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Klip for Mac isn't on the Mac App Store. Download it free from this site: get Klip.dmg, open it and drag Klip to your Applications folder.

You don't need to come back for updates. Klip checks for a newer version and offers to open the download page when one is out.

Klip for iPhone and iPad is coming soon to the App Store. Until then, you can use it through Apple's TestFlight beta: email for a TestFlight invite with your Apple Account email.

When the invite arrives, install Apple's free TestFlight app from the App Store, then open the invite to install Klip. It requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later.

Yes, Klip is free on Mac, iPhone and iPad. There's no subscription, no trial, no paid version, no account and no paywall. Every feature is free.

If Klip saves you time, you can support it with a coffee. It's entirely optional and doesn't unlock anything.

Klip doesn't charge for sync. Your history is stored in your own private iCloud account, so it uses some of your iCloud storage, like any app that syncs through iCloud. Images larger than 10 MB are never uploaded.

Klip for Mac requires macOS 26 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon. Intel Macs aren't supported.

Klip for iPhone and iPad requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later.

No. The apps have no analytics, tracking, ads or crash reporters, and there's no account. Your clips stay on your devices, and in your private iCloud account when sync is on. The Privacy Policy has the details.

On your Mac, open Klip Settings → General → Support and click Export Support Report. It saves a zip of Klip's recent logs and settings. It never includes your clips.

Then email support, describe what happened, and attach the zip.

To paste directly into other apps, Klip needs Accessibility access. Open Klip Settings → General and click Open Accessibility Settings…, then turn on Klip under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Device Control and Data Access. What this permission is for.

If Klip is already listed and switched on but paste still doesn't work (this can happen after an update), remove Klip from the list with the − button, then add it again.

Open Settings → Shortcuts, click the shortcut button and press the new key combination. It must include ⌘, ⌥ or ⌃. Press Esc to cancel.

Launch Klip again from Spotlight, Launchpad or the Applications folder. When Klip is already running, this opens Settings. You can also press ⌘, while the Klip panel is open.

Pinboards are the colored tabs at the top of the panel. Click + to create one, then right-click any clip and choose Pin to. Pinned clips are kept forever, no matter how long your history is.

Press ⇥ and ⇧⇥ to move between pinboards. Press ⌫ on a pinned clip to remove it from the pinboard.

You choose: a day, a week, a month (the default) or unlimited, in Settings → General → History capacity. Older clips are removed automatically; pinned clips are never removed.

When iCloud sync is on, your clipboard history and pinboards are stored in your private iCloud database and shared between the Macs signed in to the same Apple Account. A new Mac downloads your history once, then only changes.

Images larger than 10 MB stay on the Mac that copied them. Because your Macs share one history, the history capacity setting applies to all of them. If sync says to sign in, open System Settings and sign in to iCloud.

Select the clip in the panel and press ⌫ to delete it. To erase more, use Clear History in Settings → General: Last 24 Hours… or All History…. Klip never saves passwords: copies from Apple's Passwords app, a browser's password manager, and apps that mark copies as concealed or transient are ignored.

Choose Import from Paste… from the Klip menu bar icon or in Settings → General. Klip reads a copy of Paste's data on this Mac and brings over your clips and pinboards. Paste itself is not modified.

A small extra: with this setting on, clicking with three fingers on a Magic Mouse or trackpad acts as a middle mouse button, handy for opening links in a new tab or closing tabs. On a trackpad, three-finger taps count too when Tap to Click is on. It uses the same Accessibility permission as direct paste.

Check that both devices are signed in to the same Apple Account and that iCloud sync is turned on in Klip on your Mac. On your iPhone, pull down on your clips to check for changes and see when Klip last synced, or tap the Klip button at the top right and look at Status in Settings. It also tells you if you need to sign in to iCloud. Large histories and images can take a few minutes to arrive the first time.

Images larger than 10 MB stay on the Mac that copied them and show as "On Mac only".

iOS doesn't let apps watch the clipboard in the background. Instead, tap Klip's paste button to add what's on your clipboard. Because you tap the system paste button, iOS doesn't ask "Allow Paste?" each time.

iOS only lets you add a keyboard yourself, so it takes a minute the first time:

1. Open the Settings app and go to General → Keyboard → Keyboards.
2. Tap Add New Keyboard and choose Klip under Third-Party Keyboards.
3. Tap Klip in your keyboards, turn on Allow Full Access and tap Allow.
4. In any app, touch and hold the globe key 🌐 and choose Klip.

Klip needs Full Access to read your saved clips. It has no letter keys, never records what you type and never goes online. See every step with screenshots.

Long-press the clip and choose Pin To, then pick a pinboard. Pinboards are created on your Mac. To see one pinboard, tap the filter button at the top right.

Quit Klip from its menu bar icon, then move Klip from Applications to the Trash. To also remove your local history, delete ~/Library/Application Support/Klip. On iPhone or iPad, delete the app as usual. If you used iCloud sync, you can remove Klip's iCloud data in System Settings → Apple Account → iCloud → Manage.