diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 69f2789..37e279d 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -105,31 +105,20 @@ impl TesseraApp {
         if command && let Key::Character(value) = &event.logical_key {
             match value.to_lowercase().as_str() {
                 "a" => self.developer_tools.selection = true,
-                "v" => {
-                    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-                    if let Ok(output) = std::process::Command::new("pbpaste").output()
-                        && output.status.success()
-                    {
-                        self.developer_tools
-                            .insert(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
-                    }
-                }
+                "v" => match crate::clipboard::read() {
+                    Ok(value) => self.developer_tools.insert(&value),
+                    Err(error) => self.developer_tools.input_error = format!("Clipboard: {error}"),
+                },
                 "c" | "x" => {
-                    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-                    {
-                        use std::io::Write;
-                        let selected = self.developer_tools.selected_text();
-                        if !selected.is_empty()
-                            && let Ok(mut child) = std::process::Command::new("pbcopy")
-                                .stdin(std::process::Stdio::piped())
-                                .spawn()
-                        {
-                            if let Some(mut stdin) = child.stdin.take() {
-                                let _ = stdin.write_all(selected.as_bytes());
+                    let selected = self.developer_tools.selected_text();
+                    if !selected.is_empty() {
+                        match crate::clipboard::write(&selected) {
+                            Ok(()) if value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("x") => {
+                                self.developer_tools.insert("")
                             }
-                            let _ = child.wait();
-                            if value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("x") {
-                                self.developer_tools.insert("");
+                            Ok(()) => {}
+                            Err(error) => {
+                                self.developer_tools.input_error = format!("Clipboard: {error}")
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/src/clipboard.rs b/src/clipboard.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f60d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//! Clipboard text is always UTF-8, including Finder/LaunchServices launches without LANG.
+use anyhow::{Result, bail};
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+fn command(program: &str) -> std::process::Command {
+    let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(program);
+    cmd.env("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8")
+        .env("LC_CTYPE", "en_US.UTF-8")
+        .env("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8");
+    cmd
+}
+pub fn read() -> Result<String> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    {
+        let output = command("/usr/bin/pbpaste")
+            .arg("-Prefer")
+            .arg("txt")
+            .output()?;
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            bail!("system clipboard read failed");
+        }
+        // Never silently replace invalid bytes in the user's source.
+        Ok(String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?)
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    {
+        bail!("system clipboard adapter is not available on this platform")
+    }
+}
+pub fn write(value: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    {
+        use std::io::Write;
+        let mut child = command("/usr/bin/pbcopy")
+            .stdin(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()?;
+        let mut stdin = child
+            .stdin
+            .take()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("clipboard stdin is unavailable"))?;
+        stdin.write_all(value.as_bytes())?;
+        drop(stdin);
+        if !child.wait()?.success() {
+            bail!("system clipboard write failed");
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    {
+        let _ = value;
+        bail!("system clipboard adapter is not available on this platform")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fff12f9..5b9cd94 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod activity;
 mod api;
 mod app;
+mod clipboard;
 mod developer_tools;
 mod display_list;
 mod document;