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In most Mac apps, Edit ▸ Paste and Match Style (⌥⇧⌘V) pastes text without its fonts, colors and links, but not every app has that command. CopyBuffer makes ⌥⇧⌘V paste the current clipboard as plain text in any app, and everything you paste from its ⌘⇧V list is plain text too.

https://copybuffer.hhcompany.app/guides/user-guide/2026-11-05T00:00:00Z2026-11-09T00:00:00Z

CopyBuffer is a macOS menu bar app that remembers what you copy so you can find it and paste it again with ⌘⇧V. This page lists every shortcut and feature, and explains how your data is protected.

https://copybuffer.hhcompany.app/guides/clipboard-history-mac/2026-11-07T00:00:00Z2026-11-08T00:00:00Z

Up to macOS 15 Sequoia, a Mac remembers only the last thing you copied, and Finder ▸ Edit ▸ Show Clipboard shows it. macOS Tahoe 26 adds clipboard history to Spotlight, but only for a limited time. For a history that lasts and can be searched, a clipboard manager such as CopyBuffer records every copy and opens the list under your text caret with ⌘⇧V.

https://copybuffer.hhcompany.app/guides/api-keys-without-env-files/2026-11-07T00:00:00Z2026-11-07T00:00:00Z

Keep the key in an encrypted store and hand it to one command as an environment variable, instead of writing it into a plain-text .env file. macOS can do this with the Keychain and the built-in security command, but it never asks before handing the key out. CopyBuffer's cbvault run OPENAI_API_KEY -- npm run dev asks for Touch ID, passes the key to that command only, and logs which process and folder asked.

https://copybuffer.hhcompany.app/guides/search-text-in-screenshots-mac/2026-11-07T00:00:00Z2026-11-07T00:00:00Z

macOS Live Text lets you select and copy text in an image you open in Preview, Photos, Quick Look or Safari, and Spotlight can find saved images by the text in them. A screenshot copied straight to the clipboard with ⌃⇧⌘4 is never saved, though, so it can't be found later. CopyBuffer reads the text and QR codes in every image you copy, on your Mac, so ⌘⇧V finds that screenshot by any word in it.

https://copybuffer.hhcompany.app/guides/keep-passwords-out-of-clipboard-history/2026-11-07T00:00:00Z2026-11-07T00:00:00Z

A copied password can be saved by a clipboard manager and sent to your nearby iPhone or iPad through Universal Clipboard. Password managers mark their copies as concealed so well-behaved clipboard managers skip them, and turning off Handoff stops Universal Clipboard entirely. CopyBuffer never records concealed copies, excludes password managers by default, and copies vault passwords for this Mac only, so they never reach your other devices.