New features and changes in iClip 5.5.8 (since 5.5.7)

  • New: The background and text color of each clipping can now be set. For this, the previous "Edit Clip Text…" has been renamed to "Edit Clip Text / Color…".
  • Fixed: The clippings database can once again be made permanent on other volumes, not just on the startup volume.

New features and changes in iClip 5.5.7 (since 5.5.5)

  • New: The Recorder can now be turned off/on by holding the shift key when clicking on the iClip icon in the menu bar.
  • New: If you copy an image file (png, jpeg etc.), iClip will now show a preview of the image in the bin and in the pop-up preview window.
  • New: A clipping's background color can now be changed with scripting by the "tint color" property.
  • New: iClip now includes a "iClip Events Base" script for easier subclassing in a custom "iClip Events" script. Basically, instead of having to declare all the supported handlers, one leads the script with the line property parent : script "iClip Events Base" and then only implements the handlers one needs.
  • Fixed: Copied Finder Alias files do not appear as plain text any more.
  • Fixed: Copied files that contain backslashes ("\") work again.
  • Fixed: The Preferences window has the correct height again on recent macOS versions.
  • Fixed: Copying CJK text does not freeze iClip any more.
  • Fixed: Emojis on Japanese systems appear correctly in bins again.
  • Fixed: No more duplicate clips in iClip when copying from Word.
  • Fixed: LibreOffice doesn't turn text into Bookmarks any more when copying.

New features and changes in iClip 5.5.5 (since 5.5.4)

  • New: iClip now runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1) Macs.
  • New: If you create a Clip Set named "Find", then this set will automatically record the system's Find pasteboard, i.e. if you use the Find command in a program, the search text will get recorded by iClip (some Mac apps may not support this, though).
  • New: The Manage Clip Sets window now shows the Recorder, too.
  • New: Adds a Hot Key "Paste plain text from next bin", which functions similarly to "Paste from next bin" with the additional behavior that it matches the current style.
  • New: You can now prevent bin and pop-up previews for specific Clip Sets and individual Clippings via Scripting (see suppressPreview).
  • New: Can now define apps that prevent the "Automatically Show and Hide" option. This is an array of bundle ID strings with the key "Apps preventing Auto Show", settable with Prefs Editor.
  • New: Holding down the option key when selecting a Script from a bin's gear menu will now open the script's source code in its designated editor instead of running the script.
  • Changed: The Hot Keys "Paste from next bin" and "Paste plain text from next bin" now also work if you didn't explicitly paste from or copy into a specific bin, and they'll then paste from the latest Recorder clipping. This makes it possible copy formatted text and paste it back into an app, keeping the current formatting by using the new Hot Key "Paste plain text from next bin".
  • Changed: When holding down the command key while the mouse is over a bin's Paste button, the (T->T) cursor badge will appear in all cases where plain text can be pasted. Before this change, it only appeared if the clipping contained rich text.
  • Note: The iClip database cannot be stored on Google Drive on macOS Monterey or later any more. If you need to share your clippings between multiple Macs, please use a different cloud sharing service, such as OneDrive or Dropbox.
  • Fixed: Fixes pasting into Microsoft Office apps such as Word.
  • Fixed: Fixes pasting into LibreOffice.
  • Improved: Reduces iClip's Energy Impact significantly when idle.