DeskClip - Guide

Getting Started

1. Launch DeskClip — the main window opens with the Text Templates tab active
2. Click New Category to create a folder for organizing your snippets
3. Click New Template to create your first text snippet
4. Use Ctrl + Cmd + V anytime to open the DeskClip paste menu

Tabs

Text Templates

• Store frequently used text snippets organized in folder categories
• Each template is saved as a .txt file
• Double-click to open and edit in a popup window
• Right-click for copy, rename, duplicate, or delete
• Drag and drop to move between categories or import from external apps

File Resources

• Store any file type organized in folder categories
• Double-click to open with the default application
• Drag and drop files from Finder to register them
• Import entire folder structures at once

Clipboard History

DeskClip automatically monitors your clipboard and keeps a history of copied items.

• Separate text and file histories (up to 500 items each)
• Clipboard is checked every second
• Duplicate items are automatically deduplicated
• Register clipboard items directly as text templates or file resources

Status Icon Menu

Click the DeskClip icon in the menu bar for quick access:

• Text Templates — hierarchical submenu of all your templates
• File Resources — hierarchical submenu of all your files
• Text Clipboards — recent text clipboard items
• File Clipboards — recent file clipboard items
• Utilities — date/time generation, text transforms, personal data snippets

Keyboard Shortcuts

Tips

• Quick paste workflow — Press Ctrl + Cmd + V to browse and paste any template without opening the main window
• Personal data — Set up email, phone, and address in settings for instant insertion via the Utilities menu
• Drag and drop — Drag text or files from any app directly into DeskClip to save them

Privacy

• All data is stored locally on your computer
• Clipboard monitoring runs only on your device
• No data is sent to any external server