{"id":"junk-yard.where-do-items-from-another-device-go","url":"/faq/junk-yard/where-do-items-from-another-device-go","category":{"id":"junk-yard","title":"Junk Yard"},"subcategory":{"id":"devices","title":"Sharing with your other devices"},"question":"Where does something copied on my other device show up on my Mac?","alt_questions":["Shared clipboard item not on my clipboard","Bridge clipboard arrives where?","Received scrap Junk Yard","Why doesn't ⌘V paste what I copied on my PC?","Copied on phone, where is it on Mac?"],"short_answer":"It lands as a new scrap in your Junk Yard, not on your clipboard, so nothing you copied gets replaced. Click the scrap to copy it, then paste with ⌘V.","answer_markdown":"It arrives as a new scrap in your Junk Yard — not on your clipboard. That's deliberate: nothing you've copied on this Mac gets quietly replaced. When you want it, click the scrap to copy it, then paste with ⌘V.\n\nThis only happens when **Share my clipboard with …** is switched on for that device and the two are connected through Bridge.","answer_html":"

It arrives as a new scrap in your Junk Yard — not on your clipboard. That's deliberate: nothing you've copied on this Mac gets quietly replaced. When you want it, click the scrap to copy it, then paste with ⌘V.

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This only happens when Share my clipboard with … is switched on for that device and the two are connected through Bridge.

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Junk Yard · Sharing with your other devices

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Where does something copied on my other device show up on my Mac?

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Short answer: It lands as a new scrap in your Junk Yard, not on your clipboard, so nothing you copied gets replaced. Click the scrap to copy it, then paste with ⌘V.

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It arrives as a new scrap in your Junk Yard — not on your clipboard. That's deliberate: nothing you've copied on this Mac gets quietly replaced. When you want it, click the scrap to copy it, then paste with ⌘V.

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This only happens when Share my clipboard with … is switched on for that device and the two are connected through Bridge.

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