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Using Pasta
Every shortcut in the Pasta panel: open it with ⌘⇧V, paste with Enter, preview with Space, select several cards, and quick paste with ⌘1 to ⌘9.
Open the panel
Press ⌘ ⇧ V in any app, or click the fork icon in your menu bar. Your history slides up as a row of cards, newest first. Pick one and it lands where you were typing.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| ⌘ ⇧ V | Open Pasta from any app |
| ← → or ↑ ↓ | Move between cards |
| Enter | Paste the selected card |
| ⇧ Enter | Paste as plain text, without formatting |
| Space | Preview the card at full size |
| ⌘ 1 to ⌘ 9 | Quick paste the first to ninth card |
| ⌫ | Delete the selected card (Pasta asks first) |
| ⇧ ← → | Select a range of cards |
| ⌘ A | Select every card in the list |
| ⌘ F, or just start typing | Search your history |
| Esc | Clear a multi-selection, or close the panel |
With the mouse
- Click a card to select it. Double-click to paste it.
- ⇧-click selects a range. ⌘-click adds or removes one card.
- Hover a card (or select it) to show its trash button. Pasta asks before deleting.
- Click anywhere outside the cards to close the panel.
Paste several cards at once
Select a few cards with ⇧ or ⌘, or all of them with ⌘ A, then press Enter. Pasta pastes their text joined by new lines, in the order they appear. Handy for collecting bits from several places into one list. Press ⌫ instead to delete them all (Pasta asks first).
Paste for Me
With Paste for Me on, Enter puts the card on your clipboard and presses ⌘ V for you, so it lands where you were typing. This needs the Accessibility permission (see Getting started).
With it off, Enter just copies the card and closes the panel. Then you press ⌘ V yourself. Switch it in Settings → General.
If Paste for Me is on but macOS stopped allowing it, Pasta tells you instead of failing quietly. Your card is still copied, so ⌘ V works. See Troubleshooting to turn it back on.
Plain text
⇧ Enter pastes one card without fonts, colors or links. To always paste plain text, turn on Always Paste as Plain Text in Settings.