---
id: bridge-devices.what-is-storage-studio-bridge
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/what-is-storage-studio-bridge
category: "Bridge & your devices"
subcategory: "About Bridge"
question: "What is Storage Studio Bridge?"
alt_questions:
  - "What does Bridge do in Storage Studio?"
  - "Storage Studio Bridge explained"
  - "What is SS Bridge?"
  - "What is the Devices tab for?"
  - "Bridge app for Storage Studio"
  - "How does Storage Studio connect to my other computer?"
  - "what is bridge mac app"
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."
tags: ["bridge", "devices", "overview"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-connect-a-windows-pc-to-my-mac", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/is-bridge-private", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/which-devices-can-connect-with-bridge"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What is Storage Studio Bridge?

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.

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.

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.

- [How do I connect a Windows PC to my Mac?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-connect-a-windows-pc-to-my-mac)
- [Is Bridge private?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/is-bridge-private)
- [Bridge in the user manual](https://storagestudio.us/manual/devices)