Pick of the week: PTHPasteboard
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 in Pick of the week
This
weeks pick is an oldie,
but a goodie. It is a Mac app that I can't live without. I work
with computers all day long developing software for various
$clients. When developing software I spend a great deal of time in
a text editor ((Preferably
Emacs,
TextMate or
Xcode)), mocking around
with code i.e. moving text from one file to another.
PTHPasteboard gives me a
pasteboard with a configurable number of slots ((I currently have
100 slots in my main pasteboard.)) for storing clippings ((This can
be both text and images with and without formatting)). So instead
of jumping back and forth between windows and applications copying
and pasting, I can copy every block I need from one file, switch
window and then paste each block where it needs to be.
PTHPasteboard is also
useful for people writing lots of email as you can define any
number of pasteboards with commonly used phrases and sentences. I
even have a pasteboard with ssh-keys, that I use when ever I login
to a new Unix server. It lets me add my ssh-key to the
authorized_keys file quickly and easily simply by hitting a
customized hotkey and selecting the proper entry from the
pasteboard ((And best of all It can be done without ever touching
the mouse)).
PTHPasteboard also exists
in a Pro version that'll let you sync pasteboards across computers
or even share pasteboards between users on different machines. The
Pro version will also let you paste through filters, and comes with
a whole slew of predefined filters that will you remove formatting,
convert line endings, encode as hex, convert camel case to
underscores and much more. I use 1Password for all of my passwords
and PTHPasteboard has the
ability to ignore specific applications. That means that my top
secret passwords will never end up in plaintext on one of the
pasteboards - clever eh?! 8-) Best of all the basic version of
PTHPasteboard is free! -
But I suggest you buy the Pro version and support the developer
((The Pro version only costs $24.95, which is quite cheap
considering the usefulness of this app.)), even if you'll never
((Most of the time I only use the basic features of
PTHPasteboard)) use the
advanced features of the Pro version. In writing this blog post I
used PTHPasteboard
extensively, moving text around and finding and inserting links
through the entire post. Update 2009-08-30: Please note that
PTHPasteboard is not
compatible with Snow Leopard :-(
Update 2009-09-04:
PTHPasteboard is
back and
compatible with Snow Leopard!
Unfortunately for those using the free version, only the Pro
version will be supported under
Snow Leopard.