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Nathan J.B.
Asked: 2016-01-12 14:12:21 +0800 CST

Recover clipboard after shutdown or system failure/freeze

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My computer just froze and I was forced to reboot.

  1. Is there any hope for recovering the text I had copied prior to the failure? E.g. in logs
  2. If not, what are my options for accessing the clipboard post-reboot in the future?
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  1. Best Answer

    1) I don't think so. If there was, Malicious Mallory could potentially take your old PC and scan your copy/paste history for important personal info. It makes sense that copy/paste history is not saved anywhere.

    2) I used to have it setup, but got rid of it for the same reasons above. You can set it up by following this beautifully written guide: http://mpov.timmorgan.org/super-simple-clipboard-history-for-linux/

    Sorry for your loss, but wish you luck for the future!

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  2. If you're using Unity or Gnome, try the "diodan" package. If you are using KDE, try klipper, which appears to be included in the "plasma-workspace" package.

    Either of these packages will capture clipboard contents and allow to to recall previous contents and even save and use the captured contents across reboots.

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  3. You can install Clipboard Indicator which is actually a clipboard manager.

    You can even customize the number of copied snippets it remembers.

    The copied contents are persistent across reboot.

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