Random text paste when doing Option+Drag in Illustrator on macOS

[Sasha_Baych]

I have encountered a very odd problem. 

Every time I do Option+Drag in Illustrator on a Mac there is some inexplicable text paste acrros the artboard. The text is pretty much gibberish and unrelated to anything that I have been doing or copying and pasting, 

Tried restarting, opeinig new documetns. Quit my clipboard management software. 

Latest version of both Mac OS and Illustrator. 

Please help. I am trying to learn Illustrator for the first time. It is so painful to encounter bugs on your first run with the new software. 

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[Monika Gause]

Do you have any clipboard extensions running in your system?

Anything that enhances your keyboard shortcuts or your mouse?

[Sasha_Baych]

Hey, thanks for the reply! 

Yes, I have popclip, but I disabled it and restarted without it. 

Did not help. 

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi there,

Sorry about the trouble you are facing. In addition to the @Monika Gause questions, I would request you to share a few more details like:

• The exact macOS and version of Illustrator
• Does the issue happen while working on a specific document? If yes, could you please share the document with us? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/share.html) and share the download link.
• When did this start happening? Are there any recent changes made to your system? For example, any antivirus, system updates, or web extensions installed recently.
• Are there any apps running in the background? Does closing them one by one help resolve the issue?
• Does uninstalling the popclip help resolve the issue?
• Does resetting Illustrator Preferences ( https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html) help to resolve the issue?
  Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings, and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

Also, you may try running the app in Safe Mode & Root Account and share your observation with us.

Thanks & Regards,

Anshul Saini