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How to View the Clipboard on a Mac | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Deenna Schroeder | permalink
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Learn how to use the Finder app on your Mac computer to display the contents of your clipboard. Also learn about what you'll see and third-party clipboards.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5038838_clipboard-mac.html ^[1]

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Copy, Paste, Repeat: Finding the best clipboard manager for Mac More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Bandar Sawwad | permalink
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If you've ever felt the pain of accidentally copying over something important on your clipboard, you need a clipboard manager. We round up the top options for this essential Mac utility, including launchers that serve double-duty.

For further reading: http://www.macworld.com/article/2887279/clipboard-managers-for-mac.html ^[2]

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Take Control of Your Mac's Clipboard - Tuts+ Computer Skills Tutorial More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Christophe Neau | permalink
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The clipboard is one of the most basic and essential pieces of every operating system. You no doubt understand the basics: cut, copy and paste, but have you ever explored further? Do you know about kill and yank? Can you access multiple items in the clipboard history or paste with special formatting? If not, read on! | Difficulty: Beginner; Length: Quick; Tags: Productivity, OS X

For further reading: http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/take-control-of-your-macs-clipboard--mac-30472 ^[3]

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How do I view my clipboard history on OS X? More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Ryltar | permalink
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I am often copying and pasting various tidbits of information, and then forgetting to save it. I would copy something else and lose what I had in the clipboard before. Is there some sort of built-...

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/17200/how-do-i-view-my-clipboard-history-on-os-x ^[4]

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Clipboard history in OS X? More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Mincho Pachikov | permalink
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just a shot in the dark here but...does OSX maintain any sort of clipboard history (similar to what Microsoft Word offers)? Basically I copied...

For further reading: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/clipboard-history-in-os-x.489684/ ^[5]

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Category: Fun | 9 years, 5 month(s) ago

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Deenna Schroeder, Mincho Pachikov, Bandar Sawwad, Ryltar, Christophe Neau

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1. http://www.ehow.com/how_5038838_clipboard-mac.html

2. http://www.macworld.com/article/2887279/clipboard-managers-for-mac.html

3. http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/take-control-of-your-macs-clipboard--mac-30472

4. http://superuser.com/questions/17200/how-do-i-view-my-clipboard-history-on-os-x

5. http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/clipboard-history-in-os-x.489684/