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When I copy text from a website, I would like the url of the original site to be included when I paste it. This is possible when pasting into Evernote, indicating that macOS indeed captures the source url upon copying. This is especially important for citations, but in general is helpful for keeping track of sources.

Ideally I’d have the option to paste with or without source link.

Solution could be an alternative pasteboard app, a script, a setting, etc.

Is there a way to copy and paste the source url when copying text?

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  • In what app? Apple apps do it. Try right click, copy link from this question title & paste to TextEdit. ..or do you mean you want it to gather up the page url when you copy regular text? – Tetsujin Aug 27 '20 at 07:10
  • OneNote does this when you clip text to your note – Allan Aug 27 '20 at 07:16
  • @Tetsujin when I copy and paste text I’d like to also paste the url – Unrelated Aug 27 '20 at 07:19
  • @Allan This, and Evernote, makes me think the clipboard standardly captures this data – I don’t assume OneNote is some how backtracing the clipboard, unless it only works when OneNote is open before you copy – Unrelated Aug 27 '20 at 07:21
  • That’s an incorrect assumption. The clipboard doesn’t capture the source. The web clipper in OneNote or Evernote is a completely different tool and doesn’t use the system clipboard whatsoever. – Allan Aug 27 '20 at 15:51

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