Comment 1 for bug 396754

- Which version of X11 do you have installed?
Even though it's Tiger, not Leopard, could it also be a problem with the clipboard syncing between X11 and OS X? I don't know if there are updated versions or bug fixes for Tiger available from <http://xquartz.macosforge.org>.

Copying between two separate instances of Inkscape (happens when using 'Recent Items' or double clicking a document in the finder) depends on the system clipboard, whereas AFAIU copying between two Inkscape documents opened from within Inkscape is handled internally.

- Any interesting console messages when copy/paste fails?
- Other X11 apps running at the same time that interfere with the clipboard?