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Storage Studio Bridge is a free companion app that links another device to your Mac over a direct, end-to-end encrypted connection. Once linked, the device's shared folders appear on your Mac alongside your cloud accounts, and — if you switch it on — what you copy on one device turns up in the other's Junk Yard.

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On the Mac side, Bridge lives in the Devices tab of the Connect Accounts window. On the other device you install the Bridge app (it shows as SS Bridge), which displays a connecting code you type into your Mac.

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There's no server and no cloud in the middle: your files travel straight between your two devices. Bridge works on the same Wi-Fi or across the internet.

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Bridge & your devices · About Bridge

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What is Storage Studio Bridge?

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Short answer: Storage Studio Bridge is a free companion app that links another device to your Mac over a direct, end-to-end encrypted connection, so that device's folders appear on your Mac and your clipboard can be shared both ways — with no server or cloud in between.

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Storage Studio Bridge is a free companion app that links another device to your Mac over a direct, end-to-end encrypted connection. Once linked, the device's shared folders appear on your Mac alongside your cloud accounts, and — if you switch it on — what you copy on one device turns up in the other's Junk Yard.

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On the Mac side, Bridge lives in the Devices tab of the Connect Accounts window. On the other device you install the Bridge app (it shows as SS Bridge), which displays a connecting code you type into your Mac.

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There's no server and no cloud in the middle: your files travel straight between your two devices. Bridge works on the same Wi-Fi or across the internet.

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