copy text without links in safari
When copying text from a web page in Safari that includes embedded links, and then pasting it in Messages, it includes the URLs in angled brackets. I would like it to stop including these URLs.
Just to make up an example, let's say I want to copy the following text on a web page:
"Hydrogen contains one proton."
It is a sentence with three links. Suppose I highlight it using the mouse cursor, then type cmd-c to copy it. When I paste it into a conversation in Messages, I get the following:
"Hydrogen contains <http://www.dictionary.com/browse/contain> one <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1> proton <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton>."
As you can imagine, that gets incredibly spammy when there are several links in the text, especially when the links are long. It becomes impossible to read the text, and it's a problem to have to go through and delete all the URLs one at a time every time I want to copy/paste some text. I would like for it not to include the URLs. How can I accomplish that?
I am using mac os x 10.12.4, Safari 10.1, and Messages 10.0 on a macbook pro from late 2016.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), macOS Sierra (10.12.4)