Maccy: one list for everything.
Client notes, code, travel plans and drafts all land in the same history. Finding the right snippet means searching past everything else you copied that week.
Maccy remembers what you copied. Flincth remembers what you were doing.
Maccy puts everything you copy into one long list, from every project at once. Flincth keeps a clipboard history for each kind of work, and switching to it also moves every app’s window into place and hides the apps you don’t need.
Flincth: every window, one switch.
A setup names the apps for a kind of work and the region each one belongs to. Switch to it and they all move at once, and the clipboard shows only what you copied for that work.
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A clipboard that knows the work.
Maccy keeps a clipboard. Flincth keeps a clipboard for each kind of work, and the desk that goes with it.
| Feature | Flincth | Maccy |
|---|---|---|
| Clipboard history for each kind of work | Yes. A separate text history for each setup | No. One history for everything you copy |
| Window layouts | Yes. Regions across every display | No. Clipboard only |
| Whole desk in one step | Yes. Windows and clipboard switch together | No. Not available |
| Hides the apps you don’t need | Yes. Apps outside the setup can hide when you switch | No. Not available |
| Works without Accessibility access | Yes. Nothing to grant for the clipboard | No. Needed for automatic paste |
| History stays on your Mac | Yes. Never sent anywhere | Yes. Stored on your Mac |
| From the Mac App Store | Yes. Installed, updated and reviewed by Apple | Yes. Also free from GitHub |
| No subscription | Yes. Pay once | Yes. Pay once, or free |
Maccy + a window manager such as Magnet$14.98
Flincth, both in one app$9.99
Maccy also keeps images, files and rich text, and is free and open source on GitHub; the Mac App Store version is sold to support its development. Flincth’s clipboard keeps text. US Mac App Store prices, checked on 30 September 2026.
Why people move to Flincth.
One long clipboard is fine until you are juggling three projects. Then the right snippet is always somewhere further down.
Your desk, ready in one switch
Coding, writing, meetings: each setup knows its apps and where they go. No more dragging the same windows into the same places every morning.
The right snippets, not all of them
Each setup keeps its own clipboard history, so client notes never turn up in your code and yesterday’s research stays with the research.
Fewer permissions to hand out
Flincth never asks for Accessibility access. It moves windows through the “Flincth Apply” shortcut you install once in Apple Shortcuts.
Nothing to lose by trying
“Not Flincth” puts your desk back exactly as it was, one click away. Your setups and clipboard history never leave your Mac.
Want images and files in your clipboard history too? Maccy keeps those. Flincth keeps the text you copy with the work it belongs to, and sets up the desk around it.
Good questions.
Is Flincth a Maccy alternative?+
Yes, if your clipboard fills up with snippets from different projects. Flincth gives each kind of work its own text clipboard history, and switching setups brings the right one forward along with the right windows.
How does Flincth decide which history a snippet goes into?+
Text you copy belongs to the setup that is active at the time. Switching setups opens that setup’s history first, and an All view beside it still finds anything you copied elsewhere, labelled with where it came from.
Why does Flincth need a shortcut instead of Accessibility access?+
Flincth is sandboxed and never asks for Accessibility access. It moves windows through the “Flincth Apply” shortcut, which you install once in Apple Shortcuts. The app walks you through it.
Can Flincth move windows between desktops?+
No. It places ordinary windows on the current desktop and does not move them between Mission Control desktops or into or out of full screen.
Does Flincth snap windows when I drag them?+
No. Flincth applies your layout when you switch setups. It does not watch for drags or rearrange windows afterwards.
Stop rebuilding the same desk.
One switch for the windows. One clipboard for the work.
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