diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_init.m b/glfw/cocoa_init.m
index 5ca7cfca9..85c86fc70 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_init.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_init.m
@@ -992,8 +992,6 @@ void _glfwPlatformTerminate(void)
         _glfw.ns.appleSettings = nil;
     }
 
-    free(_glfw.ns.clipboardString);
-
     _glfwTerminateNSGL();
     if (global_shortcuts != nil) { [global_shortcuts release]; global_shortcuts = nil; }
 
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_platform.h b/glfw/cocoa_platform.h
index 96a3216e2..34e6a515e 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_platform.h
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_platform.h
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryNS
 
     char                keyName[64];
     char                text[256];
-    char*               clipboardString;
     CGPoint             cascadePoint;
     // Where to place the cursor when re-enabled
     double              restoreCursorPosX, restoreCursorPosY;
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 2ab036ba4..5f386fe09 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "../kitty/monotonic.h"
 
 #include <Availability.h>
+#import <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
+#import <UniformTypeIdentifiers/UniformTypeIdentifiers.h>
 #include <float.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -2506,55 +2508,51 @@ bool _glfwPlatformToggleFullscreen(_GLFWwindow* w, unsigned int flags) {
     return made_fullscreen;
 }
 
-void _glfwPlatformSetClipboardString(const char* string)
-{
+// Clipboard {{{
+
+static void
+list_clipboard_mimetypes(GLFWclipboardwritedatafun write_data, void *object) {
+#define w(x) { if (ok) ok = write_data(object, x, strlen(x)); }
     NSPasteboard* pasteboard = [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard];
-    [pasteboard declareTypes:@[NSPasteboardTypeString] owner:nil];
-    [pasteboard setString:@(string) forType:NSPasteboardTypeString];
-}
-
-void _glfwPlatformSetPrimarySelectionString(const char* string) {
-    (void)string;
-    // Apple doesnt have a primary selection
-}
-
-const char* _glfwPlatformGetPrimarySelectionString(void) { return ""; }
-
-const char* _glfwPlatformGetClipboardString(void)
-{
-    NSPasteboard* pasteboard = [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard];
-    free(_glfw.ns.clipboardString); _glfw.ns.clipboardString = NULL;
-
     NSDictionary* options = @{NSPasteboardURLReadingFileURLsOnlyKey:@YES};
-    NSArray* objs = [pasteboard readObjectsForClasses:@[[NSURL class], [NSString class]] options:options];
-    if (objs) {
-        const NSUInteger count = [objs count];
-        if (count) {
-            NSMutableString *path_list = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:4096];  // auto-released
-            NSMutableString *text_list = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:4096];  // auto-released
-            for (NSUInteger i = 0;  i < count;  i++) {
-                id obj = objs[i];
-                if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSURL class]]) {
-                    NSURL *url = (NSURL*)obj;
-                    if (url.fileURL && url.fileSystemRepresentation) {
-                        if ([path_list length] > 0) [path_list appendString:@("\n")];
-                        [path_list appendString:@(url.fileSystemRepresentation)];
+    BOOL has_file_urls = [pasteboard canReadObjectForClasses:@[[NSURL class]] options:options];
+    BOOL has_strings = [pasteboard canReadObjectForClasses:@[[NSString class]] options:nil];
+    /* NSLog(@"has_file_urls: %d has_strings: %d", has_file_urls, has_strings); */
+    bool ok = true;
+    if (has_strings) w("text/plain");
+    if (has_file_urls) w("text/local-path-list");
+    if (@available(macOS 11.0, *)) {
+        for (NSPasteboardItem * item in pasteboard.pasteboardItems) {
+            for (NSPasteboardType type in item.types) {
+                /* NSLog(@"%@", type); */
+                UTType *ut = [UTType typeWithIdentifier:type];
+                if (ut != nil) {
+                    /* NSLog(@"ut: %@ mt: %@ tags: %@", ut, ut.preferredMIMEType, ut.tags); */
+                    if (ut.preferredMIMEType != nil && ![ut.preferredMIMEType hasPrefix:@"text/plain"]) {
+                        w([ut.preferredMIMEType UTF8String]);
                     }
-                } else if ([obj isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
-                    if ([text_list length] > 0) [text_list appendString:@("\n")];
-                    [text_list appendString:obj];
                 }
             }
-            const char *text = NULL;
-            if (path_list.length > 0) text = [path_list UTF8String];
-            else if (text_list.length > 0) text = [text_list UTF8String];
-            if (text) _glfw.ns.clipboardString = _glfw_strdup(text);
         }
     }
-    if (!_glfw.ns.clipboardString) _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR, "Cocoa: Failed to retrieve object from pasteboard");
-    return _glfw.ns.clipboardString;
+#undef w
 }
 
+void
+_glfwPlatformGetClipboard(GLFWClipboardType clipboard_type, const char* mime_type, GLFWclipboardwritedatafun write_data, void *object) {
+    if (clipboard_type != GLFW_CLIPBOARD) return;
+    (void)mime_type; (void) write_data; (void) object;
+    if (mime_type == NULL) {
+        list_clipboard_mimetypes(write_data, object);
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+void _glfwPlatformSetClipboard(GLFWClipboardType t) {
+    if (t != GLFW_CLIPBOARD) return;
+}
+// }}}
+
 EGLenum _glfwPlatformGetEGLPlatform(EGLint** attribs)
 {
     if (_glfw.egl.ANGLE_platform_angle)
diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index 4c23a15d5..32529a7e7 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def init_env(
 
     elif module == 'cocoa':
         ans.cppflags.append('-DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION')
-        for f_ in 'Cocoa IOKit CoreFoundation CoreVideo'.split():
+        for f_ in 'Cocoa IOKit CoreFoundation CoreVideo UniformTypeIdentifiers'.split():
             ans.ldpaths.extend(('-framework', f_))
 
     elif module == 'wayland':
diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index e1bbb6a05..39a3aea8c 100644
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ class Boss:
                 cocoa_set_notification_activated_callback
             )
             cocoa_set_notification_activated_callback(notification_activated)
+        print(111111111, self.clipboard.get_available_mime_types_for_paste())
 
     def update_keymap(self) -> None:
         self.keymap = get_options().keymap.copy()