Copy each macOS screenshot to the clipboard. ⌘V pastes the PNG — or the path in Terminal.
Menu extra for macOS 14+. Lives on the right of the menu bar. No Dock icon.
| Product | PasteShot |
| Bundle ID | engineer.badry.pasteshot |
| Cask | paste-shot |
| Status item | SF Symbol doc.on.clipboard (Paste Shot / Copied / Off) |
| Panel | Control Center–style On/Off card |
| Piece | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Watch | Folder from com.apple.screencapture location, else Desktop. Not Screen Recording. |
| Clipboard | PNG + TIFF. Quoted last.png path as text/plain only while Terminal is frontmost. A browser that prefers text still gets the image. |
| Cleanup | Original screenshot is deleted after copy. A copy stays at ~/Library/Application Support/PasteShot/last.png. |
| Filter | Only files Spotlight marks as screen captures, or names starting Screenshot , Screen Shot , or Tangkapan Layar . Random PNGs are ignored. |
| Types | png, jpg, jpeg, heic, tif, tiff, pdf |
| Login | Registers Open at Login on first launch (SMAppService). |
Same GitHub Release, two files:
| File | Use |
|---|---|
PasteShot-*-.dmg |
Open, drag PasteShot onto Applications |
PasteShot.app.zip |
Homebrew cask / unzip |
- Download
PasteShot-*-.dmgfrom Releases. - Open it. Drag PasteShot onto Applications.
- First open (ad-hoc signed):
xattr -cr /Applications/PasteShot.app
open /Applications/PasteShot.appStill blocked: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
brew tap BadryansahBangsawan/mac-menu-apps
brew trust BadryansahBangsawan/mac-menu-apps
brew install --cask paste-shotbrew trust is required on Homebrew 6 or brew install --cask refuses the tap.
Do not run dist/PasteShot.app while /Applications/PasteShot.app is running (same bundle ID).
This is an LSUIElement extra. Proof it is running is the clipboard status item on the right of the menu bar, not a window from Finder or Launchpad.
- Click that extra. The panel is a compact On/Off card, not a 10px strip.
- If the bar is full, look behind the Control Center overflow chevron «.
- Double-clicking in Finder/Launchpad only changes the left-side app name. That is expected. There is no Dock icon.
- Leave the switch On (default).
- Press ⌘⇧3 or ⌘⇧4 (file save, not Control).
- ⌘V pastes the image (Notes, Slack, browsers). Click Terminal, then ⌘V pastes the quoted path to
last.png. - Off stops copying. The extra still sits in the menu bar and still opens at login.
A PNG dropped into the screenshot folder that is not a screenshot is ignored.
No Screen Recording. No Accessibility. Files and Folders for Desktop / Documents / Downloads is requested once by macOS (usage strings in Info.plist).
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| On/Off | UserDefaults engineer.badry.pasteshot.enabled |
| Open at Login | SMAppService.mainApp (registered on launch) |
| Screenshot folder grant | UserDefaults security-scoped bookmark |
| Last PNG + Terminal path | ~/Library/Application Support/PasteShot/last.png |
| Original screenshot | Deleted after copy |
The app does not crash if the screenshot folder is missing; the panel shows a red Screenshot folder missing.
Screenshot bytes stay on this Mac (pasteboard + last.png). Nothing is uploaded.
brew uninstall --cask paste-shotOr delete /Applications/PasteShot.app. Then:
rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Application Support/PasteShot"Turn off Paste Shot in System Settings → General → Login Items if it remains.
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| Finder “opens” nothing / no Dock icon | Click the clipboard extra on the right of the menu bar. |
| Extra missing | Overflow «, or pgrep -x PasteShot then open /Applications/PasteShot.app. |
| “Damaged” / cannot verify | xattr -cr /Applications/PasteShot.app. spctl --assess is rejected even when it runs. |
brew install --cask refuses the tap |
brew trust BadryansahBangsawan/mac-menu-apps |
| Screenshot folder missing. | Create the folder in Screenshot settings, or restore Desktop. |
| ⌘⇧4 did nothing | Switch On. Use file save, not Control. Name should start with Screenshot , Screen Shot , or Tangkapan Layar , or Spotlight kMDItemIsScreenCapture. |
Website ⌘V pastes '…/PasteShot/last.png' |
That page read text/plain. Click the browser so it is frontmost (path is stripped), or defaults delete engineer.badry.pasteshot copyPath. |
| Terminal ⌘V is empty | Click the Terminal window, then ⌘V. Need 1.0.11+. Force the path always: defaults write engineer.badry.pasteshot copyPath -bool true. |
| Random PNG in the folder was not copied | Intended. Only screenshots are copied. |
| ~10px empty strip under the bar | Reinstall from this repo. |
git clone https://github.com/BadryansahBangsawan/paste-shot.git
cd paste-shot
swift build -c release --product PasteShot
bash package-app.sh
bash make-dmg.sh
open dist/PasteShot.appTag v* runs CI: PasteShot.app.zip + PasteShot-<version>.dmg. Never commit dist/.
Layout: Sources/ (SwiftPM executable), Info.plist, Assets/AppIcon.icns, package-app.sh, make-dmg.sh.
Why is there no Dock icon?
It is a menu extra. Click the clipboard item on the right of the menu bar.
Does this need Screen Recording?
No. It watches the file the Screenshot UI already wrote.
Where did my screenshot go?
Deleted from the screenshot folder after copy. A copy remains at ~/Library/Application Support/PasteShot/last.png.
Why did a website paste a file path?
The quoted path is text/plain only while Terminal is frontmost. Click the browser, then ⌘V. copyPath forces the string in every app.
How do I paste the path in Terminal?
Click Terminal, then ⌘V. The file is ~/Library/Application Support/PasteShot/last.png. To always put the quoted path on the clipboard: defaults write engineer.badry.pasteshot copyPath -bool true.
How do I stop it opening at login?
System Settings → General → Login Items → Paste Shot.