Syncing between Macs

Copy on one Mac, paste on another: with iCloud sync, every Mac has the same history and pinboards.

Requirements

ClipWorX is installed on every Mac you want to use it on.
All Macs are signed in to iCloud with the same Apple Account (System Settings › your name).
There is enough free iCloud storage. Images in your history take up the most space.

Set up

On the first Mac, open Settings › iCloud.
Turn on Sync history and pinboards via iCloud and click Restart Now.
Wait until the status shows Active. The first time, ClipWorX uploads your existing history; depending on the number of images, this can take a few minutes.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 on each additional Mac. Its history is merged with the one already in iCloud.

Settings, iCloud section with sync active — The status shows whether sync is running and when data was last transferred.

What is synced

Content	Synced?
Text, links, colors	Yes, including formatting
Images	Yes, at full resolution
Files	Only the reference. Pasting on another Mac works only if the file exists in the same location there, for example in iCloud Drive.
Pinboards	Yes, with name, color and pinned items
Source app, time	Yes. The app icon appears if the app is also installed on the other Mac.
Settings	No. Shortcut, paste options, rules and retention period apply only to each Mac.

New items usually appear on your other Macs within a few seconds when both are online. If a Mac is turned off or offline, it catches up on all changes the next time it starts.

The same item on several Macs

If you copy the same content on two Macs, ClipWorX doesn’t create a duplicate card after syncing. It keeps one item: the pinned one, otherwise the newest.

Deleting affects all Macs

With sync turned on, every deletion applies to all Macs:

An item deleted with ⌘⌫ disappears everywhere.
Clear History… clears the history on all Macs. Pinned items are kept.
A deleted pinboard disappears everywhere; its items stay in the history.

Retention period

Each Mac deletes older items according to its own retention period. Because deletions are synced, the shortest setting wins: if one Mac keeps items for 1 week and another for 1 year, items disappear from both after one week. So set the same retention period on all Macs. Pinned items are never affected.

Turning sync off

Turn off the option in Settings › iCloud and restart ClipWorX. The history stays on this Mac but is no longer synced; anything you delete afterwards is deleted only on this Mac. The data in iCloud remains as long as another Mac is still syncing.

To remove ClipWorX data from iCloud completely, turn off sync on all Macs. Then delete it in System Settings › your name › iCloud › Manage Storage › ClipWorX.

Privacy

ClipWorX stores the data in the private area of your iCloud account. Only you can access it, not even the maker of ClipWorX. Without sync, your history never leaves your Mac. See Privacy and data for more.

Confidential content that ClipWorX doesn’t store in the first place (see Rules) isn’t synced either. Delete accidentally copied passwords right away so they also disappear from your other Macs.

If something doesn’t work

Status or problem	Solution
No iCloud account signed in	Sign in to iCloud in System Settings, then restart ClipWorX.
Error: …	The most common cause is full iCloud storage. Free up space and restart ClipWorX.
Off	Sync is turned off or waiting for a restart. Turn on the option and click Restart Now.
Items are missing on the other Mac	Is sync turned on there too, is the same Apple Account signed in, and are both Macs online? See also Troubleshooting.