How PinClipBoard Sync Service Work

It is great and convenient to have a way of sharing clipboard data between Mac/Windows computers and Android/iOS phones, so you can access your clipboard from anywhere. It would be much better and convenient if there is no need for you to install app or software and log in your account on every device.

With PinClipBoard, when you install it on one Windows computer and enable the sync service, you can use other devices to access the clipboard data without any other apps or software installed and no accounts required. In this post, I will show you the way that how PinClipBoard sync service Work.

Create a Nginx localhost on your computer.

When you enable PinClipBoard sync service by clicking on the switch button, PinClipBoard will install and start a Nginx service on your computer. Nginx is an open source software for web serving with its HTTP server capabilities. It is 100% clean and virus free. As a local server, Nginx can process without network connected and your data will never be uploaded to the cloud. Learn more about Nginx localhost, you can read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

Why use Nginx? It is clean, green, free and small in size. All devices access to the clipboard data should be in the same WLAN.

Scan the Qr code to access your clipboard data on Android/iOS Mobile Phone.

Once the sync service is enabled, PinClipBoard will generate a Qr Code image and Ip Address which could be both used to access the local clipboard data. Use the Qr scanner apps installed in your smartphone or functionalities provided by Twitter, Facebook or the Camera. Scan the Qr code and you will be redirected to a webpage which lists all your clipboard history data. Alternatively, you can open your browser and enter the Ip directly into the address bar to access the clipboard data.

Now PinClipBoard supports most browsers including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari. Click the “Synchronize” button to refresh the page to load the latest data copied into the clipboard on your Windows computer.

Enter the Ip Address to access clipboard data on Win/Mac computers.

Run the browser installed on another computer (no matter it is Mac or Win PC) and enter the Ip address. You can visit the webpage hosted on the local Nginx server and access the clipboard data you have ever copied.

Conclusion.

By using the sync service of PinClipBoard, you are able to access the clipboard data across all your devices (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows PC) in the same WLAN. What’s more, you are not required to install apps or software and log in account on other devices. Just scan the Qr code or enter the Ip address in browsers, and the clipboard data will be shared between your computers and smartphones.

You may have some questions about the security of your clipboard data. You can read the post here:

How PinClipBoard keep the clipboard data safe when sharing across devices