{"id":"junk-yard.how-do-i-change-the-multi-file-limit","url":"/faq/junk-yard/how-do-i-change-the-multi-file-limit","category":{"id":"junk-yard","title":"Junk Yard"},"subcategory":{"id":"capturing","title":"What gets captured"},"question":"How do I change how many files one Junk Yard card can hold?","alt_questions":["Change the Junk Yard multi-file limit","Capture a multi-file copy of up to setting","Increase files per scrap","Max files per Junk Yard copy","Lower the multi file limit Junk Yard"],"short_answer":"In Settings → Junk Yard, use Capture a multi-file copy of up to. It goes from 5 to 250 files in steps of five (25 by default); bigger copies are skipped, not cut short.","answer_markdown":"Open Settings → **Junk Yard** and use the stepper next to **Capture a multi-file copy of up to** in the Capturing section. It moves in steps of five, from 5 up to 250, and starts at 25.\n\nA copy with more files than this is skipped entirely rather than cut short, so you never get half a batch. A lower limit keeps the board lighter; a higher one lets bigger selections become a single card.","answer_html":"

Open Settings → Junk Yard and use the stepper next to Capture a multi-file copy of up to in the Capturing section. It moves in steps of five, from 5 up to 250, and starts at 25.

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A copy with more files than this is skipped entirely rather than cut short, so you never get half a batch. A lower limit keeps the board lighter; a higher one lets bigger selections become a single card.

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Junk Yard · What gets captured

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How do I change how many files one Junk Yard card can hold?

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Short answer: In Settings → Junk Yard, use Capture a multi-file copy of up to. It goes from 5 to 250 files in steps of five (25 by default); bigger copies are skipped, not cut short.

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Open Settings → Junk Yard and use the stepper next to Capture a multi-file copy of up to in the Capturing section. It moves in steps of five, from 5 up to 250, and starts at 25.

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A copy with more files than this is skipped entirely rather than cut short, so you never get half a batch. A lower limit keeps the board lighter; a higher one lets bigger selections become a single card.

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