{"id":"data-transfers.transfers-in-survival-mode","url":"/faq/data-transfers/transfers-in-survival-mode","category":{"id":"data-transfers","title":"Data Transfers"},"subcategory":{"id":"speed-and-advanced","title":"Speed and advanced options"},"question":"Do transfers stop when Storage Studio eases off for a busy Mac?","alt_questions":["survival mode transfers","transfers paused heavy load","performance mode stops scheduled sync","light mode affects transfers","does storage studio pause transfers when Mac is hot"],"short_answer":"In Survival mode, new scheduled runs wait until your Mac settles, then start — nothing is skipped. Transfers already running and ones you start yourself carry on; pause one if it's in your way.","answer_markdown":"Not the ones already running or the ones you start yourself. When your Mac is under heavy load and Storage Studio enters **Survival** mode, it holds back **new scheduled runs** — they start a little later, once things settle, and nothing is skipped. Transfers already in progress, and any you start with **Start Transfer**, carry on.\n\nIf a running transfer is slowing your work, pause it and resume it later, or set a bandwidth limit next time.\n\nRelated: [Performance and battery](/faq/performance-battery/) · [Why was a scheduled run late?](/faq/data-transfers/why-was-a-scheduled-run-skipped)","answer_html":"

Not the ones already running or the ones you start yourself. When your Mac is under heavy load and Storage Studio enters Survival mode, it holds back new scheduled runs — they start a little later, once things settle, and nothing is skipped. Transfers already in progress, and any you start with Start Transfer, carry on.

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If a running transfer is slowing your work, pause it and resume it later, or set a bandwidth limit next time.

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Related: Performance and battery · Why was a scheduled run late?

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Data Transfers · Speed and advanced options

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Do transfers stop when Storage Studio eases off for a busy Mac?

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Short answer: In Survival mode, new scheduled runs wait until your Mac settles, then start — nothing is skipped. Transfers already running and ones you start yourself carry on; pause one if it's in your way.

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Not the ones already running or the ones you start yourself. When your Mac is under heavy load and Storage Studio enters Survival mode, it holds back new scheduled runs — they start a little later, once things settle, and nothing is skipped. Transfers already in progress, and any you start with Start Transfer, carry on.

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If a running transfer is slowing your work, pause it and resume it later, or set a bandwidth limit next time.

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Related: Performance and battery · Why was a scheduled run late?

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