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Guides for faster typing on Mac
Clear, complete answers to the everyday questions — copying, pasting, clipboard history and text shortcuts on macOS.
How to copy and paste on a Mac: every method, plus fixesCopy is ⌘C and paste is ⌘V. This guide covers everything else, from moving files and pasting between iPhone and Mac to copying text from images and fixing paste when it stops working.Read guide How to paste without formatting on a MacPress Option-Shift-Command-V to paste text so it matches the document you’re pasting into. Here’s how it works in each app, what to do when it doesn’t, and how to make plain-text pasting the default.Read guide Clipboard history on Mac: how to see what you copiedFor most of its life, the Mac clipboard held exactly one thing. Here’s what macOS keeps today, how to see more of your clipboard history, and how to do it without leaving passwords lying around.Read guide How to use text replacement on MacText replacement is the Mac’s built-in way to stop typing the same things: type a short abbreviation and macOS swaps in the full text. It’s free, it syncs to your iPhone, and it takes a minute to set up.Read guide The best text expander for Mac: a fair buyer’s guideThere’s no single best text expander for Mac, only the best one for how you work. Here’s how the main options differ, what to look for, and who each one is really for.Read guide