Moving from the Chrome extension

Already using the HandyPaste Chrome extension? The Mac app reads its backups, so you can bring every snippet with you and paste them in every app, not just the browser.

1. Export from the extension

1. In Chrome, right-click the HandyPaste icon and choose Options, or open the extension's options page from chrome://extensions.
2. Open the Backup page.
3. Under Export, click Export to JSON. Chrome downloads a .json file.

2. Import into the Mac app

1. In HandyPaste for Mac, choose File ▸ Import Snippets… (or Settings ▸ Backup ▸ Import Snippets…).
2. Pick the file you just downloaded.

Your folders and snippets appear in the library, in the same tree you had in Chrome. Import adds them to what's there and never replaces anything, so it's safe to run again.

Imports are never limited

Snippets you import don't count toward the free version's 15 snippets you create. Bring all 150 if you have them: they all paste.

What carries over

From the extension	In the Mac app
Folders and nested folders	The same folders
Snippet names and text	The same
{{date}}, {{time}}	Work the same way. The Mac app follows your Mac's date and time format.
{{date:YYYY-MM-DD}} and other formats	Work: YYYY and DD are read as year and day
{{cursor}}	Works
{{input:Label}}	Works, free, just like in the extension
Other text in double braces	Kept as typed, as before

A backslash that came before a placeholder in the extension stays a backslash, so imported snippets paste exactly what they used to.

What's different on the Mac

Chrome extension	HandyPaste for Mac
Right-click menu with your folders	The menu bar menu, with your folders, favorites and recent snippets
Toolbar popup	The library window
⌘⇧Space in-page picker	The ⌥⌘V picker, in every app
Save selection from the right-click menu	⌥⌘C or Services in every app
Syncs through your Chrome profile (about 100 KB)	Syncs through iCloud, with no practical size limit

And there's more to use: keywords and favorites, date shifts, choice lists and forms and variables.

Keep using both

The extension stays free and keeps working, and nothing syncs between the two. If you want your snippets in both places, export from one and import into the other again after big changes.