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FYI - after you do this on Mac OS you can't copy to the system clipboard from the buffer using mouse unless you push `fn` before you click on the pane.

I think there are workarounds to get from the tmux copy buffer onto the system clipboard but I usually just `Ctrl-b z` to zoom the pane to full-screen, hold down `fn` button to select text, then `Ctrl-C` like normal.



IIRC, this was fixed in the last few releases- it had to do with OS X's weird user-session/permissions management. At the very least, I was able to comment out the following workaround:

    bind-key -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy"
    bind-key -T copy-mode-vi C-j send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy"
    bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy"
    bind-key -T copy-mode-vi A send-keys -X append-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy"


I'm using iTerm2 + tmux:

1. If I click my mouse to drag and select what I want to copy, the selection is copied to the clipboard when I release. Selection is highlighted with a yellow background.

2. If I want to double-click to copy, I just hold down the `option` key, then double click and it is copied to the clipboard. Selection is highlighted with a white background.

In both instances, I don't even need to use `ctrl+c`.


Yep, although there are plugins to integrate the tmux clipboard with the system clipboard. I use tmux-yank:

https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank




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