![]() ![]() I run my URLs Menu shortcut 1 multiple times per Mac session. ⌘ The FixĪs I said, I’ve dealt with these crashes for months. ⌘īut this is what you get when you run a shortcut. At least the shortcut does run while PopClip stalls. ![]() And none of its vast functionality can be used until PopClip is entirely quit and reopened. You see, for months, whenever I’ve run a shortcut from a PopClip extension, PopClip gets stuck in an endless spinner. PopClip promises smoother access to text-based shortcuts, but this bug is a real showstopper. So when there’s a roadblock to using them, I find it frustrating. Pilotmoon provides thorough documentation on all the syntax options. I love tools that you can extend all on your own. But I will say that it’s amazing how you can install your own extensions simply by highlighting some properly syntaxed text.Ĭreates an extension that runs my affiliate linking shortcut, complete with a custom symbol, and only when a URL is selected. The guys at MacStories have written extensively about building Extension Snippets, so I won’t rehash the whole process here. But when you want to fire off a shortcut with some selected text as the input, Extension Snippets are where you want to look. Some of these replicate functionality that I’ve built into shortcuts. Pocket (save a URL to read later in Pocket).Parcel (add tracking numbers to my deliveries app).Slugify (convert text to a web-worthy URL slug).Copy as Markdown (convert rich text to Markdown).Title Case (convert text to Title Case).In fact, I just downloaded another new one that I’ll use all the time for writing blog post metadata: Timestamp, which inserts the current date and time in a variety of formats right from that popup menu. Things like applying a ROT13 cipher to your text, having your computer speak out the selected text, creating calendar entries, sorting lists alphabetically, or bookmarking a URL with Pinboard. ⌘Īnd there are some wild things you can do with these extensions. Some extensions have their own settings to customize their output even further. There you can rearrange or remove existing extensions (pencil icon) and visit the extension library to download actions for additional functionality (plus icon). Not only are there the staples like Cut, Copy, and Paste, but you can also fire off a web search from your highlighted text, open links, look up a definition, and correct spelling mistakes just by highlighting some text.īut don’t skip on clicking through the menu bar app to its puzzle piece tab, which brings up the list of PopClip extensions you have installed. I’d gladly pay that amount in an annual subscription to keep using it.Įven before we get to the, well, extensive Extension library to power up PopClip, you get a bunch of functionality with the vanilla installation. It costs a cool $15.99 on the Mac App Store, and I’ll tell you, it’s worth every penny. I’ve been using PopClip, developed by Pilotmoon Software, for years. Good news: I’ve got a workaround to fix it. You know how on iOS and iPadOS when you highlight text, you get that little popover menu with Copy, Paste, and Share buttons? Super helpful, right? What if I told you that you could get that same functionality, plus more, on macOS as well?īad news: If you try to get the most out of PopClip by integrating it with Shortcuts, it crashes. was able to recreate the issue but has yet to do anything about it.⌘ DecemFixing PopClip’s Shortcuts Issues…with Shortcuts The only way to stop it is to quit the app, then it can be reopened.Īnd I often forget I’ve killed the app until I try highlighting something several times and nothing happens. The app also has a bug that the developer has known about for nearly four months but failed to fix.Īfter copying and pasting a huge block of text, within seconds CPU usage climbs to 99+% and the fans start racing. I’ve suggested a preference for making the menu appear above or below the highlighted text, but that wasn’t implemented so I’m forced to pause frequently. Maybe that’s not really making a difference at all, but at least it seems like I’m making it work by highlighting it faster.Īnd quite often when it does activate, its menu covers up something I need to click and I have to stop and wait a few seconds for the menu to disappear before I can continue. ![]() ![]() It doesn’t seem to like when things are highlighted slowly so it do it fast and then it works (sometimes). It often takes several tries at highlighting something before PopClip activates. So it should be priced at half-off until it works 100%. Unfortunately that’s only about half the time (as another reviewer has also stated). When it works correctly it’s a very helpful app. ![]()
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