PopClip - Indispensable
Friday, January 4, 2013 at 1:49PM 
Just noticed an update to one of my favourite Mac utilities - PopClip.
It's come a long way since it's initial launch when it was really just a replication of the copy and paste menu on iOS on the Mac. With the advent of PopClip extensions, it's absolutely wonderful.
You basically select some text, and PopClip will pop up a configurable menu right next to the text - really handy.
Standard copy and paste are included but the popup menu can be extended using extensions - and there are lots and lots of them!
Extensions allow you to act on the selected text, right from within the Popclip menu. Install the Evernote extension, and any selected text can be sent to Evernote, install the OmniFocus extension, send the selected text straight into OmniFocus. Paste and match Style - covered. Best is, there are no keyboard shortcuts to learn and you don't have to travel all the way to the Menubar to select actions.
The new update has removed the previous limit of 10 extensions, so you can install as many as you find useful.
I have covered PopClip before in a ScreenCastsOnline members show, but I've just made it available to view for free from the ScreenCastsOnline website - Free PopClip ScreenCast
So check out the screencast and get a copy to try for free from the vendors website
To review a list of the current extensions, take a look on this page.
Reader Comments (8)
I think you can install up to 22 extensions and that limit is based on the size of the MacBook Air 11" menu.
Actually you can still only install 22 extensions but that's much better than the previous 10 limit.
Thanks for the tip Don, I did not know about PopClip, but I looked at your ScreenCast and it was very compelling! I immediately bought it on the App Store.
This is a wicked tip - very useful, the ability to send selected text to translation or a note etc is a genius idea. Have a good weekend, Bill.
You know I use this all the time but when people ask me to list my must have applications I always seem to forget about it. I guess I just take it for granted.
Great little app, and as you say made even better by its support of extensions.
Further to my last you can actually install more extensions
"If you want more than 22 extensions, quit PopClip then at Terminal: defaults write com.pilotmoon.popclip MaxNumberOfExtensions -int 999"
If you want more than 22 extensions, quit PopClip then at Terminal: defaults write com.pilotmoon.popclip MaxNumberOfExtensions -int 999
I just updated mine (PopClip) and put it back into use. I also purchased Dropshelf from the same people.
P.S. I am still looking for a print to Evernote option for the MAC.