tclip2

Converts macOS .textClipping files to plain text or HTML.

Install

go install github.com/agent2x0r/tclip2@latest

Or build from source:

go build -o tclip2 .

Usage

tclip2 [-html] [-txt] [-out dir] file.textClipping [...]

• -txt — output plain text (default)
• -html — output HTML
• -out dir — write output to dir instead of the source file's directory

How it works

.textClipping files can store text in two ways:

1. Data fork — a binary plist containing a UTI-Data dictionary with typed entries (public.utf8-plain-text, public.html, etc.). This is the modern format.
2. Resource fork — Mac resource fork with TEXT, utf8, HTML, or utxt resources. This is the legacy format.

tclip2 tries the data fork first, then falls back to the resource fork.

License

MIT