Copied - Copy and Paste Everywhere

This is just a quick entry to mention this very nice little app that I’ve started using on both my Macbook Pro and my iPhone. It’s a deceptive simple program that allows for copied content to be transferred between devices in either direction via a very rapid iCloud connection, and it really does work as intended. Once configured appropriately a Command C on selected content on the Mac almost immediately populates the Copied app’s iPhone window (and clipboard) with that text (or image) and this transferred content is then available for pasting into any appropriate iPhone app.
I found it immediately useful for creating text on my Mac to deliver to Instagram which I run on my iPhone. Since Instagram lacks decent Mac applications I prefer to just stay with the iPhone app for uploading pictures, but text annotation (particularly lengthy content) can be troublesome to enter on the iPhone and so the ability to seamlessly create an entry for Instagram on my Mac and have it available on my iPhone in seconds makes for a winning combination of apps with real synergy occurring between Copied and (in this case) Instagram.

As well as using it for this type of general copying and pasting, Copied can also be used as a way of storing content in lists named according to different categories. I have a Facebook and Political list, for example, and store text snippets into the appropriate list. At any time I can quickly take a snippet in a Copied list and move it directly into the device Clipboard (either on Mac or iPhone) for pasting elsewhere.

I should mention that this product is available in a free version on the iPhone with an in-app upgrade allowing for the iCloud sync described above. Make sure you get this upgrade to what the developer calls Copied+ to make full use of this product on all devices.

You can get the Mac version from the Mac App Store here and the iPhone version here.

Here’s what the program looks like on my Mac.