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Buffer v3.0.0 – Interactive Canvas, Shortcuts Cheat Sheet & More
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Clipboard history,
always at hand.

A lightweight, privacy-first clipboard manager for macOS. Searchable history, image support, and on-device OCR — everything stays on your Mac.

Apple Silicon — v3.0.0 Intel — v3.0.0 View Source
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⇧⌘V
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Features

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

📋
Clipboard History

Auto-captures everything you copy — text and images — so you never lose a snippet again.

🔍
Instant Search

Real-time fuzzy search across your entire history. Find anything in milliseconds.

👁
Vision OCR

Extract text from images using Apple's on-device Vision framework. Fully offline and private.

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Interactive Image Canvas

Inspect copied images with pinch-to-zoom, pan, double-click fit/reset, and smooth trackpad gestures.

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Custom Tags

Categorize clipboard items with color-coded tags. Quick tag with ⌘T and filter using # tag suggestions in search.

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Bookmarks

Star important clipboard items with ⌘B for quick reuse and protection from automatic history eviction.

✅
Multi Select & Paste

Select multiple items and paste them together. Reverse selection naturally with Shift + Arrow keys.

⌨️
Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Press ⌘/ or click the footer bar anytime to pull up an interactive on-screen keyboard shortcuts reference.

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Noise Controls & Tiers

Choose history capacity tiers (200, 1,000, or Unlimited) and automatically filter duplicate clips and noise.

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Seamless Updates

Built-in auto-updater with header update chip, popover release highlights, and post-update HUD.

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Inline Text Editing

Edit snippets directly with safe cancellation on Esc, auto-save, and macOS pasteboard sync.

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Content Zoom

Scale row text and preview content easily using ⌘+ and ⌘- (reset anytime with ⌘0).

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Configurable Hotkeys

Change the global shortcut in Settings. Dynamic re-registration means your custom keys work instantly.

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Privacy First

All data stored locally on your device. Nothing ever leaves your Mac. No accounts, no telemetry.

📌
Menu Bar App

Lives quietly in your menu bar. Minimal memory footprint, zero Dock clutter, always a shortcut away.

Keyboard

Built for
keyboard people.

Open clipboard history
⇧⌘V
Toggle shortcuts cheat sheet
⌘/
Navigate items
↑↓
Multi-select (expand / shrink range)
⇧↑/↓
Select all items
⌘A
Paste selected item(s)
↵
Copy to clipboard & dismiss
⌘C
Pin / unpin item
⌘P
Bookmark item (eviction protection)
⌘B
Edit snippet inline
⌘E
Add tag to item
⌘T
Zoom in / out content
⌘+/-
Reset content zoom (100%)
⌘0
Delete selected item
⌘⌫
Close window / cancel edits
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Visuals

Designed for clarity,
built for speed.

Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet & Image Canvas

On-screen Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet (⌘/) and interactive image inspection canvas with trackpad gestures.

History Size Tiers

Configurable history capacity tiers: Essential (200 items), Deep (1,000 items), or Unlimited.

Getting Started

Up in 60 seconds.

1
Download Buffer.dmg using the button at the top or bottom of this page.
2
Open the DMG and drag Buffer.app into your Applications folder.
3
Launch Buffer — it appears in your menu bar. Grant Accessibility permissions when prompted.
4
Start copying as usual. Press ⇧⌘V anywhere to pull up your clipboard history.

Your clipboard,
supercharged.

Free and open-source. Always.

Apple Silicon — v3.0.0 Intel — v3.0.0
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