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# Text not pasting, pasting twice, or pasting old text

> Fix dictations that do not paste, paste twice, or paste old clipboard text. Each cause below has a specific fix.

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](/docs/get-started/history). Each delivery problem below has a specific fix.

## 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](/docs/get-started/settings-advanced). It types the result key by key instead. This feature is experimental and supports only the standard US QWERTY keyboard layout.

## Old clipboard content pastes instead

This can happen when **Clipboard content** is set to **Keep what I have copied** (the default) in [advanced settings](/docs/get-started/settings-advanced), 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.

## 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](mailto:support@superwhisper.com) and name the app it happens in. Paste behavior is app-specific, and reports that name the app get fixed fastest.

## 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](/docs/get-started/settings-advanced) only when **Paste result text** is on. If messages send themselves, turn **Hold shift to auto-send after paste** off.


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