site: review — Paste Switch (graduate from find)

Fact-check against indieseek.co corrected the find's "no panel" claim (there's a secondary status view) and added shortcut mechanics, format limits, and pricing.
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@@ -2343,3 +2343,11 @@ Graduated from find captured 2026-07-12, source: Brett Terpstra — a top review
 Hero: a real product screenshot from markedapp.com/images/ql/ showing a Quick Look window rendering a Mermaid sequence diagram (the most distinctive proof point) — richer than the find's header-image fallback.
 Category: files (existing — Finder/Quick Look).
 Fact-check (mandatory, against markedapp.com/ql/ + the Mac App Store listing): confirmed $4.99 one-time (not subscription, unlike the full Marked 3) and Terminal use via qlmanage. Corrections/expansions: the find undersold the render list — it also does tables, footnotes, task lists, and callouts across CommonMark/GFM/MultiMarkdown/Kramdown, not just Mermaid/math/syntax; the companion full app is now **Marked 3** (find implied Marked 2), and Marked QL is standalone (needs no other purchase). Added: requires macOS 13.0+, sold exclusively via the Mac App Store (no direct download, no Setapp).
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+## 2026-07-12 — review: paste-switch-clipboard-cycler
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+Graduated from find captured 2026-07-06, source: Brett Terpstra.
+Hero: the find's own hero carried into the review folder — confirmed byte-identical to the maker's own og:image/product-preview asset on indieseek.co, so it already was the richest available source asset (no separate real screenshots hosted; the only other visual is a YouTube demo).
+Category: clipboard (existing).
+Fact-check (mandatory, against indieseek.co/apps/paste-switch/ + its pricing page + the Product Hunt listing): the find overstated one detail — **there is a secondary status panel** (shortcut + recent-clips list), contradicting the find's "no panel" claim; the review corrects this while noting the panel is secondary to the shortcut-driven interaction. Added specificity the find lacked: the shortcut is a dedicated Cmd+Shift+V (not an override of system paste); the kill-ring swap only fires when the previously-pasted text is still untouched directly before the cursor (else it starts a fresh paste); clipboard coverage is text + PNG/TIFF images only (no files/PDF/RTF/HTML yet); history is in-memory only and clears on quit; needs Accessibility permission to send synthetic paste/undo keystrokes; macOS-only, direct download (no App Store); maker is solo indie developer Ahab (@ahabwang, indieseek.co), fresh off an early-July-2026 Product Hunt launch.
+Pricing: 30-day free trial, then $10 one-time lifetime (carried into review frontmatter description; no amazonLink — not a physical product).
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ source: "Brett Terpstra"
 topics: [macos-apps, apple-tips]
 tags: [clipboard, utility, productivity]
 description: "A Mac utility that turns the paste shortcut into a clipboard-history cycler — hit it repeatedly to step back through recent copies, images included, with no panel."
+promotedTo: paste-switch-clipboard-cycler
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 Instead of opening a clipboard-history window, Paste Switch turns your paste shortcut into a cycler: hit it again right after pasting to swap in the previous copy, and again to step further back — images included. It borrows the Emacs kill-ring feel, where what you just pasted is replaced in place until you land on the right thing. No panel, no mouse.
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+---
+name: "Paste Switch"
+subtitle: "Paste like an Emacs kill ring"
+date: 2026-07-12
+category: clipboard
+tags: [clipboard, utility, productivity, macos, shortcuts]
+link: "https://indieseek.co/apps/paste-switch/"
+linkText: "indieseek.co"
+description: "A Mac utility that gives paste its own dedicated shortcut, Cmd+Shift+V, then lets you tap it again to swap in the previous clip in place — text or images, no history panel to stop and browse. 30-day trial, $10 lifetime."
+source: "Brett Terpstra"
+fromFind: paste-switch-clipboard-cycler
+---
+
+import { Image } from 'astro:assets';
+import hero from './hero.png';
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+<Image src={hero} alt="Paste Switch's status card: a Cmd+Shift+V shortcut, three saved clips, and a two-step flow — apply the latest clip, press again to switch it in place." />
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+*The pitch in one card: one shortcut applies the latest clip, pressing it again swaps in the next one, right where the cursor already is.*
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+> Paste Switch gives paste its own shortcut — Cmd+Shift+V — and turns a second tap of it into an Emacs-style kill-ring cycle: the clip you just pasted is swapped out in place for the previous one, again and again, without ever opening a history list.
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+The problem it's solving is a specific, small one: most of the time, the clip you actually want isn't the one you just copied, it's the one from two or three copies ago, and it's usually faster to remember "back a couple" than to scan a dropdown for it. Paste Switch skips the dropdown entirely. Press Cmd+Shift+V once to drop in the latest text or image clip, then press it again — and again — to walk backward through recent copies, each tap replacing what's on the page rather than adding to it. It's the same feel as macOS's built-in Emacs kill-ring bindings, just extended from plain text to images and freed from the terminal.
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+The mechanic is more careful than "replace whatever's there": Paste Switch only swaps text out when it can verify the previously-pasted text is still sitting directly before the cursor, untouched. If you've typed or edited since the last switch, it starts a fresh paste instead of clobbering your work. Clipboard coverage is currently text and PNG/TIFF images only — Finder files, PDF, RTF, HTML, and other rich clipboard bundles aren't read yet. History itself lives in memory and clears when the app quits, so there's nothing written to disk to worry about, but also nothing to reach for after a restart.
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+One correction to the find that surfaced this: it's not quite panel-free. Paste Switch does have a small status view showing the shortcut and recent clips — it's just secondary, there to confirm what's queued rather than something you're expected to browse or click through. The actual interaction is entirely the repeated shortcut, which is the part worth the price of admission. That shortcut needs Accessibility permission to work, since it's sending real paste and undo keystrokes into whatever app is focused — a fair trade for something this narrowly scoped.
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+Paste Switch is a solo release from indie developer Ahab (indieseek.co), fresh off a Product Hunt launch in early July 2026 — it's macOS-only, direct download (no App Store), with a 30-day free trial and a $10 one-time lifetime license that includes future updates. For a one-idea utility, it earns its keep the same way good kill-ring bindings always have: by making "one clip back" a reflex instead of an errand.