Comparisons & alternatives · macOS's own storage tools
How is the Storage Profile different from macOS's System Information?
Short answer: System Information lists your drives and their specs. The Storage Profile shows how you use storage: your recently opened working set, categories, and the split across your Mac, external drive and cloud.
System Information reports hardware facts: your drives, their capacity, format and connection. The Storage Profile is about how you use storage:
- a persona for this Mac (for example Developer or Media Keeper) and a suggested next step from Tuhi;
- your real working set — the files you've actually opened recently, out of everything stored;
- what's stored by category, and how it splits across this Mac, your external drive and the cloud, with cloud usage read from each provider;
- your free space over time, and Storage Studio's own footprint.
Everything is measured on your Mac from quick system signals, and nothing personal leaves it. Use System Information for "what hardware do I have?" and the Storage Profile for "what am I actually doing with it?" See Charts.