Private · For macOS

Copy more than one thing.

Your Mac keeps only the last item you copy. Now keeps recent items in one list. Choose any item and paste it.

  • macOS 26+
  • Apple silicon + Intel
  • MIT licensed
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Text from Notes is ready to paste.

The problem

The Mac clipboard holds one item.

You copy a link. Then you copy some text. The link is no longer ready to paste.

You must go back and copy the link again. Now keeps both items. Choose the one you want.

Mac clipboard 1 item
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The last item you copied.

A new copy replaces this item.

Now 7 items

Choose any of the seven items. Search for older items when you need them.

Simple limits

Seven ready.
Thirty days saved.

Now keeps seven items ready. It saves older items for 30 days. Keep an item if you need it for longer.

Ready 7

Items stay ready to paste.

Search 30

Older items stay in search for 30 days.

DAYS
Kept items Stay.

Keep an item. It stays until you remove it.

How it works

Use Now in three steps.

Command-V still works as usual.

  1. 01

    Copy as usual.

    Use Command-C in any app. Now saves the item.

  2. 02

    Open Now.

    Press Control-Shift-V, or select the Now icon in the menu bar.

  3. 03

    Choose an item.

    Now pastes the item into the open app.

What Now saves

Text, images, links, and files.

Text stays text. Images stay images. Files stay files. Paste each item where you need it.

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Aa
TextPlain or formatted
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NOW
ImagesReady to paste
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PDF
FilesOne or many

Private by default

Your copies stay on your Mac.

Now does not send your clipboard to a server. It has no account, cloud sync, ads, or analytics.

Read the privacy policy
  • 01

    No account. Use Now without a sign-in.

  • 02

    No cloud sync. Your copied items stay on this Mac.

  • 03

    No tracking. Now does not send analytics or clipboard data.

  • 04

    Password items are ignored. Now ignores hidden items and common password apps by default.

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Available now

Copy once.
Use it again.

Download Now for macOS 26 or later. It is free and open source.

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