Apple Notes on Mac OS Catalina: "copy" doesn't work
Hello everyone!
Sometimes while working in Apple Notes I suddenly discover I can't copy text from some notes. I select text then press a shortcut (or use menu), but I cannot paste the text anywhere.
Some observations:
- It happens only in some note windows of many I have open. In other note windows it may work fine or may not.
- I can copy text elsewhere and paste it in the "problematic" note
- When I cut, it deletes selected text without copying it.
- It happens only in Apple Notes, in other applications everything works fine.
- I tried a clipboard manager Copia, it shows "unknown item" instead of the text I tried to copy.
- When I open a "problematic" note in a separate window or, vice versa, close separate window and open the note in the main window, it helps. Opening/closing the note back returns the issue.
- Relaunching Notes helps, but it's inconvenient: I have 5-6 notes open at once, reopening them back is annoying and messes with my work process.
I am dealing with this problem since updating to Catalina. I have a number of apps installed, which could interfere, but I didn't manage to locate the conflict. I tried quitting or force quitting (via Activity Monitor) following apps and processes, but it didn't help:
- BetterTouchTool
- HazeOver
- Parallels Toolbox
- pboard
- Atlassian Companion
- Bartender 3.0
- Seafile Desktop client
- Copia
MacBook Pro 15", 10.15