Your clipboard, under the notch.
Dockspace turns the top centre of your screen into a horizontal clipboard shelf. Press ⌥⌘V, click the Clipboard tile in the bar, or rest the pointer at the top centre. The shelf is part of the free version, and your clips stay on your Mac.
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How it opens
The shelf drops down from the top centre of the screen, like the notch grows. When you open it by resting the pointer at the top centre, it never takes the keyboard focus, so it never steals what you type.
You can also press ⌥⌘V from any app, click the Clipboard tile in the Dockspace bar, or open it from the menu bar panel — using the dead space under the camera housing instead of adding another icon that hides behind the MacBook notch.
What it keeps — and how it clears
Each copy becomes a card in a horizontal row: text, web links, hex and RGB colours, images and files. Filter chips at the top let you narrow the row to Pinned, All, Text, Links, Colors, Images or Files, or your own collections.
Type in the search field to find an older clip. Use the left and right arrows to move between cards, press Return to copy, or press ⌘1 to ⌘9 to copy a card by its position. A vertical mouse wheel scrolls the row sideways. When you clear unpinned history, a 2D Canvas finger-snap animation turns old clutter (and the tiny gauntlet itself) into dust while keeping your pinned cards safe.
Pinned clips on ⌃⌥⌘1 to ⌃⌥⌘9
Right-click any card and choose Pin. Pinned clips stay when older history expires, and you can copy the first nine pinned clips from anywhere on your Mac with ⌃⌥⌘1 through ⌃⌥⌘9.
Passwords and private copies stay out
Copies that password managers mark private are skipped automatically. Dockspace also has an option to forget passwords, API keys, tokens, one-time codes and card numbers after an hour, while keeping your pinned items and collections.
By default, the Clipboard tile in the bar does not preview your newest clip, so a screen share never shows what you copied last. Nothing from your clipboard leaves your Mac. See the privacy page.
Free for good
The Clipboard tile and the notch shelf are free for good, along with nine other widgets: Disk Doctor, the Wallpaper tile, Dock Buddy, Clock, Date, Weather, CPU, Battery and Folders. See all 174 widgets or how the bar replaces the Dock.
Pro unlocks the remaining widgets (horizontal or vertical side Dock), the Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity limits, and the AI agents board. Needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.
Common questions
- How do I open the Dockspace clipboard shelf without losing keyboard focus?
- Rest your pointer at the top centre of the screen under the MacBook notch. The shelf slides down without stealing key focus from your active editor or browser, or press ⌥⌘V to open it with keyboard navigation.
- Does Dockspace skip passwords copied from 1Password or Bitwarden?
- Yes. Copies marked private or concealed by password managers are ignored automatically, and an optional rule clears passwords, API keys, tokens, one-time codes and card numbers after an hour.
- Can I bind pinned clipboard snippets to global keyboard shortcuts?
- Yes. Right-click any card to Pin it; your first nine pinned clips can be copied from anywhere on macOS with ⌃⌥⌘1 through ⌃⌥⌘9.
- Is the Mac clipboard manager really free forever?
- Yes. Both the Notch Clipboard Shelf and the Dock Clipboard tile stay free permanently with no clip cap or trial timer, alongside Replace the Dock, Disk Doctor and seven other free widgets.
Free to start. Yours to keep.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel. Download the disk image and try ten widgets free forever, or unlock all 174 with Pro.