Copy. Paste. How many times would you say you do that in any given day? If you work at all with a computer (and really, who doesn’t?), then you likely perform those actions constantly. It’s an old, old computing concept that many of us likely take for granted that really hasn’t changed much since its inception. However, while I certainly love Apple products, they were a little late to the copy and paste party until iPhone OS 3.0 came out. But what would happen if your iPhone’s copy and paste functionality were taken a step further, allowing you the functionality of a clipboard manager to save commonly used text and images? More still, what if you could organize those clippings into a folder structure for quick access on your phone and extend that functionality further by syncing your clippings with your Mac? Well, as it turns out thanks to the fine people over at Tapbots now you can!
Pastebot (appstore link) extends the functionality of iPhone’s copy and paste feature by storing up to 99 items that you’ve recently copied for quick access in your newly accessible clipboard. Beyond that, you can define as many folders as you want to permanently store your clippings that aren’t limited to 99 items complete with customizable folder icons. This can come in super handy for keeping track of things like commonly used texts or emails, but also is great if you regularly send out pictures that you don’t necessarily want in your photos library, such as lolcats for example.
As a quick example, here’s a perfectly plausible scenario where you might find it necessary to have quick access to a body of text that you need to fire off to a girlfriend/colleague:
All jokes aside- oh heck, one more couldn’t hurt. This is also useful if you need to keep a folder full of what I call ‘txtscuses’ for not answering someone’s call.
See? Now avoiding your inlaws is easy and efficient! Ahem, anyways, moving on…
After having spent some time with the app today I can say that it’s incredibly zippy. It’s fast, responsive, clean, and easy to use. When I got home from work after downloading it, I figured I’d give their Mac-only Pastebot Sync a shot to see how it worked out. Thankfully it’s a pretty straightforward process. After downlading the .dmg I double-clicked to install a preference pane, entered a 4 digit code that was generated by Pastebot on my iPhone and the two began a beautiful, wi-fi laden relationship with each other. While synced, items copied using Pastebot can be sent to the paste functionality of your Mac and coercely, text and images that are copied on your Mac immediately pop up on your phone, ready to filed into folders or used how you see fit.
In the end, Pastebot is a fantastic little utility and a steal at $2.99, especially if you spend a lot of time moving data back and forth between your Mac and your iPhone. It’s sleek, stylish, and most importantly does exactly what it set out to do; no more, no less, and to fantastic effect. Great job guys!
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