At a glance
- Order is kept: items paste in the sequence you collected them.
- One press, one item: ⌃⌘V pastes the next item and advances the queue.
- Progress is visible: pasted rows cross out and a counter shows how many remain.
- Auto-advance: Klipto can press Tab, Enter, an arrow key, or Esc after each paste.
- Any content type: text, links, images, files and screenshots all queue up.
Collect, then unload
Collect: copy items one after another and the Stack keeps the order. In the default ⌘C mode every copy lands on the pile. Switch to ⌃⌘C mode in the panel footer and items go in only when you press ⌃⌘C. You can also drag an item straight into a chosen position, and screenshots drop in on their own while the Stack is open.
Unload: ⌃⌘V pastes the next item and consumes it. In ⌘C mode a plain ⌘V does the same thing, so you keep the muscle memory you already have. One press per field, and the queue walks forward.
Jump: click any row to restart the queue from that item. Arrow keys and deletions do not restart it, so you can look around without losing your place.
The paste is sequenced, not fired blind. Klipto waits for the paste keystroke to land before it sends the after-paste key, then waits again before it offers the next item. Skip that ordering and a fast repeat drops values into the wrong field. It was the failure I chased through every early build of this feature.
Both keystrokes are ordinary system keypresses, so the whole thing works anywhere you can type: browsers, native dialogs, spreadsheets, terminals. There is no supported-app list to check and no per-site quirks.
The after-paste action
Klipto can press a key for you after each paste, so the cursor sits in the next field before you paste again. Most clipboard queues stop at the paste and leave the navigation to you.
Pick the key from the "After:" menu at the bottom of the Stack panel. The options are None, ↓, →, Tab, Enter, Shift+Enter, Esc, space, ", " and "; ". Tab covers most web forms and native dialogs, so a five-field form becomes five presses of one shortcut. Esc earns its place in apps that pop a suggestion list open on focus.
The two separator options do a different job. Choose ", " and every pasted item is followed by a comma and a space, so a column of values comes out as one comma-separated line.
When your data starts as a single block of text, Split Copy fills the Stack for you. ⌃⌥⌘C copies the selection, splits it, and drops each piece in as its own item.
Compared with the system clipboard
| macOS clipboard | Klipto Stack | |
|---|---|---|
| Items held | One | Many, in order |
| Paste one by one | No | Yes, one press each |
| Advance the field for you | No | Yes, you pick the key |
| Text, images and files together | No | Yes |
Klipto began life on Maccy's open-source core and has gone its own way since. The Stack runs on your Mac, offline, and your clipboard never leaves the machine. Klipto is $19.99 once with updates included, plus a free tier that never expires and a 14-day Pro trial.