# Save what you copy

> When you copy a link, an image, a PDF or a long piece of text on your Mac, a small hint offers to save it.

- Page: https://resurf.so/guides/copy-hint
- Section: Capture
- Works on: Mac
- Last checked against the app: 2026-10-17
- Save: `⌥` `⌥`
- Setting: Settings → Capture → Copy hint

## Save something you copied

Nothing is saved unless you accept. The hint doesn't appear for things you copy in Resurf.

1. Copy a link, an image, a PDF, a text file, or text of 80 characters or more in another app.
2. A hint appears near the top of the screen: **Copied**, with a preview.
3. Double-tap `⌥`, or click **Capture**. `Esc` dismisses the hint, and it also leaves by itself after a few seconds.
4. The capture goes to the Inbox and the receipt appears. See [After you save](https://resurf.so/guides/receipt).

Video: [Copying an image and then a link in Safari; each time the Copied hint appears and Capture saves it to Inbox.](https://resurf.so/guides/clips/clip-copy-capture.mp4)

## Change it or turn it off

In **Settings → Capture → Copy**:

- **Copy hint** turns the hint on or off. It's on by default.
- **Trigger**: **Double-tap**, the default, or **Shortcut**.
- **Key**: which key to double-tap. `⌥` (the default), `⌘`, `⌃`, `⇧` or `fn`.
- **Shortcut**: record your own combination when Trigger is set to Shortcut.

## Questions

### How do I stop the hint?

Turn off Copy hint in Settings → Capture.

### Double-tapping Option clashes with another app.

Change Key in Settings → Capture, or set Trigger to Shortcut and record your own.

### Why didn't the hint appear?

It appears for links, images, PDFs, text files and text of 80 characters or more, copied in another app while Resurf isn't the front app.

## More guides

- Previous: [Drop and paste](https://resurf.so/guides/drop-and-paste.md)
- Next: [Share menu and Services](https://resurf.so/guides/share-menu.md)
- [Capture widget](https://resurf.so/guides/capture-on-mac.md): A small panel that opens over any app, so you can save a note, quote, link, files, a voice note or a screenshot without switching windows.
- [Capture on iPhone and iPad](https://resurf.so/guides/capture-on-iphone.md): Save from the plus button, the share sheet, a widget, Control Center or Siri.
- [Notes and quotes](https://resurf.so/guides/notes-and-quotes.md): Write a note of your own, or save a quote someone else wrote, with its source.
- [Links and browser extensions](https://resurf.so/guides/save-from-your-browser.md): Save the page you're reading with the capture widget, or with the Chrome or Safari extension.
- [Screenshots and colors](https://resurf.so/guides/screenshots.md): Take a screenshot of part of your screen, or pick a color from anywhere on it, and save it.
- [Voice notes](https://resurf.so/guides/voice-notes.md): Record a voice note and Resurf writes the transcript, on your device unless you choose Cloud.
- [Drop and paste](https://resurf.so/guides/drop-and-paste.md): Drag files, folders, images, text or links onto Resurf, or paste them, to save them.
- [Share menu and Services](https://resurf.so/guides/share-menu.md): Send things to Resurf from other Mac apps through the Share menu, the Services menu or a resurf:// link.
- [Social posts](https://resurf.so/guides/social-posts.md): When you save a post from X, Instagram, Threads or Pinterest that has photos or video, choose whether to keep the media or just the link.
- [After you save](https://resurf.so/guides/receipt.md): Right after a save, file the capture into a space, add a note or tags, pin it, or set a reminder.
- [Every guide](https://resurf.so/llms.txt)