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
To search your clipboard with Curiosity, you need to enable it under Preferences:
- On the left bar, click the cog (⚙️) icon to open
Preferences
- In the left sidebar for Preferences, click
Clipboard
- Use the dropdown to select
Enabled
- (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:
- Press
Alt + Space
(Windows) or⌥ + Space
(Mac) to open the Command Bar - Type ´<´ to filter for clipboard results (you can also type the word
clipboard
and hitTab
) - 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:
- Click on
Clipboard
in the left sidebar - 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:
- On the left bar, hover your mouse over
clipboard
and click the cog (⚙️) icon - Right-click on the entry you want to delete (or hover and press
Tab
) and selectdelete
from the menu
Your clipboard entry will be removed.
How to delete all clipboard entries from Curiosity
To clear all clipboard entries from Curiosity:
- On the left bar, hover your mouse over
clipboard
and click the cog (⚙️) icon - Click
Clear history
All clipboard entries will be removed from Curiosity.
How to disconnect the clipboard
To disconnect the clipboard and stop using Curiosity as a clipboard manager:
- On the left bar, click the cog (⚙️) icon to open
Preferences
- Scroll down to the section
Features
- Click the toggle next to
Clipboard
to switch it off - Decide whether to keep or remove existing entries
Curiosity will stop saving results from your clipboard.
Updated on: 29/01/2024
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