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Is there a way to have the Notes app on Mac copy text as plain text? I use Notes a lot but it copies text as rich text. This can causes problems when pasting text to certain apps that pick up on the unwanted font properties of Notes.

Berry Blue
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    Do those certain apps have a "Paste and Match Style" option on the Edit menu? That's what I usually use to get around unwanted formatting. https://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/set-paste-match-style-default-mac-osx/ – calum_b Apr 22 '19 at 22:22
  • This seems like all about pasting so a duplicate of https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/357367/how-do-you-cope-with-tons-of-web-fonts-when-copying-and-pasting-from-web-pages/357368#357368 – bmike Apr 23 '19 at 02:46
  • Or dupe of https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/84823/how-to-force-os-x-notes-application-to-lose-formatting-when-i-paste-text-from-cl If pasting into notes – bmike Apr 23 '19 at 02:47

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In the app where you're pasting the text you've copied from Notes, make sure your document format is plain text, and then use the "Paste and Match Style" command in the Edit menu (or hit cmd-opt-shift-V):

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Any macOS app that uses a system standard text field should support this.

daGUY
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If you copy a lot i can highly recommend a Clipboard extension App like 'Clipy' (Open Source), which offers the ability to copy/paste text as plain text with a special keyboard shortcut (which you can define as you like).

J.C.
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  1. Copy your data into TextEdit (default app on all macs)
  2. Convert 'rich text' to 'Plain text'.
  3. Copy your data
  4. In Google sheets, select 'Edit'/'Paste special'/Values only'
Richard Aked
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