When comparing CopyQ vs CopyClip for Mac, the Slant community recommends CopyQ for most people. In the question“What are the best clipboard managers for Mac?” CopyQ is ranked 8th while CopyClip for Mac is ranked 17th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Simple to setup
Pro Easy to use
Pro Free
Pro Add notes or tags to items
Most effective with stacks that don't automatically delete the oldest members, tags and notes allow you to use CopyQ as a personal database for important information with easy access and retrieval.
Pro Cross-platform and cross-DE
CopyQ supports all major Linux desktop environments (including KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, etc.), Windows and MacOS X 10.9+.
Pro Can sort and store based on content type
Built-in support for text, HTML, images or any other custom formats, allowing for type-based clip stacks that each have their own custom actions (open images in a photo editor, open URLs in a browser, etc.)
Pro Browse and filter items in history
Quickly locate that snippet you copied months ago but don't recall precisely what it was.
Pro Choose how many clippings to remember and display
Pro Fast
Quick and light.
Cons
Con impossible to quit/start copyq via script
Con In linux, it sometimes does not react to shortcuts
Also buggy when hiding.
Con Sometimes copies filtered entries in between selection
Con Can't export images in bulk
Con Slow with many entries
Con Slow to place selected content on editor
Takes a while to place the selected text into the editor.
Con Adds unnecessary extra step to the copy/paste process
You should be able to select an item from this product's drop-down menu and have the item automatically pasted wherever your cursor happens to be. That’s not what CopyClip does. It makes you select the to-be-pasted item, THEN it makes you (1) switch to the app where your cursor is, and (2) hit command-paste. Sorry, that’s too many steps.
Con Not searchable
Ttores up to 1000 clips but you can't search anything..
