How to copy a selection to the OS X clipboard

Question

I have an area selected in Vim. How can I copy it into the OS X clipboard?

(The OS X clipboard can be written to via a pipe to /usr/bin/pbcopy)

Answer 1

Depending on which version of Vim I use, I'm able to use the + register to access the clipboard.

"Mac OS X clipboard sharing" may have some ideas that work for you as well.