From their website:

"Everything secure: All Paste data is stored in your own iCloud Drive using industry-standard security technologies and encryption."

Maybe it's me, but reading "everything secure" I was expecting the next paragraph to be something along the lines of "nothing leaves your computer" rather than "we store your sh*t on the cloud"...

Yeah, that's a great way to get your passwords and keys in the open.

You can disable iCloud sync.

Not the point, though. I don't trust a "secure" product that defaults to an unsafe behavior. If they put functionality above security in this aspect, then where else did they, too?

I swear by Paste as well, since coming from Windows, it mimics the Windows clipboard ui and hence was easy to get used to. I do wish that macOS at some point makes a native clipboard manager.

I use it a lot, but it sometimes is too slow to catch my copy action. Maybe the newer version is better? But I was very disappointed they switched to a subscription model (1-2 years ago?). Looking on their website now, maybe I should reconsider, but its not even clear how much. And too many features for me anyway.

Will definitely give it a shot, very polished looking. Always a treat to see Mac apps like that.

I tried paste, but it is too much in your face for my taste.

Would love something like the clipboard manager from the JetBrain suite as a global clipboard manager.

Will give Alfred a try, thanks!