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Now I need one to prevent automatic clipboard sharing via handoff without turning off handoff completely. Believe it or not Apple, some people use multiple mac

Now I need one to prevent automatic clipboard sharing via handoff without turning off handoff completely. Believe it or not Apple, some people use multiple machines for different purposes and automatically passing my clipboard between them is an annoyance at best. I'm happy with it just being shared while I explicitly remote from one machine to another.

gregoriol 2y ago
Oh yes! That would be awesome! I often happen to erase something I copied on one device by copying something on another one... would be much better to have an AirDrop like feature where you can send a text to another device instead of automatic
- boxed 2y ago
  The fact that macOS doesn't have a built in history for the clipboard is the problem there imo. I use pasteBot and I think macOS is broken without it (which of course means iOS is broken and cannot be fixed by a third party).
  - nottorp 2y ago
    I use JumpCut. I still don't want my stuff on one machine erased via the other unless i specifically connect them via vnc.
  - jeffhuys 2y ago
    It can. In the EU. AltStore -> Clip. No jailbreak, clipboard manager.
    - boxed 2y ago
      The blog post about it seems to imply you have to do an extra swipe down to put it in the clipboard manager for every copy...
manmal 2y ago
Maybe turning it off and using Paste app instead is worth exploring.
- nottorp 2y ago
  Turning what off? Handoff? But I like the feature where my text messages and voice phone calls can be done on all my devices. I just want to turn off the clipboard.
ljm 2y ago
I think you just need to disable Universal Clipboard?
- nottorp 2y ago
  How? https://support.apple.com/en-us/102430 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102430 Apple only tells me how to turn it on :)
  - ljm 2y ago
    IIRC there is a flag in MacOS settings to toggle it. It’s always been disabled by default for me.
elzbardico 2y ago
I went back to Synergy from Symless. Handoff has some very annoying glitches when sharing mouse and keyboard. And Synergy is completely configurable. Not to mention that it is a one-time purchase.
- jwells89 2y ago
  Can’t speak for others but the reason I use Universal Control is because it’s the only option that doesn’t perform badly without a hardwired connection, thanks to its use of an ad-hoc wireless network to send mouse movements and keystrokes whereas Synergy, ShareMouse, etc make a round trip through the router adding a bunch of variable latency, which IMO is worse than Universal Control’s glitches.
- threecheese 2y ago
  A one time purchase, but they update it quite frequently, and each time we are required to open browser, log into Synergy account, find the download page, get the .dmg, install… to remove the UI nag - on each computer using Synergy. Please PLEASE make an auto-updater :) I think I had to do this twice in one week recently on three computers, with a strong password I had to write on a post-it

gregoriol 2y ago

Oh yes! That would be awesome! I often happen to erase something I copied on one device by copying something on another one... would be much better to have an AirDrop like feature where you can send a text to another device instead of automatic

boxed 2y ago
The fact that macOS doesn't have a built in history for the clipboard is the problem there imo. I use pasteBot and I think macOS is broken without it (which of course means iOS is broken and cannot be fixed by a third party).
- nottorp 2y ago
  I use JumpCut. I still don't want my stuff on one machine erased via the other unless i specifically connect them via vnc.
- jeffhuys 2y ago
  It can. In the EU. AltStore -> Clip. No jailbreak, clipboard manager.
  - boxed 2y ago
    The blog post about it seems to imply you have to do an extra swipe down to put it in the clipboard manager for every copy...

manmal 2y ago

Maybe turning it off and using Paste app instead is worth exploring.

nottorp 2y ago
Turning what off? Handoff? But I like the feature where my text messages and voice phone calls can be done on all my devices. I just want to turn off the clipboard.

ljm 2y ago

I think you just need to disable Universal Clipboard?

nottorp 2y ago
How? https://support.apple.com/en-us/102430 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102430 Apple only tells me how to turn it on :)
- ljm 2y ago
  IIRC there is a flag in MacOS settings to toggle it. It’s always been disabled by default for me.

elzbardico 2y ago

I went back to Synergy from Symless. Handoff has some very annoying glitches when sharing mouse and keyboard. And Synergy is completely configurable. Not to mention that it is a one-time purchase.

jwells89 2y ago
Can’t speak for others but the reason I use Universal Control is because it’s the only option that doesn’t perform badly without a hardwired connection, thanks to its use of an ad-hoc wireless network to send mouse movements and keystrokes whereas Synergy, ShareMouse, etc make a round trip through the router adding a bunch of variable latency, which IMO is worse than Universal Control’s glitches.
threecheese 2y ago
A one time purchase, but they update it quite frequently, and each time we are required to open browser, log into Synergy account, find the download page, get the .dmg, install… to remove the UI nag - on each computer using Synergy. Please PLEASE make an auto-updater :) I think I had to do this twice in one week recently on three computers, with a strong password I had to write on a post-it