How to Copy Multiple Images at Once on Mac

How to Copy Multiple Images at Once on Mac

Copying one image on a Mac is easy. Copying several — and keeping all of them — is where the built-in clipboard fails you. Each new Cmd+C overwrites the last image, so by the time you copy the third one, the first two are gone. Here's how to collect multiple images and paste them where you want.

Why You Can't Stack Copies Natively

The macOS clipboard holds one item. That applies to images just like text: copy a screenshot, then copy a logo, and the screenshot is gone. There's no built-in way to hold several images at once and paste them individually later.

Collect Images with a Clipboard History

A clipboard manager records each image you copy so all of them stay available. With ClipHistory:

  1. Copy each image normally with Cmd+C — from Preview, Finder, a browser, or a screenshot.
  2. Every image lands in your history automatically.
  3. Press Cmd+Shift+V to open the panel and see them as thumbnails.
  4. Pick the one you need and paste it.

Your last 150 clips include images, so a batch of screenshots or assets you grabbed earlier is still there.

Pasting Several Images in Order

If you need to drop several images into a document or chat one after another, use the paste stack. Queue the images you want, then paste them in sequence with repeated presses — no going back to the source between each one. This is the closest thing to "copy multiple, paste all" on a Mac.

Grouping Images for a Project

Working on a deck, a page, or a post with a set of images? Put them in a board. Boards keep a related group of clips together so you can find the whole set in one place instead of hunting through the timeline. You can also pin images you reuse often — pinned clips are unlimited and never age out.

Finding the Right Image Fast

ClipHistory shows image clips as thumbnails in the panel, so you recognize the one you want at a glance. Combined with the rolling history of 150 clips, that turns "where did that screenshot go" into a quick scroll.

Keeping Everything Local

Images can be sensitive — screenshots of private data, design files, IDs. ClipHistory keeps all of it on your Mac: no cloud, no account, no upload. The app is signed and notarized by Apple and ships as a universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, running on macOS 12 and later.

Setup in a Minute

  1. Download ClipHistory and open it once; macOS verifies the notarized signature.
  2. Grant accessibility permission so it can paste into other apps.
  3. Start copying images — they're recorded automatically and ready under Cmd+Shift+V.

You can't make macOS hold several copies at once on its own, but with a clipboard history you can copy as many images as you like and paste exactly the one you need, in the order you need.

Stop losing what you copy. ClipHistory keeps your last 150 clips (plus unlimited pinned ones) right under Cmd+Shift+V, with AI transforms that run on your own API key and never leave your Mac. Get ClipHistory for macOS — $19.99, one-time