Observed arrival · 2026-10-01
FormatMatch strips the styling from Mac copy-and-paste
A Mac menu-bar app removes formatting when you copy text, so a regular paste carries the words without their fonts or colors.
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✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Mac users who often paste formatted text into other apps
- Worth noticing
- Links inside formatted text lose their link addresses; standalone URLs and file links are preserved.
Field notes
The app works at copy time rather than requiring a special paste command, and offers controls for preserving one copy or excluding selected apps. Its handling of concealed password-manager copies depends on the password manager setting that mark. The page also notes that when an excluded app prevents source identification, a copy may be left unchanged and can be cleaned from the menu.
Observed signals
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