Category:	Productivity
Price:	Free
Popularity:	Low
Version String:	3.6.94 (2024.09.17)
Release Date:	2024-09-17
Architecture:	Intel & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS:	macOS 10.13
Vendor Name:	Eternal Storms Software
Homepage:	eternalstorms.at

Description:

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


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?

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.


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 (⌘).


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.


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.