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Settings
Every Pasta setting, what it does, and its default.
Open Settings with the gear button at the top right of the panel. Here’s every setting, top to bottom.
Account
Sign in with Google or email, or see who you’re signed in as. When signed in you’ll find Sign Out and Delete Synced Data, which deletes every synced item from our server and keeps your history on this Mac. See Sync and encryption.
Plan
Shown when you’re signed in. See your trial or plan, Subscribe, or Manage Subscription to change or cancel it. Plans are $5 a month. See Pricing.
General
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Open Pasta | The shortcut that opens the panel from any app. Click Change…, press the keys and click Save. It needs ⌘, ⌃ or ⌥, plus ⇧ or ⌥ for keys every app uses (like ⌘ S). If another app already uses it, Pasta keeps the old one and says why. Reset goes back to the default. | ⌘ ⇧ V |
| Launch at Login | Starts Pasta when you log in to your Mac, so it keeps catching what you copy after a restart. Turned on during setup. | On |
| Paste for Me | Enter pastes the card into your app. Off means Enter just copies it. Needs the Accessibility permission. | Asked during setup |
| Always Paste as Plain Text | Strips fonts, colors and links from everything you paste. | Off |
| Copy Sound | A short sound each time you copy. Pick from Soft Pop, Tick, Droplet, Marimba, Chime, Wood Block, Bubble, Pluck, Glass and Low Hum, or Off. Picking one plays it. | Soft Pop |
| History Retention | How long items are kept: 1 Day, 7 Days, 30 Days, 1 Year or Unlimited. | Unlimited |
| Full Copies on This Mac | How many of your newest items keep their complete copy on this Mac: 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 10,000 or Everything. Older ones live in the cloud. Called Keep at Most when you’re signed out, where it deletes older items instead. | Everything |
More on the last two in History and storage.
Appearance
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Theme | Light, Dark, or Follow System to match your Mac. | Follow System |
Smart Cards
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Enable Smart Cards | Labels each copy and previews links. Needs an account. | On |
See Smart Cards and search for what’s sent and why.
Ignore Copies From
Apps whose copies Pasta never saves. Password managers are always on the list. Add your own from the apps that copied something lately, or with Choose App…, and remove them again with Remove. Empty by default. See Privacy and secrets.
Privacy
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Share Anonymous Usage Stats | Sends anonymous counts, labels and error reports, never what you copy. | On |
See Privacy and secrets for exactly what’s included.
About
Shows your Pasta version and a Check for Updates button. Pasta also checks by itself 20 seconds after it starts and every 6 hours after that. It downloads new versions in the background, then shows Restart to Update here and in the panel footer. Click it whenever suits you.
If an update can’t install itself, you’ll see Update Failed · Download. Click it to download the new version from our website, then install it like the first time.
Storage
Storage used shows how much space Pasta takes on this Mac: the history database plus images, long items and thumbnails. Clear History deletes your whole history from this Mac, and when you’re signed in from our server and your other Macs too. It asks first, and it can’t be undone.