What does the Junk Yard capture when I copy something?

Q: What does the Junk Yard capture when I copy something?

With Watch the clipboard on, each thing you copy with ⌘C becomes a new card: text and rich text (with its formatting), images (shown as a thumbnail), web links, and files or folders (kept as a reference). Several files copied together land as one card. What it skips on purpose - Anything from a password manager, or anything an app marks as secret or temporary. - A copy that's identical to the last thing you copied, so you don't get duplicates. - A multi-file copy larger than the limit you set (25 files by default). - Copies you make from the Junk Yard itself. See Does the Junk Yard save my passwords?

Short answer: With Watch the clipboard on, everything you copy — text and rich text, images, web links, and files or folders — lands as a card. Passwords and very large multi-file copies are skipped on purpose.

With Watch the clipboard on, each thing you copy with ⌘C becomes a new card: text and rich text (with its formatting), images (shown as a thumbnail), web links, and files or folders (kept as a reference). Several files copied together land as one card.

What it skips on purpose

Anything from a password manager, or anything an app marks as secret or temporary.
A copy that's identical to the last thing you copied, so you don't get duplicates.
A multi-file copy larger than the limit you set (25 files by default).
Copies you make from the Junk Yard itself.

See Does the Junk Yard save my passwords?

Last reviewed October 1, 2026

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What does the Junk Yard capture when I copy something?

What it skips on purpose

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