PopClip {Sponsor}
Many thanks to PopClip for sponsoring this week on One Thing Well.
PopClip is a clever little utility that brings iOS-style copy and paste to the OS X desktop, popping up when you select text to offer the usual cut, copy & paste plus dictionary lookups, spellcheck web search and URL-opening.
As a confirmed keyboard lover, I worried that PopClip would get in my way. In practice the app is wonderfully unobtrusive, and clever enough to stay silent if you’re selecting text using keyboard shortcuts.
In fact, after a week with PopClip, I find myself reaching for the Magic Trackpad more and more: checking the definition of a word, opening a plain text URL or searching for a phrase with PopClip is much faster and, dare I say it, more fun than hammering out a sequence of command key combos.
Add some handy options under the hood—an application blacklist, the option to turn off PopClip features you don’t use—and you have a polished, well-thought-out utility that brings one of the most useful features of iOS back to the Mac.
You can buy PopClip for $4.99/£2.99 from the Mac App Store.
If you’d like to sponsor a week on One Thing Well, get in touch.
