# Find something you copied earlier on your Mac

You copied a tracking number last week and now it is gone, replaced by a hundred other copies. SupaClip indexes every item the moment you copy it. Press `⌘⇧V`, type a word or two from what you remember, and the list narrows as you type, back as far as your history goes.

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## How to do it with SupaClip

1. Press `⌘⇧V` and start typing. Every word you type has to match, and each one can be part of a longer word, so “inv 204” finds “Invoice 2041”.
2. Press `⇥` to cycle the filters: All, Pinned, Text, Links, Images, Files and Colors. `⇧⇥` goes back.
3. Check the preview pane. It shows the full item, the app it was copied from, and when.
4. Press `↩` to paste it, or `⌘↩` to copy it again without pasting. `⎋` clears the search, and a second press closes the panel.

## With what's built into macOS

If you are still on macOS 14 or 15, there is nothing to search. The clipboard holds the latest copy, and Finder's **Edit, then Show Clipboard** shows only that. Once you have copied something else, it is gone, apart from whatever an app's own undo or autosave still has.

On Tahoe, Spotlight can search the clipboard: `⌘Space`, then `⌘4`. Apple does not document how far back it reaches, so it is a poor tool for something you copied last week. It also has no filters for links, images or files, and no way to pin an item.

The Mac-wide search that does keep older material, such as Spotlight for files or Safari history, will not find a sentence you copied from a page and never saved. That is the gap a history with search fills.

## Questions and answers

**How far back can I search?**

As far back as your history reaches. The default keeps up to 10,000 items with no age limit, and you can change both in Settings, History. Pinned items are always kept.

**Does search cover images and files?**

Search matches text. Images are listed by size, such as “Image 1200×800”, and files by name, so you can find those by typing part of the name, or by switching to the Images or Files filter.

**Will it find things I copied before installing it?**

No. SupaClip starts saving once it is running, so earlier copies are not in the history.

**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)
- [Copy and Paste Multiple Items on Mac](https://supaclip.app/copy-multiple-items-mac)
- [SupaClip alternatives](https://supaclip.app/alternatives)
- [More about SupaClip](https://supaclip.app/)