We have all been there where after copying some words into the clipboard, we forget to paste it and end up copying another piece of information hence overwriting the initial data we had and have to go back and copy what we wanted to initially. It is a huge nightmare!! Don’t you agree?
We struggle to find the history of what we have copied to our clipboard and it’s a problem I go through as well in my fair share of days while using a computer. Today I have decided to pen down how you can restore and find the history of your clipboard data both on Windows and Mac computers to help ease the frustration a bit for you and most of the PC users out there.
How to restore Clipboard History on Windows?
Since the majority of the masses prefer Windows Computer to any other operating systems out there, Microsoft has done a tremendous job with the latest Windows 10 to help users find and restore their clipboard history.
The Only prerequisites needed is you have to install the October 2018 Windows update on your computer to be able to toggle on the Clipboard history. When you’re done.
Open up the Settings app, click on System, scroll the left sidebar down a bit, and click on Clipboard. Toggle the Clipboard History On and you’re good to go.
Now, whenever you press Windows Key + V (Keep in mind, not CTRL + V), your clipboard history will pop up on the right-hand side of the screen.
Click on anything on the list to paste it wherever your cursor happens to be. It’s as easy as that.
Not only can you paste multiple items from your history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud. Remember the clipboard history is limited to 25 copied entries and they’re removed automatically to make room for more new items.
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Enabling History on macOS
You’ll need a third-party app to enable a true clipboard history on your Mac—the built-in clipboard stores one item and one item only. Some options you can explore include CopyClip, Paste (which is super-expensive), Alfred 4, PasteBot, and the open-source Clipy.
They’re all pretty easy to use, and they should give you a foolproof method for preserving that which you’ve copied (for a short time, if nothing else).
I’d probably go for the free or inexpensive apps first—especially those with some kind of trial—so you can feel out whether it meets your needs before you pay anything if you even decide to go that route.
