{"id":52807,"date":"2026-07-31T14:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52807"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:31:51","slug":"pastebot-3-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/31\/pastebot-3-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastebot 3 for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Voorhees<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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What sets Pastebot 3 apart is its addition of deep automation tools. Not only does the update add MCP support, making it an excellent tool to use with Claude or ChatGPT\/Codex, but it includes a brand new CLI that you or an agent can use from Terminal or incorporate into scripts you build.<\/p>\n

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New filters have been added that allow you to transform clippings using text transformations and even shell scripts. Using the ability to script custom filters, I’ve begun adding a few of my own to Pastebot for things like adding and removing bullets from multiple lines of text.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I’ve long been aware of this app but hadn’t paid much attention because I’m happy using LaunchBar as my clipboard and snippet manager. LaunchBar has some transformations built-in, and I’ve built up a collection of my own scripts, but it’s appealing that Pastebot comes with so many out of the box.<\/p>\n\n

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From Pastebot’s main UI, you can select multiple items at once and right-click to add them to a Stack, or you can pick them one at a time in any order you’d like. As you select items, they’re numbered in the order you’ll paste them into a document using a keyboard shortcut. It’s an excellent feature for filling out forms or copying data from one spreadsheet to another.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There are also rule-based Smart Pastebins for automatic organization, like every link or image copied from Safari. Smart Pastebins can be filtered by clipping size, type, file extension, creation date, text, text length, and more. Multiple parameters can be combined for detailed filtering, and custom notes can be added to clippings to make them easy to find via search.<\/p>\n

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Tapbots says Pastebot 3 was built to work with Apple's Universal Clipboard feature, and when enabled and active, anything you copy on your iPhone is saved in Pastebot automatically.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Chief among my favorite features:<\/p>\n\n