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Clipboard Cheat Sheet (sample edition)
Curated from canonical Skills
Tips in this edition 6
Stable curated edition derived from an automatic recipe.
Terminal
Copy command output
command | pbcopy
Pipe any command's output to pbcopy Ā· For example: pwd | pbcopy copies your current directory path Ā· Practice: Pipe pwd to the clipboard
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Practice
Terminal
Read clipboard text
pbpaste
Copy some text to your clipboard (like a file path from Finder) Ā· Use pbpaste in your command
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Try here
iPadOS
Screenshot
Press the Top Button and Volume Up button at the same time Ā· The screen flashes and a thumbnail appears in the corner
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Practice on device
iOS/iPadOS
Copy selected text
Three-finger pinch inward
Select the text you want to copy or cut Ā· Pinch in with three fingers to copy
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Try
iOS / iPadOS
Universal Clipboard
Make sure both devices use the same Apple Account Ā· Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on both devices
Practice on device
macOS
TripleāTap = Select Paragraph
Single tap to place cursor, double tap for word, triple tap selects the entire paragraph/block.
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