The following keyboard shortcuts can be useful for quickly navigating through the Clipstart interface.


Return - Rename selected video.

T - Edit tags. Or add tags for multiple selection.

Tab - While editing a title or tags, jump to the next video.

F - Flag a video.

X - Mark a video to delete. These can be reviewed later across all tags and then moved to the trash.

Delete - Remove the video from the Clipstart database without deleting the actual video file.


Space - Preview selected video using Quick Look.

Shift-space - Preview selected video inline.

Escape - Close video editing pane if open.


⌘⇧C - Copy tags.

⌘⇧V - Paste tags.

⌘⇧⌫ - Clear tags.


⌘F - Show the search box to begin typing a query.

⌘⇧F - Hide the search and browse by year again.

⌘J - Jump to a new year from the keyboard.


⌘U - Upload the selected video to the last service used.

⌘⇧U - Upload with a prompt to enter a description.


For menu items that do not have a keyboard shortcut, or to override existing ones, open System Preferences from the Apple menu. Click on Keyboard & Mouse, then Keyboard Shortcuts, and scroll down to the bottom of the list where custom application commands can be set.