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Curiosity as a Clipboard manager (enable, disable, use)

Why use Curiosity as a clipboard manager?


Curiosity works as a clipboard manager to keep track of items that you have copied on your computer.


Connecting your clipboard to Curiosity lets you:

  • Save things you copied for later (text, links, images)
  • Search your clipboard
  • Quickly copy-paste from your clipboard history with the Command bar


How to connect your clipboard


💡 The clipboard manager is supported on Mac and Windows, but not on all Linux distributions.


To search your clipboard with Curiosity, you need to enable it under Preferences:

  1. On the left bar, click the cog (⚙️) icon to open Preferences
  2. In the left sidebar for Preferences, click Clipboard
  3. Use the dropdown to select Enabled
  4. (optional) Choose how long your clipboard entries are saved using the dropdown


Curiosity will start saving your clipboard entries.



Notes

  • You can choose for how long the entries should be saved from the cog (⚙️) icon next to Clipboard on the left bar of the app.
  • Curiosity only starts saving your clipboard entries when you connect it, so it may be empty when you first view it.
  • Curiosity for clipboard currently supports text, links, and images (in beta).


How to copy a clipboard entry


Using the Command bar


To copy an entry from your clipboard using the Command bar:

  1. Press Alt + Space (Windows) or ⌥ + Space (Mac) to open the Command Bar
  2. Type ´<´ to filter for clipboard results (you can also type the word clipboard and hit Tab)
  3. Select the item you want with the arrow keys and hit Enter to copy it (or click on it with the mouse)


Curiosity will copy the selected entry.



Using the full app


To copy an entry from your clipboard in the full app:

  1. Click on Clipboard in the left sidebar
  2. Copy a result by clicking on it with the mouse, or by selecting with the arrow keys and hitting Enter


Curiosity will copy the selected entry.





How to delete clipboard entries


How to delete an individual clipboard entry from Curiosity


If you copy something to the clipboard that you don't want in Curiosity (e.g. a password), the app lets you delete that one entry.


To delete an individual entry from Curiosity:

  1. On the left bar, hover your mouse over clipboard and click the cog (⚙️) icon
  2. Right-click on the entry you want to delete (or hover and press Tab) and select delete from the menu


Your clipboard entry will be removed.


Delete an individual clipboard entry


How to delete all clipboard entries from Curiosity


To clear all clipboard entries from Curiosity:

  1. On the left bar, hover your mouse over clipboard and click the cog (⚙️) icon
  2. Click Clear history


All clipboard entries will be removed from Curiosity.


Delete all clipboard entries from Curiosity


How to disconnect the clipboard


To disconnect the clipboard and stop using Curiosity as a clipboard manager:

  1. On the left bar, click the cog (⚙️) icon to open Preferences
  2. Scroll down to the section Features
  3. Click the toggle next to Clipboard to switch it off
  4. Decide whether to keep or remove existing entries


Curiosity will stop saving results from your clipboard.





🔐 All your clipboard data stays on your computer. We never see, copy or store your data. Learn more about data security and privacy here.


Updated on: 29/01/2024

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