Yoink Temporary shelf for drag-and-drop

Yoink solves the awkward problem of dragging files between windows or spaces β€” instead of juggling both source and destination visible at once, you drop files onto Yoink’s shelf, navigate wherever you need to go, then drag them out. It also works as a quick clipboard for files, staging multiple items before pasting them elsewhere. Small app, very specific job, does it perfectly.

Yoink Cheatsheet
Features

Yoink is a drag-and-drop shelf for temporary file staging.

Workflow

Step Description
1. Drag Drag files toward screen edge
2. Shelf appears Yoink shelf slides in
3. Drop on shelf Files staged temporarily
4. Navigate Go to destination folder
5. Drag out Drag files from shelf to target

Supported Content

Type Examples
Files Any file or folder
Text Selected text snippets
Images Screenshots, web images
URLs Web links
Emails Message drag from Mail

Settings

Setting Description
Activation edge Left, right, or bottom
Behavior Move or copy files
Auto-clear Clear after drag-out
History Keep previous items
Size Shelf width
Integration
Integration Description
Finder Drag files directly
Safari Drag images and links
Mail Drag attachments
Photos Drag media
Any app Universal drag-and-drop
Yoink Shortcuts
General
Shortcut Action
F5 Toggle Yoink shelf (default)
Drag to edge Show shelf automatically
⌘, Preferences
⌘Q Quit
File Operations
Shortcut Action
Drag files to shelf Stage files temporarily
Drag from shelf Move/copy to destination
⌘C Copy files from shelf
⌘V Paste to shelf
⌘A Select all in shelf
Delete Remove from shelf
βŒ˜β‡§C Copy file paths
βŒ˜β‡§Delete Clear shelf