Xcode Clipboard: Copy & Paste stuck
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I've just updated to Xcode 9.4.1 and experienced an issue with the clipboard being cleared randomly.
So I select a text, hit CMD+C
, then go to the position I want to paste it, hit CMD+V
, but either
- it plays the system alert sound and doesn't paste anything, or
- it pastes a previous snippet that I copied earlier.
Update
Still remains with Xcode 10.1
Update 2
Still remains with Xcode 11
Ios Solutions
Solution 1 - Ios
Turning off the 'Automatically Sync Pasteboard' option in the Edit menu of the Simulator works for me. I read it in Apple forums
Solution 2 - Ios
Solution 3 - Ios
Also read in the Apple forums that closing the simulator while working fixes this issue. So if it happens to me I close the simulator and copy-paste works fine from that point forwards.
Haven't tried it yet but I have feeling that Eva's answer is correct in that the simulator is trying to sync your pasteboard.
** Edit **
Can confirm that Eva's answer works and I no longer have this issue when I turn of automatic syncing on the simulator
Solution 4 - Ios
The accepted answer doesn't work for me. See my comment there. The problem is with the Handoff.
I had the Handoff option enabled in OS X Settings > General.
After unchecking that option, I have the clipboard synced and no simulator freezes.
Solution 5 - Ios
You Can try this one:
This is the officially recommended way to reset Xcode's preferences, type in Terminal.app:
defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode