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For writers & marketers

Capture every research clip and turn of phrase as you find it

Writers and marketers do their best research in flow — clicking through 30 tabs, copying half a dozen quotes from each, jumping between Mac and iPad. The clipboard remembers exactly one of those quotes by the time you sit down to write. SnipTray quietly remembers all of them, along with the source app each came from, so research time stays focused on reading rather than bookkeeping.

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Section 1

Capture happens in the background

Just keep working. Every quote, statistic, hex code, or URL you copy is captured along with the source app (Safari, Chrome, Notes, Mail, Bear, Notion). When it is time to write the piece, open the tray and type a keyword — every relevant clip is one keystroke away.

Section 2

A pinboard per article or campaign

Create a pinboard for each piece in progress: "Q3 earnings recap", "iOS launch campaign", "newsletter issue 47". Pin the keeper quotes, drop the rest. When the draft ships, archive the pinboard. The next piece starts with a clean board and you can still search back through everything you ever copied.

Section 3

Read on iPad, write on Mac (or vice versa)

SnipTray syncs through your private iCloud container, so reading research on your iPad in the morning and writing the draft on your Mac in the afternoon is one seamless workflow. Quotes you copied from a PDF in GoodReader on the iPad are right there in the tray on your Mac.

Section 4

Source-app filter saves your bibliography

In the tray, filter by source app — show only clips from Safari to rebuild your URL list, or only from Notes to find your own jottings. Combined with keyword search, your bibliography for a long-form piece comes together in minutes instead of half a day of cross-referencing tabs you already closed.

The outcome

Research time stays focused on reading, not on bookkeeping.

  • Source-app filter: see only clips from Safari, Chrome, Notes, or Mail
  • Search by keyword across your entire history
  • Pinboards for each article or campaign in progress
  • Sync between Mac and iPad so you can read in one place, write in another

Writers & marketers FAQ

Common questions

Can a writer use SnipTray as a research tool?
Yes. SnipTray captures every clip you copy along with its source app, lets you search across your entire history, and organises ongoing pieces into pinboards. It works the way writers actually research — quietly in the background while you read, then searchable when you sit down to write.
Does SnipTray track where each copied quote came from?
Yes. Every clip records the app it was copied from (Safari, Chrome, Notes, Mail, Bear, etc.) and, where the app exposes it, the source URL or document. Filter by source app in the tray to rebuild your bibliography in minutes.
Does SnipTray sync between Mac and iPad for writing?
Yes. Sign in to the same Apple ID on both devices and your clipboard history, pinboards, and snippets sync through your private iCloud container. Read on iPad, write on Mac, and every quote you copied is in both places.

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