Open & paste
- Open clipboard history⌘⇧C
- Select & paste⌥↵
- Paste without formatting⌥⇧↵
- Quick-pick item 1–9⌘1–9
- Quick-pick · no formatting⌥1–9
The full cheat sheet
Grouped by what you are doing. Symbols: ⌘ Command · ⇧ Shift · ⌥ Option · ↵ Return · ⌫ Delete.
Manage items
- Delete item⌥⌫
- Pin / unpin item⌥P
- Clear unpinned history⌥⌘⌫
- Clear everything (incl. pinned)⇧⌥⌘⌫
App & menu bar
- Open Preferences⌘,
- Disable temporarily⌥-click menu-bar icon
- Ignore next copy only⌥ ⇧-click menu-bar icon
- Show full-text tooltipHover a truncated item
⌘P Tip: print this page to keep a PDF cheat sheet on hand.
Make them yours
None of these are set in stone. Open Settings → Hotkeys and rebind any action to the combination that fits your muscle memory. The only recommendation: keep the summon shortcut on a non-printing combination like ⌘ ⇧ C, because shortcuts that produce a printable character (for example ⌥ C → “ç”) are blocked by macOS inside secure password fields.
Need the full manual instead? The documentation covers every control, including defaults tweaks.
Shortcut questions
What is the default shortcut to open Maccy?
Press ⌘ ⇧ C to open the clipboard history from any app. You can also click the menu-bar icon. The shortcut is rebindable in Settings → Hotkeys.
Can I change the keyboard shortcuts?
Yes — every shortcut is independently rebindable in Settings → Hotkeys. Pick whatever suits your muscle memory; just avoid combinations already claimed by macOS.
How do I paste without formatting?
Select an item and press ⌥ ⇧ ↵, hold ⌥ ⇧ while clicking it, or use ⌥ with a number 1–9 for quick-pick.
It says my shortcut is “already used in system settings”
Open System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts and disable the conflicting binding (often under Services → Text). Restart Maccy and re-assign. ⌘ ⇧ C is recommended because it does not collide with any default macOS binding.
My shortcut stopped working in password fields
macOS secure-event input blocks shortcuts that emit a printable character. Remap your summon to a non-printing combination such as ⌘ ⇧ C. If you must keep a printing key, route it through Karabiner-Elements first.