External drives · Checking your drive
What does the External drive row in Settings → Services mean?
Short answer: Green means the fast drive is mounted and verified; yellow means it's not connected right now but remembered; an informational yellow means no drive is configured, which is fine because the app works without one.
It's the health of your fast drive as Storage Studio sees it:
- Green — mounted and verified.
- Yellow — not connected right now, but Storage Studio remembers it and will pick up again when it's back.
- Informational yellow — no drive configured at all. That's fine; the app works without one.
Other rows depend on the drive too — for example Data Transfers shows yellow while it's waiting for a drive, and the Recycle Vault row shows when removed files are being held on your Mac until the drive returns.