Ordinary clipboard history, search and Copy do not require Accessibility, Input Monitoring or Post Events access.
Ordinary use
After you turn clipboard history on, cliiip can keep supported clipboard items, search them and copy a selected clip without Post Events authorisation. Clipboard content is processed locally on your Mac.
Dedicated Capture
Dedicated Capture saves only the selections you explicitly choose. When you press your configured shortcut, cliiip can send Command-C to the foreground app and then read the resulting clipboard change. macOS controls that synthetic key event through Post Events access, which it displays under Accessibility in System Settings.
One-Action Paste
Optional One-Action Paste can send Command-V after you choose a clip. It uses the same Post Events permission state. Without that access, choosing a clip still copies it so you can paste normally.
What cliiip does not request
- No Input Monitoring permission.
- No global monitoring of ordinary keys or typed text.
- No inspection or control of another app's accessibility hierarchy.
- No account, cloud clipboard sync, analytics or telemetry.
If you prefer not to grant Post Events
Keep using ordinary clipboard history, search and Copy. Dedicated Capture cannot send Command-C, and One-Action Paste falls back to copying the selected clip. You can review or change access at any time in macOS System Settings.
A concise machine-readable version remains available at permissions.md.