HandyPaste for Mac changelog
What's new in each version of HandyPaste for Mac, newest first. Updates come through the Mac App Store. To see your version, choose HandyPaste ▸ About HandyPaste.
1.0
September 30, 2026
The first release, on the Mac App Store.
- The picker. Press ⌥⌘V in any app, type a few letters and press Return: the snippet is pasted where you were typing. ⌘Return copies instead, ⌘1–⌘9 paste a result, and ⌘Y previews it. The picker
- Save from anywhere. ⌥⌘C saves the selected text in any app as a snippet, as does Services ▸ New HandyPaste Snippet from Selection. Saving text
- The library. Folders, drag and drop, keywords, favorites, search that understands abbreviations, and Recently Deleted for 30 days. The library
- Placeholders. Dates in any format and date math, the cursor, the clipboard and questions, all filled in as you paste. With Pro: suggested answers, multi-line answers, choice lists,
{{tab}}and{{enter}}for forms, variables and snippets inside snippets. Placeholder reference - AI apps (Pro). Claude Desktop, Claude Code and other MCP apps can search, fill in and save your snippets. Your Prompts folder becomes their prompts. AI apps (MCP)
- Menu bar, Services and Shortcuts. A menu bar menu that mirrors your folders, and Shortcuts actions: Open HandyPaste Picker, Get Snippet Text, Copy Snippet and Create Snippet. Menu bar, Services and Shortcuts
- iCloud sync, on by default, through your own private iCloud database. JSON import and export, including backups from the HandyPaste Chrome extension.
- Statistics that stay on your Mac.
- Ten languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean and Polish.
- Free and Pro. Free for up to 15 snippets you create; HandyPaste Pro is a one-time in-app purchase.
Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later.