Copying and Pasting Numbers Tables.

What does it do when you create a new Preview app document from it?

Copy the cells/table, go to Preview app, command N to create new from clipboard.

It used to, and hopefully still does, create a scalable image that can be enlarged without getting pixelated like a screenshot would. If it still does this, I think it is safe to say the data you want is being copied to the clipboard.

Assuming the above worked, a clunky workaround ubtil something better comes along could be to use Preview as a go-between. Create a new Preview document from the clipboard (which you will discard later, not save) then drag the thumbnail from Preview to your messaging app. Mine always defaults to not showing the thumbnails so you might have to do View/ Thumbnails to see the thumbnail.

I don't notice any change in behavior with Sequoia 15.1.

Going through Preview still works here.

You can also try this: make your selection in Numbers and choose Edit > Copy Snapshot and paste the results of that.

These all work well with Mac apps on my machine. I don't have WhatsApp or Messenger If none of these approaches is working for you, then it might be because of changes in WhatsApp and Messenger?

Also, to clear out any mysterious gremlins you could try restarting your Mac.

SG

kashif_aulakh wrote:

Apple should bring this function back.

What function? Things are working as expected on my machine. Have you tried Edit > Copy Snapshot? Have you restarted your Mac?

BTW, going through Preview (if you need to do that) is much quicker and easier than it sounds.

SG

The result does seem to vary depending on the app. I'm not sure which apps paste as an image, or when/why it changed.

The short version is when you copy data (such as a table in Numbers), the application can put multiple formats on the clipboard (such as 'image', 'rich text', and 'plain text'), and when you paste it's up to the target application which format it takes - some will accept the rich text version, others the plain text, etc.). You have very little control over this. Maybe Numbers used to include an Image version and it no longer does... I don't have an older version to test.

However, if an image is what you want, then a screenshot is probably the best way to go right now. If you use Ctrl-Shift-Command-4 you can grab an area of the screen and it's copied to the clipboard as an image, where you can then paste it wherever you like (command-shift-4 is the classic screenshot key-combo... adding Ctrl saves to the clipboard rather than to a file on disk)

I don’t know how this worked before macOS Sequoia but you could take screenshots (shift + command + 4) of the data and drag the screenshot into the messaging apps.