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Clipboard Killer
We've all been there– intending to paste a link to that hot new social network but instead exposing your social security number. Indeed, the clipboard can be a fickle and unforgiving mistress. After an unfortunate incident last night (which he won't elaborate on), my buddy Emory decided to pull out of the dangerous game of clipboard copy/paste. He whipped up a neat little AppleScript by the name of Clipboard Killer which will wipe the contents of your clipboard every 25 seconds and replaces it with ...For those readers new to AppleScript, it's easy to turn this into a background application that you can set to launch on login. Simply open Script Editor (found in your Applications folder), copy and paste the code, and save the script as an application.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Logica4d said 11:37AM on 3-03-2007
Only one problem. For people who use applications like iClip, it begins filling your clipping bin with "..."s and replacing any clippings you might have there. But other than that it is a great idea and works very well. Love the icon.
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Michael Rose said 9:12AM on 3-04-2007
Fascinating idea. Now, if someone can fix my most common faux pas: mixing up window contexts so that I inadvertently type my password into an active iChat, instead of the server logon or Timbuktu/Remote Desktop session I'm meaning to hit...
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