Use cases

Keep clipboard history private on Mac—without giving up power

Your clipboard sees passwords, messages, and financial data. Deck combines local-first design with Touch ID, encryption, and app-level controls so you can share your screen or work in cafés with less worry.

Pain points without a dedicated tool

Default clipboard history is either missing or too shallow—and never designed for confidential data.
Cloud-synced clipboard tools can duplicate sensitive clips across devices and accounts you did not intend to include.
During screen shares or recordings, a clipboard picker can accidentally reveal tokens, chats, or personal URLs to viewers.
You cannot quickly exclude banking, health, or HR apps from history without turning off the whole tool.
There is no gentle friction when pasting something marked as sensitive—you need biometric or explicit unlock, not just another click.
On shared or hot-desk Macs, whoever sits down next can paste whatever is still on the system clipboard—there is no per-user vault or automatic hand-off wipe for paste data.

How Deck helps

  • Store history locally by default; optional sync uses encryption when you explicitly enable it for your workflow.
  • Lock sensitive items or the entire vault behind Touch ID so shoulder-surfing and quick hand-offs are harder to exploit.
  • Detect likely sensitive content and prompt or protect clips that match patterns you care about.
  • Exclude specific apps—password managers, medical portals, or internal consoles—from ever entering history.
  • Reduce exposure during Zoom or Loom: control what appears in previews and lean on local-only retention for regulated work.

Key features

Touch ID protection

Require biometric authentication before viewing or pasting protected clips—useful for shared desks and fast-paced support shifts.

Local-first architecture

Your history stays on your Mac unless you choose otherwise, aligning with minimal-data and regulated workplace expectations.

Sensitive content detection

Surface warnings or automatic safeguards when clipboard text resembles secrets, so risky pastes are not treated like grocery lists.

Per-app exclusion rules

Skip recording from designated apps entirely—ideal when certain tools should never leave an auditable trail in clipboard history.

Encryption for sharing and sync

When you collaborate, use encrypted LAN sharing or optional end-to-end encrypted paths instead of plain-text cloud duplication.

Screen-sharing mindfulness

Design choices that support fewer surprises during live demos: know what can appear in overlays and previews before viewers see it.

Typical workflow

Enable Touch ID for the Deck vault and add app exclusions for your password manager and banking sites. As you work, Deck records only the sources you allow. When a clip looks sensitive, detection flags it for review or extra protection. Before a recorded call, confirm preview settings and rely on local-only mode if policy requires it. For cross-machine tasks inside a trusted LAN, use encrypted sharing instead of forwarding plaintext through consumer sync services.

Frequently asked questions

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Clipboard privacy you can feel in daily use

Download Deck Clipboard for macOS—Touch ID, local-first history, sensitive-content awareness, and app exclusions for safer copy/paste.

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