Perch tips & how-to guides
Short, focused walk-throughs — each one solves a single task in Perch, so you can land on a question and leave with an answer.
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Stop your password manager from filling your clipboard history Read ›
Passwords, 2FA codes, and secure notes shouldn't sit in your clipboard history. Here's how to exclude 1Password, Bitwarden, and others on Mac.
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How to see your Mac clipboard history Read ›
macOS only remembers the last thing you copied. Here's how to view a full clipboard history on Mac — the native option and a faster one.
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Paste as plain text on Mac (no formatting carried over) Read ›
Stop dragging fonts, colours, and link styles into every document. Here's how to paste as plain text on Mac without the formatting baggage.
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Paste images from your clipboard history on Mac Read ›
Screenshots and copied images vanish the moment you copy something else. Here's how to keep a history of clipboard images on Mac and paste them back.
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Pin frequently-used text snippets on Mac Read ›
Stop retyping your address, email signature, and standard replies. Pin them to your Mac clipboard and paste in two keystrokes.
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Recover something you copied earlier on macOS Read ›
Accidentally copied over a chunk of text you needed? Here's what macOS can recover (almost nothing) and how a clipboard manager fixes it for next time.
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Search your clipboard history by keyword on Mac Read ›
Scrolling through hundreds of clipboard items is slow. Here's how to search your Mac clipboard history by keyword and find what you copied in seconds.