Copy and paste are among the most common — and overlooked — commands found in any operating system, whether it be Windows or macOS. They are an essential part of everyday computing.

But interestingly, it was more helpful if people found strategies to copy and paste themselves than if the strategies came from someone else,” reports Milkman in Behavioral Scientist.

But the iPhone wasn’t always like this. The original iPhone lacked copy and paste support. That’s a must-have feature on any computer, a feature that we’ve been taking for granted for years.

You can count on Chromebooks to let you copy and paste in the same way you would on a Mac or Windows PC. But this doesn't mean that the standard shortcuts are your only option when it comes to ...

Those options are outlined below and will take you from basic copy and paste through to some more advanced tricks. A note: I’m writing this guide using an iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 17.2.1 ...