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Installing and Starting

Batch Clipboard is a menu bar utility for macOS that that adds keyboard shortcuts CONTROL (^) + COMMAND (⌘) + C and CONTROL (^) + COMMAND (⌘) + V to copy more than one thing at a time then paste them in the same order.

Installing

You can install from the Mac App Store with a free download, then use the Open button or find Batch Clipboard in your Applications folder and double-click its title or icon.

You can avoid the App Store if you prefer and downloading from GitHub. Choose the ".dmg" file open it and in the Finder window that opens drag Batch Clipboard to your Applications folder, locate it there and double-click its title or icon. Note, you can place the application in any alternate folder if you prefer.

You can also install as a homebew cask, find instructions in the GitHub README file.

First Launch

When running Batch Clipboard for the first time, it needs permission to monitor the clipboard and instruct the frontmost application to copy or paste. On that first launch an Intro window will open walking you through this process, as well as some pages of online help.

Launch on Startup

Batch Clipboard does not automatically set itself to launch when you restart your Mac, it let's you decide this. Choose Settings... from the Batch Clipboard menu and the turn on the "Launch at login" checkbox in the General panel.

Alternately add the application manually to your list of ones to launch on startup: open System Settings, go to the General section, Login Items & Extension sub-panel. Note: In older versions of macOS this may be elsewhere, search for "login" in System Settings or System Preferences.

Next

If you'd rather dive right in instead of reading these documentation pages, the keyboard shortcuts CONTROL (^) + COMMAND (⌘) + C and CONTROL (^) + COMMAND (⌘) + V are really all you need to know. Have fun!

The following page of documentation describe Batch Clipboard's menu, details about the keyboard shortcuts, other ways of starting to collect a batch of clipboard items and more hidden features, the setting window, and bonus features available in the Mac App Store version.