BTT Clipboard Manager Development & Wishlist

I also cannot reproduce the unexpected behavior I previously reported.

@xidiot, I just tried reproducing your unexpected behavior but I can't reproduce what you observe. i.e. when I copy nc -zv 10.110.4.20 3389 to my clipboard and search for nc, I can see the item in the left sidebar.

I had fixed the previously reported search issue in a recent update. However I can also not reproduce the nc issue right now :-/

Bug Report

  • Device: MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
  • macOS: 15.6.1 (24G90)
  • BTT Version: 5.588 (2025090406)
  • Alpha: 0 update(s) behind latest Alpha version 5.588 (2025090406).
  • Regular: Installed version is ahead of latest Regular version 5.140.

Images copied from the Photos app don't display in the BTT Clipboard Manager

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open the Photos app – Version 10.0 (770.0.170).
  2. Copy an image to clipboard (i.e. cmd+c or right-click β†’ Copy, etc.).
  3. Open the BTT Clipboard Manager.
  4. Unexpected behavior: The image is not in the list of clipboard items.
  5. Triggering paste (i.e. cmd+v, etc.) successfully pastes the image copied from the Photos app.

Screenshots:

  1. State of the CM before coping image from Photos app:

  2. Copy this image from the Photos app:

  3. BTT CM doesn't update – there's no BTT logo at the top of the list:

  4. Triggering paste correctly displays the BTT logo.

should be resolved in 5.591!

Hey @Andreas_Hegenberg, Plse consider:

  • supporting the numpad Num-keys 1-9 for pasting from CM.
  • Sequential pasting next item from clipboard by repeated cmd-v press. Preferrably by option FIFO/LIFO

CM closes after pressing enter or doublick of CM items. As far I can see I have no setting active to this behaviour. How to keep CM open until click outside CM?

You can create any shortcut you would like:

You can probably use the predefined action "Paste And Remove First, Last Or Selected Item" to achieve this:

With these settings it should only close on outside click

Have the settings as advised(restarted the machine), but click outside CM results in inactive CM window:


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Created the CAG as described:


Paste Item shortcut doesn't work but the shft/cmd X works. Tried other key combo's for pasting items without succes.

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Darkmode hides CM copied items after using Clear All History, KEEP Favorites and Snippets, see vid.:

macOS: Sequoia (15.6.1)
BetterTouchTool: 5.595

Do you maybe have the window pinned (via the pin icon) that would keep it visible even when clicking outside

Not sure why the shortcuts don't work for you, I'm using them all the time. Do you have a paste position and paste type (e.g. plain text or standard paste with format) selected?
With the CAG, these are only active while the clipboard manager is active.

No pin not active:
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ah the CAG (which should be there by default once configuring the clipboard manager) should use the variable "BTTClipboardManagerActive" with a == 1 condition

But not sure about your other issues, this all seems to work fine here. I'll check on my Sequoia machine later (currently on Tahoe)

CAG wasn't there, I've just created it and now adjusted it with the BTTClipboardManagerActive var. No impact on mentioned issues.
Thanks voor checking later with MacOS15

Edit: Would be nice to prevent CM window to drop of screen edge which happens if mouse is near edge.

I'm not getting it :woozy_face:
Regardless of which option I set. If I copy strings One, Two, Three. This is stored in order as Three, Two, One in de clipboard. And also pasted in this order. I'm looking to paste in the order copied. What am I doing wrong?

@Andreas_Hegenberg Since updating to Tahoe, I've noticed that the search bar is overlapping with other text settings.

  • Device: MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
  • macOS: 26.0 (25A354)
  • BTT Version: 5.648 (2025092006)
  • Alpha: 0 update(s) behind latest Alpha version 5.648 (2025092006).
  • Regular: Installed version is ahead of latest Regular version 5.140.

Hey Andreas, will BTT CM be affected in any way if I use another clipboard manager alongside, e.g. Maccy? I would like to use Maccy as a fallback if the search in BTT's CM cannot find my item, like in the case of nc and now (on version: 5.623 (2025091515)) I have also similar issue with VPN :slight_smile: .

that should work fine unless the other clipboard manager actively modifies the clipboard!

(Although I really wonder how the search can not find these)

(Although I really wonder how the search can not find these)

Let me know if there's something I can check on my end?

Working examples:



Not working (only 1 match and it is from different app):

Du you know whether this only happens when copied from specific apps? (I have tried with various of your example, but it seems to always find the element. I wonder whether it’s some encoding issue)

In my previous tests (with nc) - copied it from another app - still the same issue.

I've also now done some small tests - the app doesn't matter, also I've typed it manually and copied it - still the same.

typing v (start of vpn) filters some results, but as soon as I type p, only 1 result is left (last screenshot from previous reply):

Could you try pasting β€œvpn” copied from here into the search box? I wonder whether something could be typed differently in a different keyboard layout (although that would be very weird)

Still the same.