⌘VFree companion app
PastePaw Helper
Pick a clip in PastePaw and it lands straight in the app you were using — no ⌘V needed.
Download for MacHow it works
PastePaw asks, the helper presses ⌘V.
PastePaw
From the Mac App Store. You pick a clip here.
⌘VPastePaw Helper
Runs quietly in the background.
Your app
The clip lands where you were typing.
Why a separate app? PastePaw from the Mac App Store doesn't press keys in other apps. This small helper does that one job: when you pick a clip, it presses ⌘V for you. Without it, PastePaw copies the clip and you press ⌘V yourself.
Install
Takes about a minute.
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Move it to Applications
Drag PastePaw Helper into the Applications folder.
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Open it once
Open it from Applications once. No window appears: it runs in the background, and macOS lists it under System Settings → General → Login Items so it starts again whenever you log in.
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Let it press ⌘V
When macOS asks, let it control your Mac: in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility (macOS 26 and earlier) or Device Control and Data Access (macOS 27), turn on PastePaw Helper.
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Done
Open PastePaw → Settings → General: Auto-Paste on select is now there, switched on. Pick a clip and it is pasted.
Questions
Is it safe?
It does one thing: press ⌘V when PastePaw asks it to. macOS checks the code signature of every app that talks to it and lets only PastePaw through, so no other app can make it type. It has no network access, stores nothing, and never reads your clipboard.
Why does it need permission to control my Mac?
macOS asks for that permission before any app may press keys for you. The helper uses it only to press ⌘V.
How do I turn Auto-Paste off?
Switch off Auto-Paste on select in PastePaw → Settings → General. The helper stays installed and does nothing until you switch it back on.
How do I uninstall it?
Drag PastePaw Helper from Applications to the Trash. Within a minute PastePaw hides the Auto-Paste switch and goes back to copying the clip for you to paste with ⌘V.
The Auto-Paste switch doesn't appear in PastePaw.
Check that you have PastePaw 2.8 or later, that the helper is in the Applications folder, and that PastePaw Helper is turned on in System Settings → General → Login Items. Then open the helper once more.
Clips are copied but not pasted.
The helper is missing its permission. In System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility (macOS 26 and earlier) or Device Control and Data Access (macOS 27), turn on PastePaw Helper. If it is already on, turn it off and on again.