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Ivan's picture

Use copy & paste in Calculator

In OS X there is no cursor in the calculator.app and the calculator dashboard widget, therefore it is not possible to select the numbers appearing on their screens. Yet this doesn't mean you can't paste in a number from your clipboard or copy the results of your calculation to the clipboard.

Just use the Apple(Command)-C or Apple-V keyboard shortcuts as if the screen was selected. Not very intuitive but it works.

For quick calculations you can also use Spotlight or if you're in an Adobe app you can do math right within some of the input fields.

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qwertyale's picture
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Worked.
Your calc is different than mine... is it SL version?

yes I'm brazilian xD

Ivan's picture

That's actually the icon of the Calculator.app. SL, yes.

qwertyale's picture
1767 pencils

the ICON xD same now...

yes I'm brazilian xD

Art D. Rector's picture
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+1.

Which OSX has that calculator? Last time I upgraded (Panther!) they eliminated the calculator and I've never really recovered from it - that was my favorite little doodad. Right now I'm using a (god forbid!) REAL ONE!

qwertyale's picture
1767 pencils

I use Dashboard's Pcalc3 too but this tip doesn't work xD the display shows me "overflow" xD

yes I'm brazilian xD

steveballmer's picture
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Dang! This is so high tech! A calculator on a Mac!
Woooowhooooo!

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