The paster

⌃⌥V

Your last grabs and words by the pointer. A number pastes one.

Press ⌃⌥V and your last grabs and words appear beside the pointer, newest first. Press a number to paste one.

Hold ⇧ to paste a grab’s path instead, for a terminal. Hold ⌥ for Markdown, for an issue or a doc.

Every state

What the paster can show you.

Open

Up to nine: recent grabs first, then recent words.

Empty

“Nothing to paste yet.” Grabs and what you say show up here.

Keys

What your hands do.

⌃⌥V
Open or close the paster.
1–9
Paste that one as is. ↵ pastes the first.
⇧1–9
Paste the path.
⌥1–9
Paste Markdown: ![grab 3](path).
esc
Close.

Settings

What you can change.

Paste key⌃⌥V
Set it in Settings.

Behind it

What fab does with it.

  1. Gather

    Grabs from the tray and History, words from History.

  2. Pick

    A number, with ⇧ or ⌥ for the form you want.

  3. Paste

    Into the app you’re in. A picture, a file, a path or Markdown.

Worth knowing

The small things it gets right.

  • Words pasted with ⇧ become a note file, and you get its path.
  • It closes on esc, a click elsewhere, or after 30 seconds.

Next in the tour

Talk →

Hold a key and say what needs doing. Let go, and the words land where you were.

Guides that use it

Try it on your own Mac.

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