diff --git a/examples/open_window.rs b/examples/open_window.rs
index 95141b9..58c0713 100644
--- a/examples/open_window.rs
+++ b/examples/open_window.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use rtrb::{Consumer, RingBuffer};
 
-use baseview::{Event, EventStatus, Window, WindowHandler, WindowScalePolicy};
+use baseview::copy_to_clipboard;
+use baseview::{Event, EventStatus, MouseEvent, Window, WindowHandler, WindowScalePolicy};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 enum Message {
@@ -22,7 +23,17 @@ impl WindowHandler for OpenWindowExample {
 
     fn on_event(&mut self, _window: &mut Window, event: Event) -> EventStatus {
         match event {
-            Event::Mouse(e) => println!("Mouse event: {:?}", e),
+            Event::Mouse(e) => {
+                println!("Mouse event: {:?}", e);
+
+                #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+                match e {
+                    MouseEvent::ButtonPressed { button, modifiers } => {
+                        copy_to_clipboard("This is a test!".into())
+                    }
+                    _ => (),
+                }
+            }
             Event::Keyboard(e) => println!("Keyboard event: {:?}", e),
             Event::Window(e) => println!("Window event: {:?}", e),
         }
diff --git a/src/clipboard.rs b/src/clipboard.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baad5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+use crate::macos as platform;
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+use crate::win as platform;
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+use crate::x11 as platform;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+pub fn copy_to_clipboard(data: String) {
+    platform::copy_to_clipboard(data)
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 46a3695..54d57dd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod win;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 mod x11;
 
+mod clipboard;
 mod event;
 mod keyboard;
 mod mouse_cursor;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ mod window_open_options;
 #[cfg(feature = "opengl")]
 pub mod gl;
 
+pub use clipboard::*;
 pub use event::*;
 pub use mouse_cursor::MouseCursor;
 pub use window::*;
diff --git a/src/macos/window.rs b/src/macos/window.rs
index bcbe67c..731e45e 100644
--- a/src/macos/window.rs
+++ b/src/macos/window.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use cocoa::appkit::{
     NSPasteboard, NSView, NSWindow, NSWindowStyleMask,
 };
 use cocoa::base::{id, nil, NO, YES};
-use cocoa::foundation::{NSAutoreleasePool, NSData, NSPoint, NSRect, NSSize, NSString};
+use cocoa::foundation::{NSAutoreleasePool, NSPoint, NSRect, NSSize, NSString};
 use core_foundation::runloop::{
     CFRunLoop, CFRunLoopTimer, CFRunLoopTimerContext, __CFRunLoopTimer, kCFRunLoopDefaultMode,
 };
@@ -484,21 +484,13 @@ unsafe impl HasRawWindowHandle for Window {
     }
 }
 
-pub enum ClipboardDataType {
-    String,
-}
-
-pub fn copy_to_clipboard(data: String, data_type: ClipboardDataType) {
+pub fn copy_to_clipboard(string: String) {
     unsafe {
         let pb = NSPasteboard::generalPasteboard(nil);
 
-        let data =
-            NSData::dataWithBytes_length_(nil, data.as_ptr() as *const c_void, data.len() as u64);
+        let ns_str = NSString::alloc(nil).init_str(&string);
 
-        let pb_type = match data_type {
-            ClipboardDataType::String => cocoa::appkit::NSPasteboardTypeString,
-        };
-
-        pb.setData_forType(data, pb_type);
+        pb.clearContents();
+        pb.setString_forType(ns_str, cocoa::appkit::NSPasteboardTypeString);
     }
 }