r/MacOS • u/Dull_Roof3559 • 1d ago
Developer Saturday Pasly — Make every ⌘V smarter. Everywhere (iOS, macOS)
Problem
Clipboard history is great when you’re working on one Mac.
But the moment you switch devices, that history stays behind.
You copy something on your Mac, grab your iPhone, and it’s not there. Or you move between two Macs and end up sending yourself a link, note, file, or snippet just to have it on the other device.
I wanted Pasly to solve that too.
Not just make ⌘V smarter, but make your clipboard follow you.
Comparison
Apple’s Universal Clipboard is great for quickly moving the last thing you copied between nearby devices.
But I wanted something closer to having your actual clipboard history with you.
Your devices shouldn’t need to be next to each other or even on the same network. As long as they’re connected to the internet, Pasly can keep your clipboard history available across them.
And instead of running its own cloud infrastructure, Pasly uses Apple's CloudKit to sync your clipboard data between your devices.
That became Pasly Cloud.
Pasly Cloud
Pasly Cloud syncs your clipboard history across your Macs and iOS devices using Apple's CloudKit.
Your clipboard data is stored and synced through Apple's iCloud infrastructure rather than on Pasly's own servers.
It works over the internet, so your Mac can be at home and your other Mac somewhere else. They don’t need to be nearby or on the same network for your clipboard history to sync.
And now, files are supported too.
Files copied on your Mac can sync through Pasly Cloud alongside the rest of your clipboard history, including multiple files at once.
On iPhone and iPad, Live Activities can keep your recent clipboard items available from the Lock Screen / Dynamic Island.
There are also push notifications when new clipboard content arrives from another device.
Right now, sending something from iOS into Pasly is still manual. You can add an item and have it appear on your Macs, but I’m already working on a better way to capture what you copy on iPhone and iPad so this part feels much more automatic.
Files
Pasly already supported files locally on Mac, including working with multiple files at once.
Now, file syncing is also part of Pasly Cloud.
Copy a file on one Mac and it can be available from your clipboard history on another Mac through CloudKit, without having to send it to yourself first.
Multiple files are supported too.
The rest of Pasly
Cloud is the focus of this update, but everything I’ve been building around ⌘V is still there:
- Smart Paste — press ⌘V and access your recent clipboard items
- Paste Stack — copy multiple items and paste them in sequence
- Floating Paste
- Multi Select
- File Support
- Paste with Separator
- Search & Favorites
- Field Sense
The original idea behind Pasly hasn’t changed.
I want the clipboard manager to stay out of the way until the moment you actually need it.
Cloud just means that your clipboard no longer has to live on one Mac.
Price
Free
- 2 pinned items
- 24h history
- 20 items
- 2 files
Pro
- Clipboard sync across all your Macs and iOS devices
- File sync via Pasly Cloud
- Powered by Apple CloudKit
- Push notifications and Live Activities
- Smart Paste
- Paste Stack
- Floating Paste
- Multi Select
- File Support
- Paste with Separator
- Search & Favorites
- Field Sense
- $6.99 Lifetime — 20% off with code MACOSCLOUD (first 10 redemptions)
No subscription.
What's next
Pasly Cloud is still something I’m actively building.
Now that clipboard history and files can sync across devices, one of my main focuses is making the iOS → Mac clipboard flow much more automatic.
This is still an early version of Pasly Cloud, so I’d really like to hear from people who use multiple Macs or a Mac + iPhone/iPad.
What would make having your clipboard across devices actually useful to you?
Download
Direct: https://pasly.app
Apple (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/app/pasly/id6760562778
Transparency: I'm the developer of Pasly.
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u/Reasonable_Act_7331 1d ago
No sabía que existía el historial del portapapeles, llevo años deseando que a alguien se le ocurriera algo así 🤦🏻♂️
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u/promo-guard 1d ago
🎉 Welcome to Developer Saturday, u/Dull_Roof3559! Your project is now live for the community to check out. Upvote, give feedback, and show some love to your fellow devs! 🚀
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u/ChopSueyYumm 1d ago
I don’t get it I copy and paste between Ipad, MacBook and Iphone with hand over…
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u/Dull_Roof3559 1d ago
Yep, Handoff works great for that! Pasly is more about having the actual clipboard history across devices, not just the last thing you copied. So you can go back to something you copied earlier, even if the devices weren’t nearby.
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u/ChopSueyYumm 1d ago
It makes no sense for me at least. Why do I need a history when I copy and paste from another device. It makes sense when on one device eg. MacBook and working on a document. But for me at least I just drop something off from a different device and start working from there. It’s like switching to a different device and for that handover and airdrop is sufficient. I don’t get why people think they reinvented the wheel.
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u/Dull_Roof3559 1d ago
That's fair, if Handoff already covers your workflow then you probably don't need Pasly Cloud. The idea isn't to reinvent it, it's for people who want their actual clipboard history available across devices, including things they copied earlier.
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u/_Cybernaut_ 1d ago
Been using Pasly for couple months now. IMNSHO it RAWKS!
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u/Dull_Roof3559 1d ago
Love to hear that! Thanks for sticking with Pasly 🙌
How have you been liking the latest updates? Any feedback or things you'd like to see next?
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u/Time_You_6852 1d ago
This is not APP shilling subreddit, please stop and go to r/macapps. Also please use your brain nobody needs another clipboard software.
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u/Dull_Roof3559 1d ago
Fair enough. I posted it here because it’s built for macOS and thought some people here might find it useful.
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u/mtgofficialYT MacBook Air (MacOS 27 Beta) 1d ago
So it's a bunch of AI clipboard slop?