# Behavior of the "copy" feature on the MacOS app seems to have been changed. It is no longer including the markdown when copying

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/behavior-of-the-copy-feature-on-the-macos-app-seems-to-have-been-changed-it-is-no-longer-including-the-markdown-when-copying/965385>\
**Category:** ChatGPT\
**Tags:** chatgpt, macos\
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/behavior-of-the-copy-feature-on-the-macos-app-seems-to-have-been-changed-it-is-no-longer-including-the-markdown-when-copying/965385 "2024-10-03T03:27:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![MichaelCharles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/michaelcharles/32/472604_2.png) [@MichaelCharles](https://community.openai.com/u/MichaelCharles)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/behavior-of-the-copy-feature-on-the-macos-app-seems-to-have-been-changed-it-is-no-longer-including-the-markdown-when-copying/965385/1 "2024-10-03T03:27:55Z")

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Previously, on the MacOS ChatGPT app, if I were to ask ChatGPT for a spelling or grammar check which included markdown like this…

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/d/7/f/d7f7a5403c22d97f16949ff868d7652b298527fc.png)

…and then clicked on the far-left “copy” icon below the generated text, it would copy ChatGPT’s output along with the markdown, so the result would look like this:

```auto
Here’s the corrected version:

“I really like [this website](https://example.com).”

```

However, it seems that perhaps there’s been some kind of update, because if I copy the text now, it doesn’t include the markdown:

```auto
Here’s the corrected version:

“I really like this website.”

```

Is there anywhere I can go to complain about this change? Or maybe request that it become a toggle-able option? I know markdown isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I found it to be a very useful feature.

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**Author:** ![MichaelCharles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/michaelcharles/32/472604_2.png) [@MichaelCharles](https://community.openai.com/u/MichaelCharles)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/behavior-of-the-copy-feature-on-the-macos-app-seems-to-have-been-changed-it-is-no-longer-including-the-markdown-when-copying/965385/2 "2024-10-03T03:32:36Z")

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I know that I can ask ChatGPT to put its corrections in a code block, which helps, but it can’t handle code blocks nested inside code blocks, it ends up like this:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/0/d/c/0dc4073273f64433033c9f1afa6cfa6358630464.png)

The web app still seems to work as it did before though.

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Edit: This was originally intended to be part of my initial post, but I am not allowed to include two media elements within the same post due to being a new user, and I cannot otherwise link to the images.

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**Author:** ![leon.richard.tan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/leon.richard.tan/32/498527_2.png) [@leon.richard.tan](https://community.openai.com/u/leon.richard.tan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/behavior-of-the-copy-feature-on-the-macos-app-seems-to-have-been-changed-it-is-no-longer-including-the-markdown-when-copying/965385/3 "2024-11-13T09:23:16Z")

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I have the same problem. So I use chatgpt on web instead of macos app.