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id: cloud-accounts.what-is-a-remote-in-storage-studio
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/what-is-a-remote-in-storage-studio
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "Testing, editing and removing accounts"
question: "What does \"remote\" mean in Storage Studio?"
alt_questions:
  - "Remotes & Accounts meaning"
  - "What is a remote account?"
  - "Difference between a remote and an account"
  - "Why is the window called Remotes?"
  - "Remote vs cloud account Storage Studio"
short_answer: "A remote is any place outside your Mac's own disks that Storage Studio works with — a cloud account, a bucket, or an FTP or SFTP server. In practice it means the same as a cloud account."
tags: ["terminology", "remotes", "cloud accounts"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/which-cloud-services-can-i-connect", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/where-is-the-cloud-accounts-window"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What does "remote" mean in Storage Studio?

A remote is simply any place outside your Mac's own disks that Storage Studio can send files to or read them from — a cloud account like Google Drive, a bucket, or an FTP or SFTP server. That's why the window is called **Remotes & Accounts**.

In everyday use, "remote" and "cloud account" mean the same thing. Each one has a nickname, and that nickname is what you pick in Data Transfers, Data Parking and backups.