook Pro with Monterey 12.5
For a long time, Cmd+Shift+4 would enable a custom screenshot (drag cursor) that would dump a file to the Desktop in addition to putting the image in the Clipboard.
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Mac OS 13.0.1 - using Terminal cp command to preserve file attributes
After reviewing old posts, I tried various arguments to the cp command in Terminal (e.g., -p, -a, -R) attempting to copy folders/files to an external drive while keep attributes like "Date ...
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"Chrome" would like to paste from ... how can I get this question to stop popping up every time I copy/paste?
I have a MBP and iPad, I often copy from one to the other and I use Chrome as the iPad browser.
When I copy a link on the MBP, go to the iPad -> Chrome and paste it, I get the question:
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How can I paste an SVG or PNG from clipboard as a file?
Figma allows to me copy elements to clipboard as images: PNG or SVG. I can then paste these directly into some programs. For example, I can paste it as an image into Pages or Google Docs.
Problem
But ...
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How to omit copy/pastes from universal/shared clipboards?
Is there a shortcut or way to hide certain copy-pastes from the universal clipboard or apps that keep global copy-paste history (like Alfred)? I love the convenience of these clipboard extensions, but ...
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Is there an easier way to let iPadOS do "regional screen shot then copy to clipboard" action?
Under Windows 10, you can Win+Shift+S then draw a rectangle on screen to do screen shot, then the screen region in the rectangle will be copied to clipboard. Easy.
Under iPadOS, you have to Cmd+Shift+...
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Command-C in vim on macOS is not copying even with "+clipboard" flag
Let's take a look at the clipboard flags:
vim --version | grep clip
+clipboard +keymap +printer +vertsplit
+eval -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -...
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Compare two directories using mac terminal while ignoring the "._" in the file name
Just finished a copy of an external drive (exFAT) to another drive (HFS) using standard the Finder's Cmd+C, as I want to format the first drive (exFAT) to HFS. Now, I've been trying to verify all the ...
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Copy/Paste image from Photos to Messages converts HEIC to JPEG and loses resolution on macOS
I want to send images from macOS Photos in an iMessage conversation.
When I copy/paste an image from macOS Photos to iMessage, it is converted to a JPEG file and downsampled. This loses the Live Photo ...
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Share Menu extension to Copy to Clipboard
Is there an app or a script that can be added to macOS System Preferences > Extention > Share Menu
So you can use the Share Menu to copy to macOS Clipboard?
It would be very helpful when the ...
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Prevent 'nothing' being copied to clipboard
I'm using Big Sur 11.5 on an M1 Mac.
Sometimes, in text editors, when trying to cut and paste with cmd-x, I seem to accidentally do some button combination (maybe cmd-z, i'm not sure) that deletes the ...
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Progress indicator when copying local files on MacBook Pro is also visible on Mac Studio
I am using a MacBook Pro and Mac Studio. Both devices are running macOS 12.5.1 Monterey.
When I am copying files from one location to another on my MacBook Pro (both local to the MacBook Pro) the file ...
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iOS 16 Isolated Subject Location
Where are the isolated objects saved on iOS 16?
Is it the clipboard or some other location?
Does it retain the original image's metadata?
Is the copy-entire-image function now not accessible through a ...
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When pasting in Terminal.app, `00~` is pasted at the start and `01~` at the end
When pasting in Terminal.app, 00~ is pasted at the start and 01~ at the end. So when I want to paste /some/path, I actually get 00~/some/path01~. Also an audible sound is heard twice, so probably ^G (...
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Automator to copy the image it's handling into the clipboard?
I built an Automator sequence of actions to automatically scale by 50% my screen captures (use Apple's screenshot app).
I attached that sequence to the folder half-size where screenshot automatically ...
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Automate copying new file in specific folder to clipboard
I'm using a macOS app to create GIFs (called GifFox) but the app does not offer a feature to auto-save to clipboard. However, I can define the location the GIF will be saved to. How can I create an ...
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Can't paste whole copied text in terminal
When I try to paste a long text/code in any editor in Terminal or Iterm2, only part of the text is pasted.
For example, as you can see below, I just generated a wall of text with 3000 words and copied ...
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Manual copypasting apps for backup
I just switched from a full Windows+Google ecosystem to a full Apple ecosystem and I am finding my way quite easily.
Still, i have to understand a couple of things about how data is stored, read and ...
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Unable to Drag & Drop to Folders in Sidebar
On late 2019 rMBP running Catalina 10.15.7
I tried to drag and drop some screenshots and folders into a folder on the sidebar. And the files & folders would just go back into where I pulled them ...
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Add a drop shadow to the clipboard image, for example when capturing a screenshot?
I often want to add a drop shadow to images in my clipboard (like when using ⌃ ⇧ ⌘ + 4). For the macOS built-in capture utility I can add a dropshadow when capturing the whole window by hitting the ...
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How can I paste from my Android clipboard?
On my previous Android (OnePlus) phone, my Mac's right-click menu would include "paste from ONEPLUS..." which was very handy. However, I have no recollection how I set this up - it just ...
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ICloud copy paste is slow
When I copy paste from my Mac to my iPhone it takes about four seconds, and it's really slow.
It used to be instant
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Apple Books - Add chapter and page number to the Excerpt from when copying the quote
I copy and paste the content from the Apple Books to my notes from time to time. I would like to better document the reference.
Now when I copy and paste the content, the critique looks like the ...
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In Terminal, how do I access the hyperlink in hyperlinked text stored in the clipboard?
If I copy some text containing a hyperlink and then paste into another application that accepts it, then the text and its hyperlink is correctly copied over.
How can I access this hyperlink via the ...
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mac Books.app copy text from a epub book, the content is truncated as ellipsis
when I copy text from books, seems there is size limitation, the copy is truncated, please see an example:
“on this earth I’m going to live. Why be only half alive? Every minute a person spends ...
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Cannot ⌘+V paste into Finder Go to Folder field
When using Finder Go to Folder [⌘+Shift+G], the field will not accept ⌘+V pasted text. I've tested this on 2 Macs (Monterey) with the same result.
The workaround is to paste from the right-click menu, ...
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How to paste copied text without formatting [duplicate]
Text copied do clipboard with Command+C shortcut and paste with Command+V contains formatting.
Some editors have a dedicated function that allows removing formatting.
But when I'm composing an email ...
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iOS copy & paste menu with icons
Twice now I’ve seen this copy & paste menu pop up on my iPhone. The first time was in Messages on iOS 14* and the second was in WhatsApp on iOS 15. I don’t know what triggered the menu either time,...
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Shared/Universal clipboard from Mac slows iPhone
I like Apple's feature of Clipboard being shared across devices using the same Apple ID. However, a lot of times I have large chunks(several thousand characters) of text copied on Mac; post that when ...
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Is there a way to copy content from a broken (no display) m1 macbook to another m1 macbook?
The broken MacBook is an M1, still turns on, but the display is broken so no visual. There are no external monitors to connect either. I don't wanna do any open-heart surgery on the broken MacBook ...
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Can't copy image in preview to memory after keyboard shortcut to take screenshot
I want to screenshot the active window and then preview it, to make sure I got what I wanted. I press apple+shift+3. A thumbnail toast shows up in the bottom right corner. I click on it and it is what ...
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Copy and paste from multiple Finder windows at once?
I have a very specific use case where I would like to gather video and audio files as revealed in the Finder. When I run a reveal in Finder command in Final Cut Pro it reveals multiple items in the ...
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Does anyone have copy-paste between screen-shared Macs working when using "Push Through" with macOS Monterey 12.4?
Before AND After installing Version 12.4
I use Screen Sharing (full screen) on my Mac Mini (M1, 2020) to connect (via LAN) to my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015).
My Mac Mini screen sits to the ...
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Why doesn't Safari copy URL parameters of a link when using the 'copy' from menu?
I found a strange behaviour on Safari that seems to be affecting URL sharing.
If I copy the url by selecting all coping it I can share the full link. Such as www.somesite.com/somepage?params=somename&...
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Pasting UTF-8 into Terminal (zsh) does something weird [closed]
Is there an environmental setting that makes pasting text into Terminal work differently from typing it in directly?
I reported this as a bug, but maybe there's some environmental setting. After the ...
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Linux like second paste via the third mouse button [duplicate]
On Linux, probably in every desktop environment you can use the third mouse button to past a previous selected text.
How to achieve such behavior on macOS?
Are there any scripts or commands one can ...
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Triggering a paste from the command line
Is there any way to trigger a paste in the windows manager, for example, if I got a text box focused in an application, say, Safari, and I run the command from the command line, it would trigger a ...
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Corrupted original source file during copy-paste on Mac
I was copying 100GB of essential documents from my Mac to my pen drive. I had to cancel the copy-paste operation because the process became stuck in the middle. The USB drive was accidentally ejected ...
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All links and formatting lost when copying text from Pages to another text editor
Steps to reproduce:
open a blank document in Pages
write some text
turn one of the words into a hyperlink and make one of the words bold
copy all text and paste it into another word processor (e.g., ...
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