{"id":"junk-yard.how-do-i-save-the-clipboard-to-the-junk-yard-by-hand","url":"/faq/junk-yard/how-do-i-save-the-clipboard-to-the-junk-yard-by-hand","category":{"id":"junk-yard","title":"Junk Yard"},"subcategory":{"id":"capturing","title":"What gets captured"},"question":"How do I save just one copied item to the Junk Yard?","alt_questions":["Save clipboard to Junk shortcut","Manually add clipboard to Junk Yard","Option Shift C Junk Yard","Save this copy to Junk Yard only","Junk Yard manual capture"],"short_answer":"Press the Save clipboard to Junk shortcut (⌥⇧C by default) and whatever is on your clipboard is added as a scrap — ideal when automatic capture is off.","answer_markdown":"Press the **Save clipboard to Junk** shortcut — ⌥⇧C by default — and whatever is on your clipboard right now is added as a scrap.\n\nThis is the way to use the Junk Yard if you've switched off **Watch the clipboard**: copy as usual, and only the things you choose to keep get saved. You can change or switch off the shortcut in Settings → Junk Yard.","answer_html":"

Press the Save clipboard to Junk shortcut — ⌥⇧C by default — and whatever is on your clipboard right now is added as a scrap.

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This is the way to use the Junk Yard if you've switched off Watch the clipboard: copy as usual, and only the things you choose to keep get saved. You can change or switch off the shortcut in Settings → Junk Yard.

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How do I save just one copied item to the Junk Yard?

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Short answer: Press the Save clipboard to Junk shortcut (⌥⇧C by default) and whatever is on your clipboard is added as a scrap — ideal when automatic capture is off.

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Press the Save clipboard to Junk shortcut — ⌥⇧C by default — and whatever is on your clipboard right now is added as a scrap.

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This is the way to use the Junk Yard if you've switched off Watch the clipboard: copy as usual, and only the things you choose to keep get saved. You can change or switch off the shortcut in Settings → Junk Yard.

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