# Everything Kopit can do

> A fast, searchable, keyboard-first clipboard for Mac — now with iCloud sync across your Macs, capture, recording, Snippets, text expansion, OCR, and rule-based organization.

## New in the July update (July 21, 2026)

A busy month: screen recordings can now capture audio, desktop pins gained files, PDFs, and web links, categories learned to file clips by hand, and the panel picked up a full-width bottom-bar mode.

- [Recordings capture audio](https://kopit.app/features/screen-recording) — Add your microphone, your Mac's system audio, or both to a screen recording — mixed into one track, with a live input-level meter on the control bar.
- [Pin files, PDFs, and links](https://kopit.app/features/desktop-pin) — Desktop pins go beyond text and images — drop files as Finder-style cards, page through a pinned PDF, and keep interactive web-link stickers in view.
- [File clips by hand](https://kopit.app/features/custom-categories) — Alongside rule-based tabs, make an empty category and drag clips into it — folder-style. Create, rename, and delete these tabs right from the panel.
- [A bottom-bar panel mode](https://kopit.app/features) — Prefer a strip of cards to a floating window? Switch the panel to a full-width bottom bar, Paste-style, with the same search, categories, and keyboard paste.

## Feature spotlights

The features worth a closer look — with demos and details.

- [iCloud history sync](https://kopit.app/features/icloud-sync) — Sync your clipboard history, Snippets, and pins across your own Macs — encrypted through your own iCloud, opt-in, and off by default.
- [Screenshot & annotate](https://kopit.app/features/screenshot) — Capture a region, window, or the full screen, mark it up in place, and it lands in your searchable clipboard history.
- [Pin to desktop](https://kopit.app/features/desktop-pin) — Keep text, images, recordings, files, PDFs, and web links floating on your desktop — zoom, rotate, edit, play, browse, and read text out of images with Live Text.
- [Image text & OCR](https://kopit.app/features/image-text) — Kopit reads the text inside your screenshots on-device — search what's in a picture and select it with Live Text.
- [Scrolling screenshot](https://kopit.app/features/scrolling-screenshot) — Capture a whole page, document, or thread that runs past the screen — Kopit scrolls and stitches it into one clean long image.
- [Screen recording](https://kopit.app/features/screen-recording) — Record a region, window, or full screen to MP4 or GIF, with optional mic and system audio — it lands in your history, ready to paste, play, or pin.
- [Colors & color picker](https://kopit.app/features/color-picker) — Every copied color becomes a swatch with one-click HEX, RGB, and HSL — plus a full color picker in the annotation editor.
- [Text expansion](https://kopit.app/features/text-expansion) — Type a short abbreviation in any app and expand it into your saved text, rich content, images, or files.
- [Custom categories](https://kopit.app/features/custom-categories) — Build your own filter tabs from simple rules — by type, source app, date, size, text, or Snippet state — and arrange them your way.

## The rest of the toolkit

- [Clipboard history](https://kopit.app/#features) — A searchable history of everything you copy, with rich previews.
- [Snippets](https://kopit.app/#features) — Reusable clips that stay ordered, editable, and safe from automatic cleanup.
- [History retention](https://kopit.app/#customize) — Limit history by count, age, and attachment storage while keeping Snippets protected.
- [Snap-to-element capture](https://kopit.app/features/screenshot) — Hold ⌘ while framing a screenshot and Kopit snaps the selection to the UI element under your cursor.
- [Keyboard-first](https://kopit.app/#keyboard) — Summon, search, capture, expand, and paste without leaving the keyboard.
- [iCloud history sync](https://kopit.app/features/icloud-sync) — Optional, encrypted sync across your own Macs — off by default, and it runs through your own iCloud.
- [Privacy & security](https://kopit.app/#privacy) — Local-first by design — no telemetry, no tracking, and optional sync stays encrypted.

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Canonical page: https://kopit.app/features

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