In Safari on iOS, go to https://translate.google.com/ . Configure it to translate to some language. Type in a word. Wait a second. Bookmark the page and then copy the URL using the "Copy" button in the panel brought up by pressing the button on the toolbar with the square and up arrow. Compare the copied URL to the one saved in the bookmark. They will be different. Why is that and how do I make Safari save the copy-to-clipboard URL as the bookmark URL? Note: This happens on some other sites, too. Editing the bookmark after saving it is NOT the solution, because I shouldn't have to double check that the right URL got saved.

Is there a utility or path to streamline taking a string from the clipboard and replacing spaces with hyphens, and vice versa, on demand? > N 010 377 1 to > N-010-377-1 and the reverse If this were a one-time batch operation, or contained within a single app I controlled, it would be a non-issue. Find and Replace right? This is something I do frequently, but it is a single string at a time between 3rd party applications (Excel, Safari, Preview, etc.). My current workflow: 1. Copy "N 010 377 1" from PDF file in Preview 2. Paste "N 010 377 1" into browser (Safari) or spreadsheet field (Excel) 3. Manually add or remove spaces or hyphens via keyboard In a perfect world, I would have a clipboard utility like Jumpcut where a hotkey combo would do this for me when I pasted. Something like: ⌘⇧- would paste data from clipboard replacing spaces with hyphens ⌘⇧␣ would paste data from clipboard replacing hyphens with spaces I don't mind doing some work to set this up, but utilizing it needs to be super simple (i.e., not launching an app and doing find replace). Thank you.

Previously on MacOS, to select a long excerpt in a long body of text, I would: 1. Select the beginning of text I want to select (e.g., double-click the first word). 2. Go to the end of the text I want to select (e.g., scroll down a few pages). 3. Press "Shift" and click where I want selection to end. – This was working and I used this all the time for copy-pasting text. But recently (1-2 years ago?) it stopped working. At least in Chrome (still works in Notes though). Questions: 1. Can I re-enable my old way of selecting text? 1. Is there an equally fast way of selecting and copying a few pages of text?

I am using a MacBook Pro and Mac Studio. Both devices are running macOS 12.5.1 Monterey. When I am copying files from one location to another on my MacBook Pro (both local to the MacBook Pro) the file copy progress appears on the MacBook Pro as expected, however, the progress also appears on my Mac Studio. I can cancel the progress indicator on the Mac Studio without impacting the copy progress on the MacBook Pro. Also, the copy progress indicator still persists on the MacBook Pro. I would like to disable this secondary indicator on the Mac Studio, but I'm not sure what mechanism causes this? I was thinking something to do with Handoff , but again I am unsure. Both are on the same local network. This is a screen shot of what appears on my Mac Studio. Its the same progress indicator thats on the MacBook Pro.

I could always copy and paste texts from my **iPhone XS** to my **MacBook Pro 2019** or from my MacBook to my iPhone. But today, while I can still copy and past texts from the iPhone to the MacBook, I cannot copy and paste from the MacBook to the iPhone any more. Both devices are connected to the same Wifi and are logged in to the same Apple account. I even rebooted both of them and it didn't help. Any help?

**EDIT #2** @CJK and @mockman so using both your ideas I've created this god awful long script that does the trick for the first offset value in the xml and first marker value shown in the xml Now the goal would be to see how run or loop these handlers to get every Marker's start value and replace it with every asset-clip's offset value. Example: AFTER RUNNING SCRIPT the desired Results below>>> Notice that the offset values match the markers values {Hoping the Script ignores this line because no other exists to change} {Hoping the Script ignores this line because no other exists to change} Here's the entire fcpxml in it's raw complete format: 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 AVC Coding MPEG-4 AAC 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 AVC Coding Only need to just focus changes on the: **spine** "data to manipulate section" **spine** area

On my previous Android (OnePlus) phone, my Mac's right-click menu would include "paste from ONEPLUS..." which was very handy. However, I have no recollection how I set this up - it just seemed to work. My newer Android phone is not presenting this option; are there any settings in macOS pertinent to this to allow clipboard sharing with other devices?

I copy and paste the content from the Apple Books to my notes from time to time. I would like to better document the reference. Now when I copy and paste the content, the critique looks like the following *"Excerpt From Your Next Five Moves Patrick Bet-David This material may be protected by copyright."* Which is -Title of the book -Author But is it possible to add the page number based on iBook and the chapter's name on the critique? Something like *"Excerpt From P. 15, Chapter 1, Your Next Five Moves, Patrick Bet-David This material may be protected by copyright."* Would greatly appreciate any help at all, thanks!

I ultimately want to have a bash function to-clipboard which gets file paths and copies the files to the clipboard. Using other scripting languages as helpers is okay. I currently have this for copying a single file: file-to-clipboard() { osascript \ -e 'on run args' \ -e 'set the clipboard to POSIX file (first item of args)' \ -e end \ "$@" } There is this Applescript that supposedly can copy multiple files, but I don't like it at all: set f to {(POSIX file "/path/to/a/folder/a.png"), (POSIX file "/path/to/another/folder/b.png")} tell application "Finder" try -- to delete any old temp folder delete folder "AS_mailCopy" of (path to temporary items) end try set tmp to make new folder at (path to temporary items) with properties {name:"AS_mailCopy"} duplicate f to tmp select files of tmp activate tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using command down delete tmp end tell Related question: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/66459/copying-files-to-the-clipboard-using-applescript

I'm running macOS 13, and multiple times per day I will copy something to the clipboard using Command+C -- and see the visual feedback of the Edit menu flashing to confirm the action went through -- only to find that the clipboard is empty when I go to paste. It's driving me crazy! I don't know what could be causing this. I suspect there may be an app I have running in the background that's messing with the clipboard, though. When the clipboard changes, is there any way to detect which app changed it and what it changed it to? I'd love to just be able to print out what the changes are to try and track this issue down.

How can I copy only a section of text from a hyper link? As in, if there is a link like below, how can I copy only a part of the text that is linked? > [Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation.](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm) I want to copy _only_ the "nothing particular" words from the above text. How could I do that? On Chrome I had an extension that let me select links like normal text by holding shift. I hope there is a similar way for me to select the text of a link in Safari.

I have a folder containing several alias for pdf's that each have > 200 mb. Each pdf is in a different location on my drive. I need to compress all of those files. What is the fastest way to do it? There is always the slow way of going to each of the alias, right clicking it, copying the original to a predefined folder, repeat this procedure for every alias and finally compress the folder with all the original pdfs Evidently this will take forever! Is there a fastest way? For example using Terminal. Related, Is it possible to copy the original file of an alias using keyboard shortcuts?

I would like to find a combination of keys to clear the contents of the clipboard or better yet an application that can configure a timer to clear it automatically one minute after last paste operation.

I recently found a terminal command to disable shadows when taking screenshots in OSX, do you know a way to disable the toolbar and just have the image or window content saved in the clipboard when using shortcuts? Here's the example for shadows fyi: defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow true Thanks for your help.

Something broke my quicklook's preview copy shortcut and now when I have a document in preview and select text, hitting cmd+c plays the error sound and the text does not get copied. I can still copy from the right click context menu or if I go in the menu edit > copy. I think it may be due to Raycast, but turning it off and rebooting did not fix the issue... Neither did qlmanage -r cache, nor a multitude of changes in com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection Anyone have any other suggestions? Edit: I have talked with a few friends and can confirm this is **not** due to Raycast, as I had three people who do not use it, or any other clipboard manager, tell me they have the same issue. Is it a macOS 15.2 bug? Update: I checked and found that the files that not all files have an issue, specifically .txt, .rtf and .pdf have no issue, however, .docx, .pages, .csv, .numbers, .md and pretty much anything else does. I think it might be an issue office/iWork and quicklook, so I did a qlmanage -p on a docx. And I did indeed got some errors:

qlmanage[7015:63047] NetworkStorageDB:_openDBReadConnections: failed to open read connection to DB @ ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.qlmanage/Cache.db.  Error=14. Cause=unable to open database file
qlmanage[7015:63047] The read-connection to the DB=~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.qlmanage/Cache.db is NOT valid.  Unable to determine schema version.
qlmanage[7015:63047] NetworkStorageDB:_openDBWriteConnections: failed to open write connection to DB @ ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.qlmanage/Cache.db.  Error=14. Cause=unable to open database file
qlmanage[7015:63047] DEBUG: there is no SQL cache DB located at ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.qlmanage/Cache.db.
qlmanage[7015:63047] DEBUG: there is no SQL cache DB located at ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.qlmanage/Cache.db-shm.
qlmanage[7015:63047] DEBUG: there is no SQL cache DB located at ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.qlmanage/Cache.db-wal.

(I removed the timestamps and abbreviated the User path to ~) Needless to say this does not happen when I call the same command on a pdf

As the title suggests, when I copy and paste a piece of text together with an image from Notes into another application, the image turns into a broken placeholder. I have tried this with several apps, both from Notes into the other app, such as Notion, and from other apps into Mac notes. Recently, I have tried with Notion and with the web interface for Zendesk, which I use for work. The text renders fine, but the image is broken. If I copy only the image, then it works fine. I am curious if there is a way to make it so both text and image can be copied together. I am using Alfred's copy history, and using Dropbox Capture for screenshots. I'm not sure if the issue would lie with these tools instead of Mac. I can provide additional information as necessary.

When pasting in Terminal.app, 00~ is pasted at the start and 01~ at the end. So when I want to paste /some/path, I actually get 00~/some/path01~. Also an audible sound is heard twice, so probably ^G (ASCII BELL) is also inserted at the start and end of the pasted text. When I paste the same in an editor, this behaviour is not happening (only /some/path gets pasted). This happens with all text. When I stop and start Terminal.app, the behaviour also disappears. But after a while, it is back again. Any ideas as to what this behaviour is causing?

I want to copy the names of all the shipping services in a popup menu checklist, a portion of which is shown below. I've tried the Accessibility Inspector but that can't be used as the popup menu will disappear as soon as you click outside of it. Can't use key codes to select all and copy as those make the popup menu disappear. The popup menu will remain open to create two long pictures using Command + Shift + 4, but that does not copy the text.

I've got an older air running Big Sur, updated as far as it'll go. When I copy/paste from or into Text Edit, maybe other programs as well but I've only noticed with Text Edit, the text I copy from or paste into it will contain errors, such as random quotation marks placed in the middle of a word. This doesn't seem to happen when I type in browser windows. I notice the problems often as I'm typing SSML and the mistakes end up being crazy things I would never mistype. I'm wondering if there is a way, maybe in Terminal, to reset or check the inconsistencies between what I'm typing and what is pasted in Text Edit? I would just use another editor but I'm not sure if it's happening system wide and I really like Text Edit. Note: I don't think it's a particular key that's messed up, I think it's some kind of script causing patterns to arise such as "move the period from the sentence of every line containing an "x" 3 spaces to the left. I've checked keyboard shortcuts etc. Also I bought the laptop used, so particularly suspicious of malware.

I have been using AHK (AutoHotKey) on Windows to copy cells from Google Sheets, and automatically fill in a web form and press generate. Normally I assign the copy of cells to F1 key and the F2 key to paste each cell data while doing [tab] to go next field. In screenshots below: Any alternative methods for Mac?