Introduction

Getting something out of the clipboard and into a file on macOS normally means opening an app you were not in, exporting through a dialog, and steering a save panel back to the folder that was already open. Klippster removes all three steps. It reads what is on the clipboard, works out what it is, offers only the formats that make sense for it, and writes the file where you are.

Something on the clipboard
    ↓
⌘⇧V in Finder  →  pick a format  →  file written to the open folder
    ↓
Markdown · PDF · PNG · Rich Text · HTML · Plain Text · SVG · Web Location

It also runs the other way. A file in Finder can be copied onto the clipboard in a different format, or converted to a sibling file next to the original.

#The three conversions

Everything Klippster does is one of these three. They share one engine, one format list and one set of rules — the difference is only where the result goes.

A worked example, which the rest of these docs reuses. You have ~/Projects/launch-notes open in Finder and release-notes.md sitting in it. Copy a paragraph of Markdown from your editor and press ⌘⇧V → you get a new file in that folder. Right-click release-notes.md and choose Convert to → PDF → you get release-notes.pdf beside it, typeset, with real headings and lists rather than raw # characters on a page.

#What it costs

Klippster is free, and the free version is not a trial. All eight built-in formats, both shortcuts, every Finder menu, Format Packs and the whole appearance system cost nothing and do not expire. There is no watermark, no nag screen and no account.

Klippster Pro is a one-time purchase that adds a deeper clipboard history and the AI-assisted parts of the image editor. It is not a subscription. See Klippster Pro for what is in each tier.

#What it never does

This is the part worth reading before you install anything that watches your clipboard.

• Nothing you copy leaves your Mac. Clipboard reading, conversion, file writing and history all happen locally. There is no analytics and no telemetry of any kind.
• Clipboard History is off until you turn it on, and a missing answer counts as no. Clipboards hold secrets, so absence of consent is never treated as consent.
• The network is touched only on an explicit action — browsing or installing a Format Pack, buying Pro, and activating a paid licence once. None of those requests carries your clipboard.
• A paid licence contacts us exactly once, to register the Mac. After that Klippster checks the licence on your Mac and never contacts a licence server again — not at launch, not on a schedule.

Privacy and data says where each of those claims is enforced, and what is stored on disk.

#What it runs on

#Where to go next

These pages are written to be read in order, but each one stands on its own — none of them says "read X first".

• Install — the download, the extension, and the one permission prompt.
• Quickstart — your first paste, copy and convert, in about two minutes.
• Paste, copy, convert — the three conversions in full.
• Licensing API — for anyone integrating with activation.