How do I install it?
- Download the .dmg from your purchase email, or from trytucket.com/download.
- Open the .dmg and drag Tucket into your Applications folder.
- Launch Tucket from Applications.
What happens the first time I open it?
A short welcome, which does the whole setup with you. If you have been using Tucket already, you will never see it.
- It says hello and asks your name, so Tucket can greet you properly.
- It takes your licence key, with a link to buy one if you arrived without a key.
- It asks for Accessibility, the permission that lets Tucket paste for you. Not now is a real option and you can grant it later.
- It sets up how Tucket opens: the spot at the top of the screen, and a chance to try it. You can switch hovering off right here if you would rather only ever use the shortcuts.
- It shows what Tucket can do, with links to this guide and to the feature board, then hands over with Start using Tucket.
Where did the app go?
Nowhere, and that is the design. Tucket lives in your menu bar and deliberately has no Dock icon, because a clipboard manager you have to switch to is a clipboard manager you stop using.
Look for the Tucket icon in the menu bar at the top of your screen. Click it to open the popup, or right-click it for Open Library, Settings and Quit.
How do I let Tucket paste for me?
This is the one permission that matters. Pasting works by simulating ⌘V into whatever app you are in, and macOS will not allow that without Accessibility access.
- Tucket asks the first time you try to paste something.
- Click Open System Settings in the prompt.
- Find Tucket in Privacy & Security, then Accessibility, and switch it on.
- That is it, no restart needed.
What is the other permission it asks for?
Automation, and only for browsers. With it, a clip you copied while Dribbble was open gets tagged Dribbble rather than just Safari, which makes finding things later much easier.
It is genuinely optional. Decline it and everything still works, with clips tagged by app name instead of site.
How do I activate my licence?
- Open Settings from the popup, or right-click the menu bar icon and choose Settings.
- Go to the License section.
- Paste the key from your purchase email and activate.
What should I try first?
- Copy a few different things: some text, a colour from Figma, a screenshot.
- Press ⌘⌃V, or just move your cursor up to the notch.
- Click any clip to paste it into whatever you were working in.
Good to know
- Tucket needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel.
- It is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens without a Gatekeeper warning.
- Nothing you copy leaves your Mac. The only feature that touches the network for a clip is link previews, which are on by default and can be switched off in Settings, then General.
Related
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