To quickly and easily copy and paste text messages in Google Messages, here’s what you need to do: Open Google Messages. Open the text message you want to copy and paste.

Before you copy text with gestures, you'll need to highlight it, which you can also do with gestures. The iPhone's gestures have long been a point of contention for Apple mobile device users.

To paste this text elsewhere, simply bring up the keyboard, tap the clipboard button at the top, and then select the saved snippet. You can also remove the snippet when you no longer need it by ...

If you're a Mac user with a Windows PC background, you'll probably know how to use the typical copy and paste commands in macOS. But there's a handy clipboard trick that's worth keeping in mind.

Currently available in the Canary build of the web browser, Smart Copy retains the formatting of text, images, tables and so on, so when you paste it you know what to expect.