How a litigator uses Maccy

§ 1 The scene: a hearing folder open in six tabs

A litigator's desktop during prep is a controlled mess — the record, the exhibit list, the deposition transcript, the outline, the rules. The copying never stops: a record cite here, an exhibit number there, a line-and-page reference, a stock objection. Maccy sits behind all of it, quietly keeping every copy in reach.

§ 2 Record cites and exhibit numbers, queued

Going through the transcript, our litigator copies each line-and-page reference she'll cite. They stack in history. When she returns to the outline she pastes them in sequence — ⇧ + ⌘ + C, type a digit, done — instead of scrolling back through 200 pages to re-find each one.

In argument, the difference between fluent and fumbling is often whether the cite is in your hand or three windows away.

§ 3 Pinned objections and standard language

She pins the language she reaches for under pressure: a clean form of common objections, the standard offer-of-proof phrasing, the recurring caption block. Pinned items stay at the top, so they're available the instant she needs them. Everything else — the transient copies — ages out of the list on its own.

§ 4 Why it's local-only, not synced

Transcripts and exhibits are confidential. She runs a local-only clipboard manager deliberately: nothing she copies leaves the laptop, which is the only posture consistent with the duty of confidentiality. Her password manager is on the exclude list, so credentials never touch history.

§ 5 Frequently asked questions