TextExpander Pastes Old Clipboard Text

How to fix it

// try these in order, the most common fix is first

1. FIX 1Check the clipboard restore setting

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   1. 01Open TextExpander Preferences
   2. 02Make sure 'Restore clipboard after expansion' is enabled
   Did this fix it? Yes No

2. FIX 2Force clipboard restore

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   1. 01Contact support@textexpander.com or the TextExpander community for the 'restore clipboard regardless' AppleScript
   2. 02Run it in Script Editor with true (no restart needed); run with false to revert
   Did this fix it? Yes No

3. FIX 3Rule out clipboard managers

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   1. 01Quit clipboard managers or launchers with clipboard history (e.g. Raycast, Alfred, Paste)
   2. 02Test the snippet again; if fixed, exclude TextExpander in that tool's settings
   Did this fix it? Yes No

Symptoms

After expanding a snippet, your clipboard contains the snippet instead of what you copied, or clipboard-based snippets paste text from an earlier expansion. Reported widely on macOS Tahoe with TextExpander 8.4.7 in August 2026.

Why it happens

• C-01Another process (clipboard manager, launcher) changes the clipboard during expansion
• C-02TextExpander skips clipboard restore when it detects that change
• C-03Restore clipboard preference off

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• textexpander pastes clipboard
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