Why NotchStar clipboard history keeps only 10 images
NotchStar keeps the 10 most recent images in its clipboard history. When you copy an eleventh image, the oldest image is removed from the list. This is a separate cap from the 50 item limit for the whole list.
How the two limits work together
- The list holds at most 50 items in total, newest first.
- Within those, at most 10 can be images.
- Dropping an old image to make room for a new one does not remove any text or file from the list.
So a run of screenshots cannot push your copied text or links out of the list. It only replaces older images.
Why images are capped
Pictures take far more memory than a line of text. NotchStar shrinks each one to a long edge of 640 pixels and caps the count so that history stays light on memory, since the history is kept in memory and not on disk.
What to do if you need an older image
Once an image has dropped off, it is gone from the list. If an image matters, save the original file. The screenshot tray and file shelf hold files and screenshots for longer than the clipboard list does. A persistent history is on the roadmap as an opt in idea, not a promise.
Limits
The numbers 50 and 10 are fixed in the app today. They are not settings.
See also the Clipboard feature page.
