Copy/Paste broken in MacOS Sierra

Open text edit via spotlight , click on new document write some thing in the text edit : for example you tube videos , select it , click on edit from top menu bar and again click on paste , or can press command + option + V .

Thanks !

I would simply shut down the machine and then boot the machine as normal.

leroydouglas wrote:

I would simply shut down the machine and then boot the machine as normal.

pastelsky wrote:

Restarting seems to have solved it.

pastelsky—I am glad to hear this solved your problem. Good computing.

Restarting does not really help this. It has just started recently for me. I have shut down several times and I have a hard time copying and pasting between apps. I am not even trying to use the universal copy and paste between devices. I can't copy test from anything to paste in textedit, ultraedit, textmate..Nothing

Try restarting in Safe Mode. Does copy and paste work? Now try restarting again normally. Does it work?

I Am afraid this feature may be like Airdrop. Inconsistent behavior at best. The copy and paste has worked for me successfully a couple times. Howevet the last couple times I tried it has failed to work. YMMV.

Send Apple feedback may be the best we can do in an effort to resolve your issue

SEnt from my iPhone

Same problem for me. Trying in Safe Mode, rebooting, etc has not worked at all. Very frustrating that such a basic function cannot be performed. I would hope this can be addressed by Apple people soon. I use this function (or, I guess, I USED to use this function) all day long.

I have the same problem. I have to log out and log in again to workaround. It's really annoying!!!

BTW, the "Paste Selection" in iTerm2 works though.

I found a solution to my problem--download the Microsoft Remote Desktop (free) from App store. Installing that solved the HIGHLY IRRITATING AND UNNECESSARY problem. C'mon, Apple... Feeling like not updating anything any more...

Agreed! I am still having this problem. Started right after upgrade. Has nothing to do with other software. This is an apple problem. Restarting fixes it but then it starts again right away.

Safe Mode is not an option for normal work. This is significantly interrupting my ability to do work!

Someone below suggests installing Microsoft Remote Desktop but I have never used that and see now reason why that would be relevant.

alexcanmac wrote:

Agreed! I am still having this problem. Started right after upgrade. Has nothing to do with other software. This is an apple problem. Restarting fixes it but then it starts again right away.

Safe Mode is not an option for normal work. This is significantly interrupting my ability to do work!

Someone below suggests installing Microsoft Remote Desktop but I have never used that and see now reason why that would be relevant.

If this were widespread, there would be a huge outcry.

Most people have no problem with copy and paste.

So rather than expect Apple to fix a problem that is not in the OS, you should try and figure out what is different in your system that makes this fail.

Of course Safe Mode is not an option for normal work! Noone is suggesting you use safe mode permanently.

It serves two purposes:

1) Check that copy and paste work as they should in safe mode, implying that something else, that is not loaded in safe mode, may be involved;

2) Clear system caches, which is done when booting in safe mode; sometimes a corrupt system cache is the cause, and just restarting in safe mode and again restarting normally fixes problems.

I have this issue. Everything is fine for a while, then when I paste, it just pastes the first character. Very frustrating. Reading through this thread it is clearly the OS and not some specific app, as have seen this between various different all apple apps. Restarting machine fixes it for an hour or so.

I too had problems with copy and paste in sierra. Finally I deactivated the third party application "copy paste pro" and voila everything works fine. So it's very likely that the problem is not Apples fault but an incompatable application. Try to disable all foreign processes in the background! Don't forget to look into System Preferences ---> Users & Groups

---> Login Items. Good luck!

Addi

I have similar issues with copying/pasting since installing Sierra, however the bug isn't affecting all apps for me.

NOTE: This bug is also present in Safe Mode!

Here are further details for my specific situation;

• Only present upon installing Sierra (currently running version 10.12.1)
• Only relates to copying tables from Numbers to Pages (tables paste fine in other apps)
• Copying of actual text (ie. rather than a table) from Numbers to Pages doesn't work either. However copying text from an individual cell in Numbers to an individual cell in a Pages table works perfectly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.