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To paste directly into other apps, Klip needs Accessibility access. Open Klip Settings → General and click Open Accessibility Settings…, then turn on Klip under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Device Control and Data Access. What this permission is for.

If Klip is already listed and switched on but paste still doesn't work (this can happen after an update), remove Klip from the list with the − button, then add it again.

Open Settings → Shortcuts, click the shortcut button and press the new key combination. It must include ⌘, ⌥ or ⌃. Press Esc to cancel.

Launch Klip again from Spotlight, Launchpad or the Applications folder. When Klip is already running, this opens Settings. You can also press ⌘, while the Klip panel is open.

Pinboards are the colored tabs at the top of the panel. Click + to create one, then right-click any clip and choose Pin to. Pinned clips are kept forever, no matter how long your history is.

Press ⇥ and ⇧⇥ to move between pinboards. Press ⌫ on a pinned clip to remove it from the pinboard.

You choose: a day, a week, a month (the default) or unlimited, in Settings → General → History capacity. Older clips are removed automatically; pinned clips are never removed.

When iCloud sync is on, your clipboard history and pinboards are stored in your private iCloud database and shared between the Macs signed in to the same Apple Account. A new Mac downloads your history once, then only changes.

Images larger than 10 MB stay on the Mac that copied them. Because your Macs share one history, the history capacity setting applies to all of them. If sync says to sign in, open System Settings and sign in to iCloud.

Select the clip in the panel and press ⌫ to delete it. To erase everything, use Clear Clipboard History in Settings → General. Klip never saves passwords: copies from Apple's Passwords app, a browser's password manager, and apps that mark copies as concealed or transient are ignored.

Choose Import from Paste… from the Klip menu bar icon or in Settings → General. Klip reads a copy of Paste's data on this Mac and brings over your clips and pinboards. Paste itself is not modified.

A small extra: with this setting on, clicking with three fingers on a Magic Mouse or trackpad acts as a middle mouse button, handy for opening links in a new tab or closing tabs. On a trackpad, three-finger taps count too when Tap to Click is on. It uses the same Accessibility permission as direct paste.

Check that both devices are signed in to the same Apple Account and that iCloud sync is turned on in Klip on your Mac. On your iPhone, pull down on your clips to check for changes and see when Klip last synced, or tap the Klip button at the top right and look at Status in Settings. It also tells you if you need to sign in to iCloud. Large histories and images can take a few minutes to arrive the first time.

Images larger than 10 MB stay on the Mac that copied them and show as "On Mac only".

iOS doesn't let apps watch the clipboard in the background. Instead, tap Klip's paste button to add what's on your clipboard. Because you tap the system paste button, iOS doesn't ask "Allow Paste?" each time.

Long-press the clip and choose Pin To, then pick a pinboard. Pinboards are created on your Mac. To see one pinboard, tap the filter button at the top right.

Quit Klip from its menu bar icon, then move Klip from Applications to the Trash. To also remove your local history, delete ~/Library/Application Support/Klip. On iPhone or iPad, delete the app as usual. If you used iCloud sync, you can remove Klip's iCloud data in System Settings → Apple Account → iCloud → Manage.