---
id: junk-yard.what-does-the-green-dot-in-the-menu-bar-mean
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/what-does-the-green-dot-in-the-menu-bar-mean
category: "Junk Yard"
subcategory: "Junk Yard basics"
question: "What does the green dot blinking in the menu bar mean?"
alt_questions:
  - "Storage Studio menu bar dot blinks green"
  - "Green flash in menu bar when I copy"
  - "Why does the menu bar icon blink when I copy something?"
  - "Junk Yard green dot"
  - "What is the blinking dot on Storage Studio's icon?"
short_answer: "A brief green blink of the dot in the menu bar means the Junk Yard just caught something you copied and saved it as a new scrap."
tags: ["menu bar", "junk yard", "capture"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/why-didnt-something-i-copied-show-up", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/what-does-the-junk-yard-capture"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What does the green dot blinking in the menu bar mean?

It means the Junk Yard just caught something you copied. A small dot in the menu bar blinks green for a moment each time a new scrap lands, so you know it was saved without having to open the board.

If you copy something and the dot doesn't blink, it wasn't captured — for example because it came from a password manager, it was the same as the last thing you copied, or capturing is switched off. See [Why didn't something I copied show up?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/why-didnt-something-i-copied-show-up)