Select on screen.
Get plain text.
Drag over anything — a headline, a label, a paragraph in a screenshot someone sent you — and toCopy puts the text on your clipboard. No retyping, no separate app to open.
QR codes
Copies the decoded URL or text — not a picture of the code.
Barcodes
Code 128, EAN, UPC and more — decoded straight to plain text.
Markdown mode
A second hotkey keeps headings, lists and emphasis intact.
Three steps,
no window to manage.
toCopy lives in the menu bar. Trigger it with a shortcut, and the rest happens where you're already looking.
Select
Drag over any region on screen — the selection works over any app, any window.
Recognized
On-device OCR reads the selection and copies the result the moment you release the drag.
Paste anywhere
It's plain text on the system clipboard — ⌘V into Notes, Slack, your editor, anywhere.
Nothing leaves your Mac.
Recognition runs locally. There's no server in the loop, no account to create, nothing to configure beyond a shortcut.
- Text recognized the instant you let go — no upload, no waiting
- No account, no sign-in, no telemetry
- Nothing is stored — the result only ever touches your clipboard
The rest of it
| Shortcut | Customizable from Settings | default is a function-key combo |
|---|---|---|
| Output | Plain text on the system clipboard | no proprietary format |
| Works in | Any Mac app that accepts ⌘V | no plugin required |