{"id":"junk-yard.can-i-paste-a-file-from-the-junk-yard","url":"/faq/junk-yard/can-i-paste-a-file-from-the-junk-yard","category":{"id":"junk-yard","title":"Junk Yard"},"subcategory":{"id":"capturing","title":"What gets captured"},"question":"Can I paste a file from the Junk Yard into Finder or an email?","alt_questions":["Copy a file back from Junk Yard","Paste file from Junk Yard to Finder","Attach a Junk Yard file to an email","Junk Yard file scrap paste","How do I reuse a file I copied earlier?"],"short_answer":"Yes. Click the file's card or its Copy button and the actual file goes on your clipboard, ready to paste into Finder, an email or a chat with ⌘V — as long as the original still exists.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Click the file's card (or its **Copy** button) and the real file goes onto your clipboard — then press ⌘V in Finder to paste a copy, or in an email or chat to attach it.\n\nFor a group of files, open the card to see the whole list, where you can **Copy all** at once or copy, open or show in Finder any single file.\n\nThis works as long as the original file still exists. If the card says **Missing**, the original has been deleted or removed and there's nothing left to paste.","answer_html":"

Yes. Click the file's card (or its Copy button) and the real file goes onto your clipboard — then press ⌘V in Finder to paste a copy, or in an email or chat to attach it.

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For a group of files, open the card to see the whole list, where you can Copy all at once or copy, open or show in Finder any single file.

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This works as long as the original file still exists. If the card says Missing, the original has been deleted or removed and there's nothing left to paste.

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Can I paste a file from the Junk Yard into Finder or an email?

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Short answer: Yes. Click the file's card or its Copy button and the actual file goes on your clipboard, ready to paste into Finder, an email or a chat with ⌘V — as long as the original still exists.

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Yes. Click the file's card (or its Copy button) and the real file goes onto your clipboard — then press ⌘V in Finder to paste a copy, or in an email or chat to attach it.

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For a group of files, open the card to see the whole list, where you can Copy all at once or copy, open or show in Finder any single file.

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This works as long as the original file still exists. If the card says Missing, the original has been deleted or removed and there's nothing left to paste.

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