How NotchStar clipboard history handles images
NotchStar’s Clipboard tool stores images you copy, not only text. Each image is shrunk so its long edge is at most 640 pixels, saved as a PNG in memory, and shown in the list as a small thumbnail. At most 10 images are kept at a time.
What you see
An image row shows a thumbnail on the left and a label such as “Image 1200×800” with the size of the original picture. Click the row and the image goes back on the clipboard, ready to paste into a chat, a document or an image editor.
Reduced size
The copy NotchStar puts back is the reduced version, not the original file. If you need every pixel, paste straight after copying, or keep the original file. An image that was already smaller than 640 pixels is not enlarged.
Finding an image
Type the word image in the search box and the list shows your copied images. See how to search your clipboard history.
When an image does not appear as an image
- If the same copy also contains text, NotchStar records the text. Spreadsheets and some web pages do this. Files copied in Finder are recorded as files.
- Images are kept in memory only, so they disappear when you quit NotchStar.
Read more on the Clipboard feature page.
