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My Copy And Paste Is Not Working Mac

04.09.2019

To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. For example, to use Command-C (copy), press and hold the Command key, then the C key, then release both keys. Mac menus and keyboards often use symbols for certain keys, including modifier keys:

  1. My Copy And Paste Is Not Working Mac Computer


On keyboards made for Windows PCs, use the Alt key instead of Option, and the Windows logo key instead of Command.

Some keys on some Apple keyboards have special symbols and functions, such as for display brightness , keyboard brightness , Mission Control, and more. If these functions aren't available on your keyboard, you might be able to reproduce some of them by creating your own keyboard shortcuts. To use these keys as F1, F2, F3, or other standard function keys, combine them with the Fn key.

For several months now i've had an issue where after using my laptop for a couple of weeks without restarting, i'll slowly lose my ability to copy and paste. First it's only between different apps such as Terminal and Sublime Text, but eventually it's system wide and stops working everywhere. Original title: Windows 7 wont let me copy or cut and paste, all of a sudden it stopped working doing it with control etc doesnt help it will let me do it in notepad but just not in word. All of a sudden it stopped working doing it with control etc doesnt help it will let me do it in notepad but just not in word and i need too help plese.

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

  • Command-X: Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
  • Command-C: Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder.
  • Command-V: Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder.
  • Command-Z: Undo the previous command. You can then press Shift-Command-Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands.
  • Command-A: Select All items.
  • Command-F: Find items in a document or open a Find window.
  • Command-G: Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Shift-Command-G.
  • Command-H: Hide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Option-Command-H.
  • Command-M: Minimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Option-Command-M.
  • Command-O: Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.
  • Command-P: Print the current document.
  • Command-S: Save the current document.
  • Command-T: Open a new tab.
  • Command-W: Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Option-Command-W.
  • Option-Command-Esc: Force quit an app.
  • Command–Space bar: Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command–Option–Space bar. (If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight. Learn how to change a conflicting keyboard shortcut.)
  • Control–Command–Space bar: Show the Character Viewer, from which you can choose emoji and other symbols.
  • Control-Command-F: Use the app in full screen, if supported by the app.
  • Space bar: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item.
  • Command-Tab: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.
  • Shift-Command-5: In macOS Mojave, take a screenshot or make a screen recording. In earlier macOS versions, use Shift-Command-3 or Shift-Command-4 for screenshots. Learn more about screenshots.
  • Shift-Command-N: Create a new folder in the Finder.
  • Command-Comma (,): Open preferences for the front app.

Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts

You might need to press and hold some of these shortcuts for slightly longer than other shortcuts. This helps you to avoid using them unintentionally.

  • Power button: Press to turn on your Mac or wake it from sleep. Press and hold for 1.5 seconds to put your Mac to sleep.* Continue holding to force your Mac to turn off.
  • Option–Command–Power button* or Option–Command–Media Eject : Put your Mac to sleep.
  • Control–Shift–Power button* or Control–Shift–Media Eject : Put your displays to sleep.
  • Control–Power button* or Control–Media Eject : Display a dialog asking whether you want to restart, sleep, or shut down.
  • Control–Command–Power button:* Force your Mac to restart, without prompting to save any open and unsaved documents.
  • Control–Command–Media Eject : Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
  • Control–Option–Command–Power button* or Control–Option–Command–Media Eject : Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
  • Shift-Command-Q: Log out of your macOS user account. You will be asked to confirm. To log out immediately without confirming, press Option-Shift-Command-Q.

* Does not apply to the Touch ID sensor.

Finder and system shortcuts

  • Command-D: Duplicate the selected files.
  • Command-E: Eject the selected disk or volume.
  • Command-F: Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window.
  • Command-I: Show the Get Info window for a selected file.
  • Command-R: (1) When an alias is selected the Finder: show the original file for the selected alias. (2) In some apps, such as Calendar or Safari, refresh or reload the page. (3) In Software Update preferences, check for software updates again.
  • Shift-Command-C: Open the Computer window.
  • Shift-Command-D: Open the desktop folder.
  • Shift-Command-F: Open the Recents window, showing all of the files you viewed or changed recently.
  • Shift-Command-G: Open a Go to Folder window.
  • Shift-Command-H: Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account.
  • Shift-Command-I: Open iCloud Drive.
  • Shift-Command-K: Open the Network window.
  • Option-Command-L: Open the Downloads folder.
  • Shift-Command-N: Create a new folder.
  • Shift-Command-O: Open the Documents folder.
  • Shift-Command-P: Show or hide the Preview pane in Finder windows.
  • Shift-Command-R: Open the AirDrop window.
  • Shift-Command-T: Show or hide the tab bar in Finder windows.
  • Control-Shift-Command-T: Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later)
  • Shift-Command-U: Open the Utilities folder.
  • Option-Command-D: Show or hide the Dock.
  • Control-Command-T: Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later).
  • Option-Command-P: Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows.
  • Option-Command-S: Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows.
  • Command–Slash (/): Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows.
  • Command-J: Show View Options.
  • Command-K: Open the Connect to Server window.
  • Command-L: Make an alias of the selected item.
  • Command-N: Open a new Finder window.
  • Option-Command-N: Create a new Smart Folder.
  • Command-T: Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window.
  • Option-Command-T: Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window.
  • Option-Command-V: Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location.
  • Command-Y: Use Quick Look to preview the selected files.
  • Option-Command-Y: View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files.
  • Command-1: View the items in the Finder window as icons.
  • Command-2: View the items in a Finder window as a list.
  • Command-3: View the items in a Finder window in columns.
  • Command-4: View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow.
  • Command–Left Bracket ([): Go to the previous folder.
  • Command–Right Bracket (]): Go to the next folder.
  • Command–Up Arrow: Open the folder that contains the current folder.
  • Command–Control–Up Arrow: Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window.
  • Command–Down Arrow: Open the selected item.
  • Right Arrow: Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view.
  • Left Arrow: Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view.
  • Command-Delete: Move the selected item to the Trash.
  • Shift-Command-Delete: Empty the Trash.
  • Option-Shift-Command-Delete: Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog.
  • Command–Brightness Up: Turn target display mode on or off.
  • Command–Brightness Down: Turn video mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display.
  • Option–Brightness Up: Open Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key.
  • Control–Brightness Up or Control–Brightness Down: Change the brightness of your external display, if supported by your display.
  • Option–Shift–Brightness Up or Option–Shift–Brightness Down: Adjust the display brightness in smaller steps. Add the Control key to this shortcut to make the adjustment on your external display, if supported by your display.
  • Option–Mission Control: Open Mission Control preferences.
  • Command–Mission Control: Show the desktop.
  • Control–Down Arrow: Show all windows of the front app.
  • Option–Volume Up: Open Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys.
  • Option–Shift–Volume Up or Option–Shift–Volume Down: Adjust the sound volume in smaller steps.
  • Option–Keyboard Brightness Up: Open Keyboard preferences. This works with either Keyboard Brightness key.
  • Option–Shift–Keyboard Brightness Up or Option–Shift–Keyboard Brightness Down: Adjust the keyboard brightness in smaller steps.
  • Option key while double-clicking: Open the item in a separate window, then close the original window.
  • Command key while double-clicking: Open a folder in a separate tab or window.
  • Command key while dragging to another volume: Move the dragged item to the other volume, instead of copying it.
  • Option key while dragging: Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
  • Option-Command while dragging: Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
  • Option-click a disclosure triangle: Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view.
  • Command-click a window title: See the folders that contain the current folder.
  • Learn how to use Command or Shift to select multiple items in the Finder.
  • Click the Go menu in the Finder menu bar to see shortcuts for opening many commonly used folders, such as Applications, Documents, Downloads, Utilities, and iCloud Drive.

Document shortcuts

The behavior of these shortcuts may vary with the app you're using.

  • Command-B: Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off.
  • Command-I: Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off.
  • Command-K: Add a web link.
  • Command-U: Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.
  • Command-T: Show or hide the Fonts window.
  • Command-D: Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.
  • Control-Command-D: Show or hide the definition of the selected word.
  • Shift-Command-Colon (:): Display the Spelling and Grammar window.
  • Command-Semicolon (;): Find misspelled words in the document.
  • Option-Delete: Delete the word to the left of the insertion point.
  • Control-H: Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete.
  • Control-D: Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete.
  • Fn-Delete: Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control-D.
  • Control-K: Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.
  • Fn–Up Arrow: Page Up: Scroll up one page.
  • Fn–Down Arrow: Page Down: Scroll down one page.
  • Fn–Left Arrow: Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
  • Fn–Right Arrow: End: Scroll to the end of a document.
  • Command–Up Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
  • Command–Down Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the document.
  • Command–Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
  • Command–Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.
  • Option–Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
  • Option–Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.
  • Shift–Command–Up Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.
  • Shift–Command–Down Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.
  • Shift–Command–Left Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.
  • Shift–Command–Right Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.
  • Shift–Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above.
  • Shift–Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below.
  • Shift–Left Arrow: Extend text selection one character to the left.
  • Shift–Right Arrow: Extend text selection one character to the right.
  • Option–Shift–Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again.
  • Option–Shift–Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again.
  • Option–Shift–Left Arrow: Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again.
  • Option–Shift–Right Arrow: Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again.
  • Control-A: Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
  • Control-E: Move to the end of a line or paragraph.
  • Control-F: Move one character forward.
  • Control-B: Move one character backward.
  • Control-L: Center the cursor or selection in the visible area.
  • Control-P: Move up one line.
  • Control-N: Move down one line.
  • Control-O: Insert a new line after the insertion point.
  • Control-T: Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point.
  • Command–Left Curly Bracket ({): Left align.
  • Command–Right Curly Bracket (}): Right align.
  • Shift–Command–Vertical bar ( ): Center align.
  • Option-Command-F: Go to the search field.
  • Option-Command-T: Show or hide a toolbar in the app.
  • Option-Command-C: Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.
  • Option-Command-V: Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item.
  • Option-Shift-Command-V: Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content.
  • Option-Command-I: Show or hide the inspector window.
  • Shift-Command-P: Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings.
  • Shift-Command-S: Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document.
  • Shift–Command–Minus sign (-): Decrease the size of the selected item.
  • Shift–Command–Plus sign (+): Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function.
  • Shift–Command–Question mark (?): Open the Help menu.

Other shortcuts

For more shortcuts, check the shortcut abbreviations shown in the menus of your apps. Every app can have its own shortcuts, and shortcuts that work in one app might not work in another.

  • iTunes shortcuts: Choose Help > Keyboard shortcuts from the menu bar in iTunes.
  • Other shortcuts: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Shortcuts.

Learn more

  • Create your own shortcuts and resolve conflicts between shortcuts
  • Change the behavior of the function keys or modifier keys

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commented Apr 6, 2017

  • VSCode Version: 1.11.1
  • OS Version: 10.12.4

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Highlight text and either use the copy keyboard shortcut or select the copy command from the edit menu.
  2. Attempt to paste the copied selection by either using the paste keyboard shortcut or select the paste command from the edit menu.
  3. The text does not paste

Additional Info:

  • Keyboard shortcuts are properly assigned
  • Cut command works but paste still does not work after cutting text
  • Disabling all extensions did not fix the issue
  • Using the command palette to select copy and paste also does not work

commented Apr 6, 2017

Which keyboard layout are you using?

commented Apr 6, 2017

I am using the default keyboard layout. I have not made any changes.

commented Apr 6, 2017

Is the physical keyboard U.S. English?

commented Apr 6, 2017

Yes it is.

commented Apr 6, 2017

Is this perhaps a dup of #13366, which is an external issue described in electron repo electron/electron#916 .

For short:

OS X's clipboard API requires the process to run in a UI session, which might not be true if you are using tmux.

You can mitigate this issue by following https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard#mac-os-x-pasteboard-access-under-tmux-and-screen

commented Apr 6, 2017

That is not the issue, I am launching the application from the applications list and I am not using screen or tmux.

added this to the Backlog milestone Apr 10, 2017

commented Apr 24, 2017

Also experiencing this after upgrading to 1.11.2. Copy and paste don't work, neither from the keyboard nor the context menus, and I also launch via the applications list.

commented May 5, 2017

The same problem in 1.12.1 version on MacOS.

commented May 5, 2017

I believe this is an Electron issue - electron/electron#9352

Does the description in there ring any bell? i.e. after restarting the app, does the clipboard start working again?

commented May 5, 2017

It is not woking after restarting the app. :(

commented May 5, 2017

I resolved it by rebooting my whole machine. A big hammer, to be sure, butfortunately the problem hasn't reproduced since.
…
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 12:24 PM Bo-Yi Wu ***@***.***> wrote: It is not woking after restarting the app. :( — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#24112 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA15IDmX8jMeAzAXUIm3hykwqH84NIvhks5r201JgaJpZM4M178x> .

referenced this issue May 6, 2017

Closed

Paste doesn't work #26099

commented May 10, 2017•
edited

Same here (when trying to paste to command palette), but it just worked again after restarting VS Code.

Not sure how to reproduce it.

commented May 10, 2017

I revert the vs code version to 1.11.2 which is working version for me.

commented May 10, 2017•
edited

So it makes more sense that this might be an upstream issue :/

1.12 Release Note: In this release, we updated from Electron 1.4.x to 1.6.6.

UPDATE: Sorry I didn't notice that OP reported this issue before the release of 1.12

commented May 10, 2017

@hungys Yes.

I don't know why it is working after restart vscode app for you or anyone. This approach can't work with my mac OS 10.10.5.

referenced this issue May 10, 2017

Open

Copy keyboard shortcut has randomly no effect #9352

My Copy And Paste Is Not Working Mac Computer

commented May 10, 2017•
edited

I'm on macOS 10.12.4, FYI

Despite restarting somehow resolves it, my friends with the same OS version still experienced this issue frequently. While I found it hard to reproduce it.

To clarify, we only experienced this issue when trying to paste something to the command palette.

referenced this issue May 15, 2017

Closed

in find window, cmd+v(paste) problem #26344

commented May 16, 2017

restarting the app does not help me, and I can repro in a variety of places, not just the command palette. I also regularly can not type in a new blank document. (macOS Sierra)

commented May 17, 2017

For the second issue, are you on 1.13-Insiders? check #26279

commented May 20, 2017

Here is an interesting comment from a different issue - #6884 (comment)

This was indeed an OSX issue for me. The following worked:

See http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/31866/copy-and-cut-sometimes-dont-work

commented May 20, 2017•
edited

This doesn't work for me.

Actually I only have copy-paste issue in non-editor area, e.g. the search panel and the search prompt. Check the following gif, I can successfully paste the text from context menu, but not via keyboard shortcut, so I think it's not the issue of clipboard subsystem.

referenced this issue Jul 18, 2017

Closed

Copy/paste to clipboard not working #30533

commented Sep 18, 2017

Bumping this - experiencing the same issue in v 1.16 on MacOS 10.12.6f from within tmux and ZSH Shell.

commented Sep 20, 2017

Same issue here.

commented Sep 27, 2017•
edited

Same issue right now!
MacOS 10.12.6

commented Sep 29, 2017

i got the same issue. cannot paste to visual studio code
macos 10.12.6

commented Sep 29, 2017

Updated to MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) can confirm the issue persists. VS Code version 1.16.1.

commented Sep 30, 2017•
edited

Paste

Same issue here. VSCode 1.16.1 on MacOS 10.12.6. Using tmux type code to open the project then I couldn't use copy/paste shortcut key combination.

commented Oct 8, 2017

A workaround for now is to start vscode 'outside' of tmux, then newly spawned windows using code inside tmux will have copy/paste.

Copy

commented Oct 14, 2017

I would enjoy if copy and paste would be working so I can remove the tmux configuration, since I have enabled the option in iTerm to integrate tmux. I am using

VSCode 1.17.1,
tmux 2.6 and
iTerm 3.1.3.

However, for all reading this you can fix it 'correctly' with brew install reattach-to-user-namespace and the following tmux option set -g default-command 'reattach-to-user-namespace -l $SHELL'. Below you can find my tmux.conf:

referenced this issue Oct 30, 2017

Closed

[Bug Report] `vim.useSystemClipboard: false` affects default Vim behaviour. #2051

changed the titleCopy and paste commands not working on Mac OS Nov 12, 2017

removed this from the Backlog milestone Nov 16, 2017

referenced this issue Nov 22, 2017

Closed

Cut and paste #38613

referenced this issue Feb 27, 2018

Closed

Unable to Copy and Paste #44655

commented Mar 6, 2018

@estrode do you still see this?

commented Mar 8, 2018

As I am experiencing this issue, is there anything I can do to help with fixing / reproducing this @bpasero ?

commented Mar 8, 2018

Open for help 👍 , no clue where to start though. @Tyriar ?

commented Mar 8, 2018

Jumping back in here, currently using VS Code 1.21.0 on 10.13.4 Beta (17E170C) and the issue no longer persists for me. I can copy and paste back and forth just fine. Using iTerm2 3.0.15 to start code from CLI.

commented Mar 8, 2018

@jldeen where are you getting the Beta version from? I downloaded Visual Studio Code Insiders edition and I still get the same issue.

commented Mar 8, 2018•
edited

I'm using Beta 10.13.4 macOS, but not VS Code. I believe you need to be part of the Developer's program with Apple to have access to the macOS Beta software, but other than that, I'm not using anything beta.

*** Edit - Looks like you can register here for macOS Beta: https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/

commented Mar 9, 2018

I've updated to Visual Studio Code 1.21.0 and OSX 10.13.4 Beta (17E170c) and still experiencing this issue. Though, my iTerm2 is 3.1.5.

Just to note, this only happens when I execute code . while in a TMUX session. Running code . from an iTerm terminal session itself doesn't exhibit this issue.

commented Mar 9, 2018

@stanleykylee and did you follow the advice in #24112 (comment) to enable copy/paste?

commented Mar 9, 2018

@bpasero sorry, I hadn't. I just did not and yes, it works with that option enabled. Is this the accepted fix or is this considered a work around for now?

commented Mar 9, 2018

Yes that seems to be the fix.

commented Mar 9, 2018

Sounds good. Thanks!

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