10 Mac Copy and Paste Tricks

[@invcark]

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[@MaiElizabeth]

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[@cynthiamcdonald3096]

ABSOLUTELY! His “How to” videos are invaluable , even for some of us who know the basics but would like more in depth feature instruction for ease of use and productive Mac use!

[@georgee3401]

Outstanding tutorial. As usual, I learned several new techniques. Many thanks!

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary!👏🏻❤️

[@-jackinspokane6648]

I have been using the Macintosh, since the Mac 512. But I have yet watched one of your videos and not learned something new. Thank you. Also, I'm surprised as a bonus, that you did not promote your free application with a multi-clipboard. That is a great feature, and I use it daily.

[@tamalchakraborty5346]

I wish they make a full blown clipboard manager. Windows 10 introduced it, macOS lags behind on this regard.

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[@TheKlyagcy]

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[@Greg-fg1rd]

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[@jerzynowicki5350]

Thank you Gary! Like all your tutorials very concisely, clearly, wisely and without unnecessary embellishments. I think it was worth it to come up with KZbin if only for people like you Gary.

[@al3xj]

Was looking for Paste Values in excel for MAC, thanks you led me to the answer! Much appreciated this has been painful

[@RetNemmoc555]

Pasting a working URL string into Safari sometimes converts regular characters to "Percent Code" - (Example: %2a, %2F, etc). How do I prevent this? (Sorry if I missed you covering this already).

[@macmost]

That's correct. URLs cannot have spaces and some other characters. Those codes replace them.

[@jamesr767]

Hi Gary! Command C used to work for me in the Finder window while previewing a file, now it doesn’t. In order for me to copy, I have to right click on my MacBook trackpad and click Copy. Is there a way for me to reset or change this or is it just the way it is? Also, it only does this when I’m working with multiple Word documents. Any suggestions??

[@macmost]

Previewing HOW? There are many ways to preview a file. I'm not getting what you are trying to do here.

[@iankastelic5146]

Hi Gary! Very helpful thank you! Will the copy function allow multiple copies to be saved and stored? Have a great day!

[@macmost]

Multiple copies? Of what, exactly? Text? Portions of images? Something else? You can copy something and then paste, paste, paste if that is what you mean. Try it.

[@jandone100]

Thanks for the video Gary! Is there a way to copy a column of numbers from a table in an email? When go over it with a cursor, it highlights the whole table, but not only a column.

[@macmost]

Depends on the situation. One way is to copy the whole table into a temporary Numbers document, then copy the column from that document into something else.

[@Nutwigg1]

Thank you for this video. I’ve been a Mac user since 2020 and still consider myself to be only a beginner. Videos covering the basics like this are invaluable.

[@MaiElizabeth]

That copy and paste still image is new to me and I incredibly thank you because it need that trick for a lot of what I am doing. Thanks Gary. I really appreciate most of your contents. 🙏🏻

[@rjwh67220]

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[@erieschl]

thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏽

[@thomasherkey1032]

Thanks again, Gary! As the resident go-to guy, I learn that I really am a novice when it comes to Mac stuff I know.

[@gbsailing9436]

Thanks Gary, Great work again with this video. I really appreciate your efforts in putting these videos up. and in answering any of my questions. Cheers.

[@GerardHammond]

thanks Gary - a good refresher for me. I use TextSniper to OCR and copy any text from any image on the screen. It is wonderful for error messages, remote desktop etc etc

[@threehatsstagemedia]

Hi Gary. Great videos and so helpful. I need to know if I can change the colour of the highlight that happens when I say for example click on some text that I want to do something with. I find it difficult to see it on my screen as it is. I know that if you want to have highlights permanently there is an option but that leaves the highlighted section in place but I don’t want that. This is a temporary highlight that happens for short times not the normal one. Sorry my explanation is not clear but I hope you can help me out. It would be great if you could let me know for ms word as well as pages. KR Jim

[@macmost]

Yes. System Settings, Appearance.

[@threehatsstagemedia]

Thank you so much ❤

[@harryruckus]

7:40 Is there any way to set up a shortcut for "Show Clipboard"? That would be really cool, as I couldn't figure this out for years and have no idea whether it can be done at all.. I know about that option in system setting where you have enter the exact name of the corresponding command (that appears in the menu bar) to create a shortcut, but for some reason that never worked for me.

[@macmost]

Yes, the System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts method. It is a pretty basic function so I would try it again.

[@harryruckus]

@@macmost I followed your advice and yes you were absolutely right (no surprises there 🙃). I must have screwed up somethin' in the first place back then.. Thanks you, again 🤝

[@idemditto]

I had no idea that you could also use copy and paste in the screenshots app. This is a super useful addition for me. Thank you for the great and useful tips!

[@Philipk65]

Thanks Gary, several of these tricks were new to me.

[@sellsformoola]

Mac has way to many option's to do the same thing!?

[@macmost]

What's wrong with options? Lots of people like to work in different ways.

[@GlenCote]

Can you share a screenshot directly to the photos app on a Mac? I take a ton of screenshots on my iPhone throughout the day and love how it goes straight to syncing with my iCloud photos

[@macmost]

No. I think the idea is that the Photos app is for your actual photos (pictures of people, things, vacations, etc). If your goal is to see your screenshots over iCloud, then I would create a folder in iCloud Drive called "Screenshots" or whatever you like, then set that as the destination for screenshots.

[@GlenCote]

@@macmost Thanks for responding. Do you know if there's a way to set it up so screenshots taken on iPhone automatically go to a folder in iCloud as opposed to straight to the photos app?

[@macmost]

​@@GlenCote On the iPhone? You'd have to tap on the thumbnail that appears and Share it to the folder you want. Otherwise it goes to Photos.

[@marklaurendet1861]

I like these simple tips, I keep forgetting some of them.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

Some of them are new and learnt others. Thanks.

[@PGNogueira]

Maybe it’s a little bit off topic but I’m on a iMac M1 and I can’t screen record or even make a PrtScn on anything that is streaming. When I try to do screen recording, the monitor goes black until I stop it again. and when I make a print screen, after making a paste to Photoshop, an white screen it’s all I get. Is there any way to get around this? Can you make a video about it? Thanks in advance.

[@macmost]

What do you mean, exactly, by "anything that is streaming." That could include hundreds of services and apps. What are you streaming and how, exactly? It is probably copyright protection for that app/service.

[@PGNogueira]

@@macmost For instance, my cable TV service. When I'm watching something on the computer and I try to do a PrtScn or record the screen, all I get is a black image. Same with Netflix.

[@macmost]

@@PGNogueira Right, so copyright protections.

[@robinmathur5807]

Your content always great

[@rickzabala6020]

I thought there was a method to to past or transfer items from one location to another without a copy procedure. Is there still such a method?

[@macmost]

You can often drag and drop. Depends on the exact situation.

[@rickzabala6020]

@@macmost Ohh thanks. I'll be transferring media from home drive to another drive. Don't want have two copies. I used to be real good with Mac OS, especially 9 and below. Just haven't kept up until now. I'll be taking your your training videos after I update my drives which have old connections.

[@macmost]

@@rickzabala6020 So do you mean FILES? If so, just move them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5qQkIKBjdB9rqM

[@rickzabala6020]

@@macmost Thanks, Folders with lots of pictures and video on main drive. When I get to it I'll just move them. I'll check your link. Thank you...🖖

[@rickzabala6020]

@@macmost Got it, thank you. It was a vague memory come to light.

[@maikaimakena9424]

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[@sportscommentaries4396]

Hello, when should I put my MacBook to sleep and when should I turn it off? Any practices I should follow to get the most out of it?

[@macmost]

Unless you are storing it long-term, always sleep. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKTVhaN7qr14qsU

[@meeluanistyn1644]

Love the videos like this where there’s a whole bunch of new things to try or memory jogs about techniques I know about but haven’t used in ages.

[@stewartl5109]

Evening Gary… I really appreciate you videos. I’ve been only using Mac since May 2023 after a lifetime on Windows. I’ve learnt so much from you thanks keep up the great work👍🏼🙏🏻

[@IRVremy]

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