ClipMagic 4.0 Released
Way back in 1998 we released a handy little Windows Clipboard extender and information manager called ClipMagic. It lives over at http://www.clipmagic.com/ where today after far too long a new version was released.
If you’re not already familiar with ClipMagic it is a Windows clipboard monitor/viewer/extender/manager which stores every item you copy to the windows clipboard and allows you to edit clips, organize them, manipulate and filter them, assign hot keys to them, and provides useful features to make it easier to paste clips into other windows. It is also an information manager, as you can create clips manually, assign them to categories and quickly retrieve/paste them using hot keys. Web clips are stored with the URL of the page they came from, allowing you quick access back to the source.
Basically it speeds up your work. The big problem with the native Windows clipboard is that it only stores one item at a time. You know that feeling when you have to copy lots of items from one screen to another and you have to go back and forth? Then a bit later you realise you need an item you copied earlier but it was obliterated by a recent copy? Well ClipMagic removes all that, because ClipMagic remembers every clip and gives you quick ways to paste into the active application.
For those familiar with previous versions of ClipMagic you may not notice any major difference in version 4.0 at first. But the big change is that version 4.0 has a completely new database format which is faster and more reliable. V 4.0 is also fully compatible with Vista and Windows 7 and supports the new Vista/Win7 clipboard monitoring method, so if you’re using Vista/Win7 you can say good bye to the annoying clipboard chain problems.
ClipMagic 4.0 comes in two flavours. As well as the full featured version, with a 30 day trial, there’s also a free Lite version which just keeps a copy of all clips giving you access to them but with no editing, filtering or custom hot key features.