---
id: junk-yard.where-do-items-from-another-device-go
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/where-do-items-from-another-device-go
category: "Junk Yard"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["bridge", "clipboard sharing"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/can-i-share-my-clipboard-with-another-device", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/how-do-i-receive-a-large-file-shared-from-another-device"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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.

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