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Install guide

Installing Clipy

Pick whichever route suits you — they install the same app. Either way macOS asks you to confirm the first launch, because Clipy isn't notarized by Apple yet. That's one extra step, once, and everything below walks you through it.

Honest heads-up. Clipy is signed but not notarized (that needs a paid Apple Developer account we haven't bought yet), so macOS will ask you to allow it by hand the first time. Nothing is wrong with the download — the app inside is properly signed and passes its own signature check.

  1. Download the app

    Grab the latest DMG. It's about 1 MB.

    https://www.tryclipy.online/downloads/Clipy.dmg
    downloads in a couple of seconds

  2. Drag Clipy into Applications

    Open the DMG, then drag Clipy onto the Applications shortcut in the same window. Eject the disk image when you're done.

Then, for every route

  1. Allow it to open — once

    macOS 15 (Sequoia) and newer: double-click Clipy. You'll see "Apple could not verify…" — click Done, then open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down to Security, and click Open Anyway. Enter your password to confirm.

    macOS 13 or 14: in Finder, right-click (or Control-click) Clipy and choose Open, then Open again in the dialog. A plain double-click won't work the first time.

    "Apple could not verify "Clipy" is free of malware."
    Open Anyway

    If macOS instead says "Clipy is damaged and can't be opened", it isn't damaged — that's the same check being blunter. Clear the flag and open it normally:

    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Clipy.app

  2. Grant Accessibility

    Clipy needs Accessibility to paste for you and to expand snippets — without it, choosing an item copies but never pastes, and snippets stay silent.

    Use the menu-bar paperclip → Grant Accessibility…, then switch Clipy on in Privacy & Security → Accessibility. If an older Clipy entry is already listed, remove it with the − button and add the app again — macOS ties this permission to the exact build, so a stale entry can look enabled while doing nothing.

    Clipy

  3. Press ⌥V

    That's the whole tutorial. ↑↓ to move, Return to paste, Esc to close. Filling in a form? Tick Stay open in the popup — or hold ⌥V for half a second to turn that on without leaving the keyboard.

    ⌥V
    ↑↓ ↵ Esc
Something not pasting? Nine times out of ten it's Accessibility — the permission is tied to the exact build and its location, so a rebuild or a move can drop it. Re-check step 4, and if you run Clipy from a different folder than the one you granted, grant that copy too.