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PasteHopfor Mac 0.3.0 · macOS 14+ Download

Install PasteHop. Open it the first time.

PasteHop is not notarized by Apple, so the first time you open it, macOS stops it and asks you to confirm. Below is exactly what to click. You do it once.

  1. Download PasteHop.

    Free · macOS 14+Download for Mac

    Free, up to 500 copiesNo accountmacOS 14 or later

    PasteHop is a Mac app, and it is free. On your Mac, open pastehop.app.

    Or get one email when Pro opens.

    PasteHop-0.3.0.dmgversion 0.3.0 · 15.5 MB · October 9, 2026

    Not sure which macOS you have? Open the Apple menu, then About This Mac.

  2. Drag it into Applications.

    Double-click PasteHop-0.3.0.dmg in your Downloads folder. A window opens with PasteHop on the left and your Applications folder on the right: drag PasteHop onto Applications.

    Open PasteHop from Applications, not from that window. You can then eject the disk image and move the .dmg to the Trash.

  3. Open it, and confirm once.

    The first time, macOS stops PasteHop because Apple has not checked it. Follow the steps for your macOS.

    3a

    macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS 26 Tahoe and later

    1. In Applications, double-click PasteHop. macOS says it could not verify the app. Click Done, not Move to Trash.
    2. Open the Apple menu, then System Settings, then Privacy & Security in the sidebar. Scroll down to Security.
    3. Beside the line about PasteHop, click Open Anyway. The button stays there for about an hour after you tried to open the app.
    4. Enter your login password, then click OK. If the warning shows again, click Open.
    3b

    macOS 14 Sonoma

    1. Open your Applications folder in the Finder. Not Launchpad: it has no menu for this.
    2. Control-click PasteHop, then choose Open from the menu.
    3. In the warning, click Open.

    The Open Anyway button in System Settings › Privacy & Security also works on macOS 14.

    macOS then keeps PasteHop as an exception: from now on, it opens with a double-click, like any other app.

    Why does my Mac stop it?

    Apple checks the apps of developers who pay for an Apple developer account. That check is called notarization. PasteHop does not have that account, so your Mac cannot check the app for you, and says so. The warning means Apple has not looked at PasteHop, not that something wrong was found. What you copy never leaves your Mac, and there is no account to create.

    These steps follow Apple's own pages:

  4. Allow two permissions.

    PasteHop needs two macOS permissions for ⌘V to be its own. On its first launch, PasteHop asks for them. Both are listed in System Settings › Privacy & Security. On macOS 27, Accessibility is called Device Control and Data Access.

    Input Monitoring
    To see when you press ⌘V and its own shortcuts. It does not record or store what you type.
    Accessibility
    To paste for you, and, with Pro, to press Tab after each paste.

    If macOS asks you to quit and reopen PasteHop after you allow one, say yes. On recent versions of macOS, the first time you copy from another app, macOS may also ask once whether PasteHop can access the pasteboard: choose Allow Paste. The privacy page says what each permission is for.

  5. Your first paste.

    PasteHop lives in the menu bar, at the top right of your screen. It has no window to open: you use ⌘C and ⌘V, as always.

    1. Switch Flow on with ⌥⇧⌘F. It starts off.
    2. Copy a few things, one after the other, with ⌘C. A small bar counts how many are waiting.
    3. Click the field where the first one goes. The key in the bar turns amber.
    4. Press ⌘V. Click the next field, press ⌘V again, and so on.
    5. After the last one, the bar says All pasted, and ⌘V works as usual again.
    The name is pasted in the form, the Email field is ready, and the bar shows the amber ⌘V key with the email, 2 of 3.
    The second paste on its way: the amber key, the copy, and where you are.

    ⌥⇧⌘FOption, Shift, Command and F together switch PasteHop on or off. The switch is called Flow. While it is off, ⌘V is the Mac's.

Later.

It works? See what Pro does for you.

How do I get updates?

PasteHop does not look for updates by itself. A new version is a new download from this page. The version here is 0.3.0.

Does PasteHop start with my Mac?

Yes, by default, so that it is there when you copy. macOS lists it in System Settings › General, under Login Items, where you can turn it off.

How do I remove it?

Quit PasteHop from its icon in the menu bar, then drag it from Applications to the Trash.

Something does not work?

Check that PasteHop is switched on under both Input Monitoring and Accessibility (on macOS 27: Device Control and Data Access) in System Settings › Privacy & Security. If it still does not paste, DM on X with your macOS version.