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Smart Copy Clipboard

Smart Copy Clipboard turns everything you copy on Mac into something useful: searchable history, rich previews, text and table OCR, QR scanning, background removal, translation, and file actions from the menu bar.

30-day free trial. One-time lifetime purchase available in the app.

Smart Copy Clipboard showing Screen OCR, Screen Table, Screen QR, and image smart actions

What it does

Clipboard history with useful actions already attached.

Smart clipboard history

Search, filter, pin, and reuse copied text, links, images, files, colors, JSON, Markdown, phone numbers, emails, and addresses.

Rich previews

See link previews, image thumbnails, PDF and file thumbnails, file paths, and useful context before you paste.

Image intelligence

Extract text, capture tables from screenshots, scan QR and barcodes, and remove image backgrounds using native Apple frameworks.

Translation choices

Translate copied text with Apple on-device translation when available, or fall back to Google Translate when you need broader language coverage.

Screen tools

Select any region of your display for text OCR, table OCR, or QR scanning without saving screenshots or switching apps.

Built for Mac

A lightweight menu bar workflow with launch at login, notification controls, local history settings, and a one-time lifetime purchase.

New in the smart workflow

More than a clipboard. A command center for copied content.

Links and files

Preview before you paste.

Rich URL previews, PDF thumbnails, file thumbnails, and copy-file-path actions make clipboard history easier to scan.

Images

Turn pixels into work.

Run text OCR, capture tables for spreadsheets, scan QR codes and barcodes, or remove image backgrounds directly from copied images.

Translation

Global by default.

Use Apple on-device translation when the language pair is ready, with Google Translate fallback for wider coverage.

Built for repeated use

Copy once. Act faster every time after.

  1. MonitorSmart Copy Clipboard watches the macOS pasteboard when you allow it.
  2. ClassifyIt recognizes content types and keeps a searchable local history.
  3. ActPreview, open, translate, OCR text, capture tables, scan, format, pin, remove backgrounds, or copy clean file paths.