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Developer tools (27)

Arduino IDE - Paste

RStudio (Mac) - Paste

GoLand 2022.3 (macOS) - Paste

Firefox Developer Tools (macOS) - Paste

BBEdit 13 - Paste

Proto.io (macOS) - Paste

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Paste the text at the cursor's current position

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Paste

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Paste

App Maker - Paste widgets

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App Maker - Paste text from the clipboard

Coda for iOS - Paste

Reserved Mac - Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.

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Team Explorer and Azure DevOps - Paste text

TablePlus - Paste rows

Google Cloud Shell Terminal - (Mac OS) Paste at cursor location

GitLab (macOS) - Paste

Handoff.design (macOS) - Paste

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (macOS) - Attach an image from the clipboard to the issue or comment.

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (macOS) - Edit: Paste

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (macOS) - File: Paste

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (macOS) - Edit: Paste

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (macOS) - Data: Paste Data

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, macOS) - Edit: Paste (alternative)

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, macOS) - Edit: Paste

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, macOS) - Data: Paste Data

Thunkable - Paste copied screens, components, and blocks

General (9)

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Paste

Godot (Mac) - Paste

Godot (Mac) - Paste Selection

Apple macOS - Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder

Floorplanner - Copy/paste furniture

Firefox (macOS) - Paste

Apple iBooks - Paste the selection

Roll20 - Paste copied object(s)

OBS Studio (Mac) - Paste source

Hardware (1)

Zagg keyboard (iPad) - Paste

Imaging (40)

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Paste

Fusion 360 - Paste

Final Cut Pro X - Insert the Clipboard contents at the skimmer or playhead position

Xcode - Paste

Xcode - Insert the Clipboard contents at the insertion point (equivalent to the Paste command)

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Paste

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Paste

PixInsight (macOS) - New Image from Clipboard

Corel Painter (Mac) - Paste in place

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Paste

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Pixelmator Pro - Paste

Pixelmator Pro - Paste a selected area

MagicaVoxel - Paste

MagicaVoxel - Paste material

Acorn 7 - Paste

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Paste

Adobe Dimension CC (Mac) - Paste

OmniGraffle 7 - Paste

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Paste

Penpot (Mac) - Paste

Penpot (Mac) - Flip vertical

xTool Creative Space (XCS) (Mac) - Paste

Spline (Mac) - Paste

Photo Mechanic (Mac) - Paste

Apple iMovie - Paste the copied text

Adobe XD (Mac) - Paste

Shotcut (Mac) - Paste

Sketch - Paste layer

Substance Painter (Mac) - Paste layer

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Paste

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Quick Paste

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Paste Selection

Qubicle - Paste a model or set of voxels in the scene

InVision (macOS) - Paste

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Set Topological Axis

PureRef (macOS) - Paste

Eye Candy (Windows, Mac) - Paste

Vectary (macOS) - Paste Object

Luminar 3 - Paste

Luminar 3 - Paste Adjustments

Media player (5)

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Paste

QLab 4 - Paste

iTunes 11 for Mac - Paste the selected song’s information or artwork

Spotify (macOS) - Paste

ProVideoPlayer (PVP) 3 - Paste

Productivity (76)

Apple GarageBand - Paste

Guitar Pro 8 (macOS) - Paste

SAP Fiori - (macOS) Pastes a cut group or field

Nuendo 10 - Paste

Dynamics 365 Business Central - (macOS) Paste the selected rows from the Clipboard into the current page or external document, like Microsoft Excel or Outlook email. You can only do this in editable lists

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Paste

Google Sheets (Mac) - Paste

Luna (DAW) - Paste

Luna (DAW) - Paste

Google Docs (iPhone & iPad) - Paste

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Apple Pages - Paste the selection

Quip - Paste

Xmind - Paste

iPad Smart Keyboard - Paste

Final Draft 11 (Mac) - Paste

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Paste

FlowMapp - Paste

SmartDraw - Paste

Movie Magic Budgeting (Mac) - Paste

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 (macOS) - Paste

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Paste selected item

Craft - Paste

Synthesia - Paste

Clarity Human Services (Mac) - Paste

Confluence (Mac) - Paste

Asana (Mac) - Paste Tasks (One per line)

QuickBooks Desktop (Mac) - Edit > Paste

Tableau (Mac) - Paste clipboard

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Paste

OmniFocus 3.3 (iOS) - Paste

Things (Mac) - Paste plain text to create new to-dos

Things (Mac) - Paste a to-do or project

Things (iPad) - Paste plain text to create new to-dos

Things (iPad) - Paste a to-do or project

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Paste

Adobe Captivate 2019 (macOS) - Paste what is on the clipboard (for example, slide, image, object, and so on)

Miro (macOS) - Paste

coda.io (Windows, Mac) - Paste

OnSite - Paste

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Paste

Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Past cell content

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Paste

Fission (Audio Editor) - Paste

RoomSketcher - Paste

Nimbus Note (macOS) (2022) - Paste text into a note

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Premiere Rush (macOS) - * Paste

Cengage Mindtap - Paste

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (macOS) - Paste text

Smartsheet (Mac) - Paste

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Paste

Quire (macOS) - Paste selected task(s)

Revizto (macOS) - Paste markup

Microsoft Sway (macOS) - Paste text

Sound Particles 2.1 (macOS) - Paste

Power Query (macOS) - Paste cells/rows/columns

Power Query (macOS) - Paste queries

Power Query (macOS) - Paste queries

Uxpin - Paste

Heptabase (macOS) - Paste

Heptabase (macOS) - Pasting cards

Express Scribe 13.24 (Mac) - Paste (Notes Field)

MusicBrainz Picard 2.12.3 (Mac) - Paste selected files

MusicBrainz Picard 2.12.3 (Mac) - Paste to selected tag value

Superlist (Mac) - Paste

Scientific (6)

GeoGebra - Paste

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Paste

Hudl Sportscode - Paste

JMP 15 (macOS) - Paste

FlowJo (macOS) - Paste

FlowJo (macOS) - Paste

Security (1)

DocuSign - Paste

Apple Messages - Paste copied text

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Paste copied or cut objects or text to whiteboard

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Paste copied chat text to chat message box, whiteboard, or external application

Cisco Webex App (Mac) - Paste

System tools (4)

VMware Fusion - Control + V

Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) - Paste from clipboard

Parallels Desktop - Paste

Transmit - Paste

Text editing (10)

TextMate - Paste

UpNote (Mac) - Paste

Tomboy 0.23 - Paste

Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Paste

Google Docs (macOS) - Paste

Zettlr (MacOS) - Paste

Zettlr (MacOS) - Paste. If the editor has focus, and you have just cut a whole line, it will paste this whole line above the line, in which the cursor currently is. Formatting will be preserved if the clipboard contains formatted text

Tiptap (macOS) - Paste

Capacities.io (Mac) - Paste text

Capacities.io (Mac) - Paste previously copied blocks

Web applications (3)

Elementor - Paste

Webflow - Paste (Mac)

GitHub (MacOS, Enterprise Server 3.8) - Creates a Markdown link when applied over highlighted text

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Table of contents

Developer tools (27)
General (9)
Hardware (1)
Imaging (40)
Media player (5)
Productivity (76)
Scientific (6)
Security (1)
Social & Messaging (4)
System tools (4)
Text editing (10)
Web applications (3)

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