{"id":"bridge-devices.can-i-start-the-connection-from-the-bridge-app","url":"/faq/bridge-devices/can-i-start-the-connection-from-the-bridge-app","category":{"id":"bridge-devices","title":"Bridge & your devices"},"subcategory":{"id":"pairing","title":"Pairing a device"},"question":"Can I start the connection from the Bridge app instead of the Mac?","alt_questions":["Enter my Mac's code in SS Bridge","Connect from the PC side","Can the PC dial the Mac?","Where is the Mac's connecting code for Bridge?","Pair Bridge by typing the Mac code"],"short_answer":"Yes. You can type your Mac's connecting code (shown on Storage Studio's Home screen) into the Bridge app and connect from there — the best way when the PC is on a mobile hotspot. Once linked, files flow both ways.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Besides typing the Bridge's code into your Mac, you can do it the other way round: type your Mac's connecting code into the Bridge app and connect from there. Storage Studio shows that code on its Home screen.\n\nConnecting from the Bridge side is the fix when the PC is on a mobile hotspot or a restricted network — such networks let a device reach out, but don't let others reach in. Once linked, it doesn't matter which side started: files flow both ways.\n\n- [Bridge on a mobile hotspot](/faq/bridge-devices/why-wont-bridge-connect-on-a-mobile-hotspot)\n- [Connect a Windows PC](/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-connect-a-windows-pc-to-my-mac)","answer_html":"

Yes. Besides typing the Bridge's code into your Mac, you can do it the other way round: type your Mac's connecting code into the Bridge app and connect from there. Storage Studio shows that code on its Home screen.

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Connecting from the Bridge side is the fix when the PC is on a mobile hotspot or a restricted network — such networks let a device reach out, but don't let others reach in. Once linked, it doesn't matter which side started: files flow both ways.

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Can I start the connection from the Bridge app instead of the Mac?

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Short answer: Yes. You can type your Mac's connecting code (shown on Storage Studio's Home screen) into the Bridge app and connect from there — the best way when the PC is on a mobile hotspot. Once linked, files flow both ways.

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Yes. Besides typing the Bridge's code into your Mac, you can do it the other way round: type your Mac's connecting code into the Bridge app and connect from there. Storage Studio shows that code on its Home screen.

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Connecting from the Bridge side is the fix when the PC is on a mobile hotspot or a restricted network — such networks let a device reach out, but don't let others reach in. Once linked, it doesn't matter which side started: files flow both ways.

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