This week’s tip of the week is Raycast’s Clipboard History extension (macOS | Windows).

You copy an error message to ask Claude. Then copy a code fix. Then realize you need that original error message again. Gone.

Raycast has a built-in clipboard manager. No need for a third-party tool like Maccy, Paste or whatever you might currently be using.

First, enable the clipboard extension. Go to extensions in Raycast, search for clipboard, and enable it.

Clipboard history extension enabled in Raycast.

Open Raycast and type "Clipboard History" (or set up a hotkey like Cmd+Shift+V). Everything you've copied recently shows up - code snippets, error messages, URLs, images.

Raycast’s clipboard history in action

Filter by content type or just search for what you need.

Filtering clipboard history in Raycast

Raycast shows helpful metadata too: character count, word count, which app you copied from. You can configure how long items are stored and whether to exclude sensitive data like passwords.

Excluding apps that copy sensitive information

One less app in your menu bar, one less thing to configure. If you don’t have Raycast yet, grab it free at raycast.com. It replaces Spotlight on macOS and Windows Search on Windows.

That’s it! Short and sweet. Until the next one!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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