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This page covers Superwhisper on macOS. Superwhisper delivers results by pasting at your cursor. When pasting goes wrong, the transcription itself is fine: it’s in History. Each delivery problem below has a specific fix.

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Nothing pastes and the text is only in History

  1. Grant Accessibility permission (macOS): open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and enable Superwhisper. The app needs this permission to paste into other apps, and it’s the most common cause.
  2. Keep focus in the target field: Superwhisper pastes at the active cursor. If you click elsewhere while it processes, the paste has no target. The text stays on your clipboard; paste it manually.
  3. Some apps block synthetic pasting: secure fields, some terminals, and VMs. Try Simulate keypresses in advanced settings. It types the result key by key instead. This feature is experimental and supports only the standard US QWERTY keyboard layout.

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Old clipboard content pastes instead

This can happen when Clipboard content is set to Keep what I have copied (the default) in advanced settings, under Text input. Superwhisper puts your earlier clipboard back after pasting. If the target app reads the clipboard late, it can pick up the restored content instead of your dictation. Set Clipboard content to Replace with dictation. The dictation then stays on your clipboard, and what you had copied is gone.

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Text pastes twice

This usually means two delivery paths fired at once:
  • If Simulate keypresses is on and the target app also accepts the paste, you can get both. Turn Simulate keypresses off for apps that paste normally.
  • If you press the shortcut twice while processing, both dictations paste in sequence. Check History to confirm what happened.
If neither applies, email support@superwhisper.com and name the app it happens in. Paste behavior is app-specific, and reports that name the app get fixed fastest.

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Auto-send fires when you didn’t want it

Hold shift to auto-send after paste sends your message when you finish a dictation while holding Shift. It shows in advanced settings only when Paste result text is on. If messages send themselves, turn Hold shift to auto-send after paste off.