Win+V for Mac

Is there a Win+V for the Mac?

On Windows, one key opens everything you’ve copied. Here is what the Mac does instead, and the version Just Copy gives it.

Not the same one. On Windows, Win+V opens a list of what you’ve copied. A Mac has no such key, though on macOS 26, Spotlight keeps a short list behind Cmd-Space, Cmd-4. Just Copy gives the Mac its version: move your pointer to the notch, or press one shortcut, and everything you’ve copied drops open as cards.

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Actual size. The tray opens above the menu bar, over whatever you’re doing.

What you had on Windows

Win+V opens a panel of recent copies. You pick one and it pastes. You can pin the ones you keep using. It is one of the things people miss most when they switch.

What the Mac does instead

Out of the box, a Mac remembers one copy. On macOS 26 you can switch on a list in Spotlight; it keeps text, images, links and files, and forgets on a timer you set, from half an hour to a week.

The Just Copy version

Move your pointer to the notch and the tray drops open, above the menu bar, without a window. Every copy is a card you can see: pictures, links, code, colors, files, as well as text. Press Return and it goes back into the app you were typing in. Cmd-1 to Cmd-9 pastes by position, and Shift-Return drops the fonts and colors.

If you would rather keep your hands on the keys, one shortcut opens it too. And the things you paste every day can live on a pinned board, where they never move.

Questions

Can I open it with a key instead of the mouse?

Yes. Reaching for the notch is the everyday way; one shortcut opens the same tray, and every shortcut can be set to keys your fingers already know.

Does it pin items like Windows does?

Yes. Pin the address, the bank details, the three snippets this project keeps asking for. Some boards fill themselves: say “every screenshot” once and it keeps filling.

My Mac doesn’t have a notch.

A notch is optional. On an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later, reach for the top-center of the screen to open the tray, or use its keyboard shortcut.