{"id":"data-transfers.do-schedules-run-when-the-app-is-closed","url":"/faq/data-transfers/do-schedules-run-when-the-app-is-closed","category":{"id":"data-transfers","title":"Data Transfers"},"subcategory":{"id":"scheduling","title":"Scheduling transfers"},"question":"Do scheduled transfers run if Storage Studio is closed or my Mac is asleep?","alt_questions":["scheduled sync didn't run while Mac was off","missed scheduled transfer","does the schedule catch up","transfer schedule when app is quit","does storage studio need to be open for schedules","Mac asleep at scheduled time"],"short_answer":"Storage Studio has to be running for schedules to fire. If it was closed or your Mac was asleep at the due time, the transfer runs once shortly after the app is open again — it doesn't run once per missed slot.","answer_markdown":"Scheduled transfers are run by Storage Studio itself, so it needs to be running — normally it is, quietly in your menu bar. If the app was closed or the Mac was asleep when a run was due, the transfer runs shortly after Storage Studio is open and awake again. It catches up with one run, not one for every time it missed.\n\nIf you quit Storage Studio during a transfer, the transfer goes back into the queue and carries on next time you open the app.\n\nTo make sure schedules keep working, let Storage Studio open at login.\n\nRelated: [What happens if I quit during a transfer?](/faq/data-transfers/what-happens-if-i-quit-during-a-transfer) · [Settings](/faq/settings/)","answer_html":"

Scheduled transfers are run by Storage Studio itself, so it needs to be running — normally it is, quietly in your menu bar. If the app was closed or the Mac was asleep when a run was due, the transfer runs shortly after Storage Studio is open and awake again. It catches up with one run, not one for every time it missed.

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If you quit Storage Studio during a transfer, the transfer goes back into the queue and carries on next time you open the app.

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To make sure schedules keep working, let Storage Studio open at login.

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Related: What happens if I quit during a transfer? · Settings

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Data Transfers · Scheduling transfers

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Do scheduled transfers run if Storage Studio is closed or my Mac is asleep?

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Short answer: Storage Studio has to be running for schedules to fire. If it was closed or your Mac was asleep at the due time, the transfer runs once shortly after the app is open again — it doesn't run once per missed slot.

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Scheduled transfers are run by Storage Studio itself, so it needs to be running — normally it is, quietly in your menu bar. If the app was closed or the Mac was asleep when a run was due, the transfer runs shortly after Storage Studio is open and awake again. It catches up with one run, not one for every time it missed.

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If you quit Storage Studio during a transfer, the transfer goes back into the queue and carries on next time you open the app.

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To make sure schedules keep working, let Storage Studio open at login.

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Related: What happens if I quit during a transfer? · Settings

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