# Copy and paste multiple items on your Mac

macOS holds a single item, so copying a second thing replaces the first. With SupaClip you can copy five things in a row and keep all five. Press `⌘⇧V` whenever you need one, in any order. It pastes one item at a time: there is no multi-select and no way to merge items.

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## How to do it with SupaClip

1. Copy the first item, then the second, then the third. Switch apps between copies if you like. Each one becomes its own history entry.
2. Go to where they belong and press `⌘⇧V`. The three newest copies are at the top of the list.
3. Press `↩` to paste the selected item. Use the arrow keys, or `⌘1` to `⌘9`, to choose another one.
4. Pasted items move to the top of the list, so the one you just used is always `⌘1`. Press `⌘P` on anything you will need again.

## With what's built into macOS

The system clipboard is one slot. The usual workarounds are to paste each item into a Notes or TextEdit window as you go, then copy from there, or to go back and forth between two windows. Both work, and both cost you a window and a lot of switching.

There is one exception for files. In Finder you can select several files and press `⌘C`, and they all land on the clipboard together. SupaClip saves that copy as a single entry, listed as, for example, “3 files” followed by their names, and pastes all of them back at once.

Spotlight in macOS Tahoe can search a short history of text, but you do not get a list to work through, and it does not exist on earlier versions. SupaClip does not stack or merge items either. What it gives you is every copy kept, in any order you like.

## Questions and answers

**Can I paste several items at once?**

No. SupaClip pastes the selected item and nothing else. For a list of items, paste them one after another, or paste each from the panel while you work down your document.

**Do multiple files count as one item?**

Yes. Files copied together in Finder are saved as one entry and paste back together. Copying them one by one gives you one entry each.

**Is SupaClip free?**

Not entirely. Everything is unlocked for 7 days, no account needed. After that SupaClip keeps working with your 25 most recent items until you enter a license key, which is $4.99 once for three Macs.

## Related

- [Clipboard History on Mac: See What You Copied](https://supaclip.app/clipboard-history-mac)
- [Paste as Plain Text on Mac in Any App](https://supaclip.app/paste-plain-text-mac)
- [Find Something You Copied Earlier on Mac](https://supaclip.app/find-copied-text-mac)
- [SupaClip alternatives](https://supaclip.app/alternatives)
- [More about SupaClip](https://supaclip.app/)