It is said that once you will start using a Mac you will never think of going back to Windows. I am one of the live examples of it. My first laptop was Windows-based. It was September 2017 when I purchased my first Mac (MacBook Air). And since then I haven’t looked back to Windows. I just love using my Mac. It never lets me down. I love the stability of Mac. But similar to every other device Mac OS is not without problems. Sometimes users face issues. Recently, I was looking to copy an article written In Google Docs to paste it into the WordPress dashboard. But I encountered an error “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed”. I was not able to use Copy-Paste feature. As a Blogger/Content Writer I can not imagine my life without Copy Paste. It is one of the most used features for me. I started looking for a fix and saw in various forums that this issue is not limited to me. A lot of other Mac users have faced in the past. I tried some possible fixes to get rid of it. I will be sharing all those fixes in this article. So If you are facing a “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” issue on your Mac. Go through this article and in the end you will able to fix it.
What is “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” Error?
It is a common error that occurs in Mac computers. In the “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” error user will not be able to do copy-paste. Whenever the user will try to copy a file or text to paste it somewhere. The warning will show up. After a couple of tries, anyone can get frustrated why copy-paste is not working. Don’t get frustrated. It is easily fixable.
Reason for “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” Error
There is not a fixed reason officially agreed by Apple. But there are many possible reasons. The very first one being is too much load on the computer. Everyone is not using the latest and greatest Mac. Some users have a 5-6 years old Mac. In such a case, the hardware is not that powerful and users start using heavy apps, which opens a lot of websites in a different tab. When Mac will be used beyond its capabilities. The issue might occur. But this is not the only reason. Other reasons can be Corrupted files, broken code, third-party apps, or a Bug in the system. Now when you have an idea of possible reasons. It’s time for all the possible fixes to try.
How To Fix “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” Error on your Mac
1. Restart Your Mac
The very first fix you can try to get rid of the “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” error is to restart your Mac. This fix is not just limited to this issue for just Mac. It is one of the very first things you should do if any of your devices be it Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphone or Windows is facing an issue. Most of the time issues in our devices are very little and they can be fixed just by doing a restart. You might already know how to restart a Mac but some of you do not know. Follow the below steps:
Click The small Apple Logo on upper left corner of your Mac.
Once you will click that you will see options to Shut Down, Restart or Sleep Your Mac.Select the Restart option and wait for a couple of minutes. Your Mac will close all the running apps and then turn off and then turn off by itself. Once It is restarted enter the password and try to copy-paste a file or text.
If the issue would have been because of a heavy load on your computer or just a minor bug. Just doing a restart would have to fix that. But if the issue is still there then you can head over to this next fix.
2. Activity Monitor
Even restarting the computer has not helped you then chances are high that Clipboard is still in your memory and not being closed. Now follow the below steps to close it through Activity Monitor.
Go to Finder and then Applications.
Go to Utilities and open Activity Monitor.
Once you will open the activity monitor you will see all the activities that are running on your Mac. If you have just restarted the Mac then the list will short but in case you have a lot of apps running. You might see a lot of activities running there. But there is nothing to worry about. You will find the search box in the top right corner. Search for “pboard”. You will see an activity named pboard. Click on it.
Now you will see a screen with all the details regarding it. At the bottom, you will see an option ‘Quit’. Click on it.
Now close the activity monitor and try performing a copy-paste.
In almost all cases it will fix the issue for you. But by bad luck for you. The “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” error is still there try the next fix.
3. Use Terminal App
All MacBooks come with the Terminal app. That is used to run commands. We will use Terminal to fix the issue.
Open Finder.
Go to Applications and then Utilities.
Open Terminal and type “killall pboard” and then press Enter.
Running this command will close Clipboard on your Mac.
Now close the Terminal and try to copy some text. The issue would have been fixed for you.
4. Update Your Mac
In a very rare case, It might happen that this issue is ocured because of a bug in the Mac OS. If Apple is aware of the bug chances are high that an update will be on its way. Try checking system updates and install the update if any. To check for updates. Follow the below steps
Click on Small Apple Logo in the top left corner of your Mac.
Go to System Preferences. and then Software update.
Your Mac will check for updates. If there is an update available click on update now and depending on the size of that update and your internet connection update will be downloaded and installed.
This is the last thing you can do to fix the “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” error. Even after updating the issue persists. Try to contact Apple Support they will better help you.
Conclusion
After explaining all the possible fixes for the “Sorry, No Manipulations With Clipboard Allowed” error. Now its time to conclude. This error is very common and might come if your Mac is a little bit old and hardware is outdated. In most of the cases above explained fixes are enough to get things working for you. But if you are consistently getting it. I would suggest you upgrade your Mac. I would like to know which fix worked for you. If none of them worked for you let us know that as well. We will try to look for other ways the issue can be fixed.
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