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He mentions Copy 'Em [1] as a clipboard manager. Does anyone else use this? I've used Clipmenu for years, but it doesn't appear to have been updated in many years and is now a bit buggy.

Has anyone else used CE, or other clipboard managers?

1: https://apprywhere.com/ce-mac.html

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I think the best macOS clipboard manager is the one that is built into Alfred. The one in Raycast is very similar and also good. I would recommend installing Alfred just for that. You don't even have to use the main Alfred window. It's very lightweight, so not a problem. The same goes for the Music controller, actually.

I also loved Copied because of it's sync and great iOS version but it's unsupported so wouldn't really recommend it.

I don't think you can tried Copied anymore. It's not available for download from what I can tell, and its web page is now empty.

I wrote about Mac clipboard managers[1] a while ago. My answer then: Copied. Since it seems to be dead, my answer now: bite the bullet and pay for Paste.

[1] https://honeypot.net/post/favorite-apps-copied/

Appreciate this! What makes Paste better than Copy 'Em (which is $15 one-time, instead of $10/yr)?

You bet! I don't remember why it wasn't on my radar at the time. Maybe I just didn't find it in my searches? I might have seen it, didn't perceive much active development (eg to support newer OSes), and moved on to the next option, but I don't specifically remember that.

Regardless, I'd review it if I were writing that post today. Note, though, that the mobile app is $9/yr. Cross-device sync was one of my personal requirements, so Copy 'Em would only be $1/yr cheaper than Paste.

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