Getting access to rich-text data from the clipboard (on Mac)

· Jamie Tanna · Jan. 13, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
Clipboard data swift-programming Mac Development Swift
Summary
This blog post discusses how to retrieve rich-text data from the clipboard on a Mac using Swift, detailing the limitations of the standard pbpaste command and presenting a solution via a custom Swift script that successfully extracts HTML content from the clipboard.
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