{"id":"bridge-devices.what-can-a-paired-device-see-on-my-mac","url":"/faq/bridge-devices/what-can-a-paired-device-see-on-my-mac","category":{"id":"bridge-devices","title":"Bridge & your devices"},"subcategory":{"id":"privacy-security","title":"Privacy & security"},"question":"What can a paired device see on my Mac?","alt_questions":["Can my PC see all my Mac files?","What does Bridge expose on my Mac?","Does pairing give access to my whole Mac?","Bridge access permissions","What does the other Mac get access to?"],"short_answer":"Only what you choose: clipboard items if “Share my clipboard” is on for it, and — for another Storage Studio Mac — folders you add under “Folders you share with …”, read-only unless you allow Write.","answer_markdown":"Only what you choose to share. Pairing a device doesn't open your Mac to it. A Windows Bridge can receive what you copy, and only if **Share my clipboard** is on for it. Another Mac running Storage Studio can also see folders you've added under **Folders you share with …** — read-only unless you turn on **Write**.\n\nPasswords you copy are never shared, and turning off **Sharing** in the Junk Yard header stops all clipboard sharing.\n\n- [Share a folder with another Mac](/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-share-a-folder-with-another-mac)\n- [Capturing and Sharing](/faq/junk-yard/)","answer_html":"

Only what you choose to share. Pairing a device doesn't open your Mac to it. A Windows Bridge can receive what you copy, and only if Share my clipboard is on for it. Another Mac running Storage Studio can also see folders you've added under Folders you share with … — read-only unless you turn on Write.

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Passwords you copy are never shared, and turning off Sharing in the Junk Yard header stops all clipboard sharing.

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Bridge & your devices · Privacy & security

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What can a paired device see on my Mac?

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Short answer: Only what you choose: clipboard items if “Share my clipboard” is on for it, and — for another Storage Studio Mac — folders you add under “Folders you share with …”, read-only unless you allow Write.

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Only what you choose to share. Pairing a device doesn't open your Mac to it. A Windows Bridge can receive what you copy, and only if Share my clipboard is on for it. Another Mac running Storage Studio can also see folders you've added under Folders you share with … — read-only unless you turn on Write.

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Passwords you copy are never shared, and turning off Sharing in the Junk Yard header stops all clipboard sharing.

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