You can also use PopClip to correct a misspelled word, in those cases where the system does not do so automatically. However, the word lookup feature, instead of bringing up its meaning in the inline dictionary, opens the Dictionary app on Mac OS X, which we thought was less than ideal. It can also detect links and email addresses in any text you select, even if they are not hyperlinked, and give you the option to open them. If PopClip found a way to silence that, the paste feature would become more useful. However, double-clicking in empty text boxes causes Mac OS X to sound its little Funk alert, which can get annoying after a while. To paste whatever you have copied into an empty text box, you need to double-click on it to bring up PopClip’s paste option. It appears on top of the text and, if you do not use it, disappears shortly after you move the mouse. Even when used with the mouse, it is fairly unobtrusive. The software is intelligent enough to not bother you when you select text using the keyboard, because it is obviously easier to do the copy-paste actions using keyboard shortcuts. With the app running, whenever you select text using the mouse, it will bring up a small menu with options to search for it on Google (which opens in a new tab if you are using your Web browser), cut or copy the text, replace it with previously copied text or look it up in the dictionary. You can set it to open upon login, remove the menu bar icon, change the size of its pop-ups and disable some of its features. It also provides a smattering of configuration options, so you can customise it as you want. With PopClip installed, you can easily cut, copy and paste text, look words up in a dictionary and perform Google searches, all without ever touching the keyboard.Īvailable for $4.99 on the Mac App Store (with a free trial version on the developer’s website), the app puts an icon in your menu bar upon launch, which gives you a quick toggle to turn PopClip on or off. Pilotmoon’s PopClip is a tiny Mac OS X utility that makes your mouse more capable of handling text-based operations, thanks to some lessons learnt on iOS.
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