Yoink

Yoink for Mac

Simplify and improve drag and drop on your Mac and speed up your daily workflow.

Featured on the Mac App Store

"Using Yoink couldn’t be simpler: drag an item to the edge of your screen and out slides your handy shelf. Yoink helps you work faster and more efficiently in small but meaningful ways."

Yoink has been featured on the Mac App Store on numerous occasions: “Better Together”, “Apps with great Today widgets”, “Apps that look great in Dark Mode”, “New Apps We Love”, “Get Things Done”, “Essential Time Savers”, “Get Productive”, “New Year, New You” and “Master the Menu Bar”.

Yoink is a “shelf” for your files

Moving or copying files can be cumbersome - you have to keep the mouse button pressed for the drag, while trying to navigate to the destination of your files. Why not let Yoink hold those files for you?

How It Works

• Step 1: Drag files you’d like to move or copy to Yoink
• Step 2: With your mouse free, navigate more easily and quickly to the destination of your files
• Step 3: Drag the files out of Yoink to where they’re supposed to go

“Yoink is one of the first five apps I install on all my Macs." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Silk Fox on the Mac App Store (US)

Drop everything

Yoink offers a “shelf" for files and app-content you want to move or copy. Virtually anything you can drag on your Mac, Yoink can hold for you until you need it. From files in Finder to app-content (like text from word processors or images from websites), Yoink has got you covered.

There when you need it

It appears at the edge of your screen when you start dragging files, so you can drop files in it. With your fingers and mouse free, navigate to the destination of your files. It’s much easier this way to move files between different windows, spaces and (fullscreen-) apps.

Behaves like Finder

When dragging files out of Yoink, it behaves the same way as Finder when it comes to moving or copying files. Just like you would in Finder, if you’d like to force-copy a file, hold down the option key (⌥) on your keyboard. If you’d like to force-move, use the command key (⌘).

User Testimonials

“Yoink is a terrific utility for MacOS." – John Gruber, DaringFireball.net

“Yoink has been a fantastic time-saver." – John Voorhees, MacStories.net

“There are few apps that I consider to be must-haves, but Yoink is certainly one of them." – Jeff Benjamin, 9to5mac.com

Made to fit your workflow

• Location, location, location: Change where and when Yoink should appear. You can set it up so that it appears at the edge of your screen immediately when you start to drag something, or only when you’re getting close to the edge. Or make it appear at your mouse cursor, making placing files in Yoink even easier.
• One shortcut to rule them all: Aside from letting you hide and show Yoink manually, the keyboard shortcut lets you do even more: Long-press it to recall files you previously moved out of Yoink. Double-press it to save your clipboard’s contents in the app.
• Less can be more: Make Yoink ignore apps where you find you don’t need it, and it will not automatically appear when you drag something in those apps. With its keyboard shortcut, you can still trigger it manually.

Integration

Yoink is tightly integrated with macOS, so aside from drag and drop, the app offers system services, a Quick Action, a Share extension, Handoff and Continuity Camera integration, can be used with the Terminal and Automator, and can keep a history of your clipboard.

QuickLook

Easily and quickly identify files via icon previews, or a full QuickLook Preview.

Handoff between Macs, iPads and iPhones

Transfer files between all the devices you’re running Yoink on. Handoff to and from iOS devices requires the separately available Yoink app for iPad and iPhone.

Continuity Camera

Send photos or documents directly to Yoink from your iPhone or iPad. Requires macOS Mojave 10.14 or newer and an iPhone or iPad with iOS 12 or newer.

Clipboard History

Yoink can store recent items you copied. Accessible from its Widget in Notification Center or the Yoink app itself, you can either send previously copied items right to Yoink, or copy them to your clipboard again. Popular password managers are excluded by default, and in Yoink’s preferences you can add apps to the “Ignored Apps” list, from which Yoink should never store copied items.