{"id":"getting-started.what-is-storage-studio","url":"/faq/getting-started/what-is-storage-studio","category":{"id":"getting-started","title":"Getting started"},"subcategory":{"id":"about","title":"What Storage Studio is"},"question":"What is Storage Studio?","alt_questions":["What does Storage Studio do for my Mac?","Storage Studio Mac app what is it","What is the Storage Studio Mac app used for?","Explain Storage Studio in one sentence","Is Storage Studio a Mac cleaner?","What kind of app is Storage Studio?"],"short_answer":"Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — Mac and drives, other devices, cloud accounts, Delta storage, versioned backups and your clipboard. Freeing up space is one part of it.","answer_markdown":"Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — your Mac and its drives, your other devices, your cloud accounts and our own Delta storage. Freeing up space on your Mac is built in, but it's only one part of it.\n\n- **Your Mac** — **Data Parking** and **Apps** move big folders and apps to an external drive while they keep opening normally; **Duplicates** finds exact copies on your Mac, in iCloud Drive and in your cloud accounts; **Free Up Space** clears only what's safe, previewed first.\n- **Your clouds** — Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, iCloud, SFTP, FTP, object storage and many more, right in Finder. **Data Transfers** copies, moves or syncs between any of them, on a schedule if you like.\n- **Your devices** — **Bridge** shares folders and your clipboard with your other devices.\n- **Delta X** — **Delta Drive** (your files on every device, with duplicates and long-untouched files picked out), **Delta Trust** (versioned backups nothing on your Mac can delete — safe from ransomware) and **My Drive** (the same, on storage you own).\n- **Backups** — versioned backups to a drive or a cloud, on a schedule.\n- **Junk Yard** — a clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, shared across your devices.\n- **Tuhi** — a private assistant that answers questions about your storage.\n\nSee [features](/features) or [plans and pricing](/pricing).","answer_html":"<p>Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — your Mac and its drives, your other devices, your cloud accounts and our own Delta storage. Freeing up space on your Mac is built in, but it&#39;s only one part of it.</p>\n<ul><li><strong>Your Mac</strong> — <strong>Data Parking</strong> and <strong>Apps</strong> move big folders and apps to an external drive while they keep opening normally; <strong>Duplicates</strong> finds exact copies on your Mac, in iCloud Drive and in your cloud accounts; <strong>Free Up Space</strong> clears only what&#39;s safe, previewed first.</li><li><strong>Your clouds</strong> — Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, iCloud, SFTP, FTP, object storage and many more, right in Finder. <strong>Data Transfers</strong> copies, moves or syncs between any of them, on a schedule if you like.</li><li><strong>Your devices</strong> — <strong>Bridge</strong> shares folders and your clipboard with your other devices.</li><li><strong>Delta X</strong> — <strong>Delta Drive</strong> (your files on every device, with duplicates and long-untouched files picked out), <strong>Delta Trust</strong> (versioned backups nothing on your Mac can delete — safe from ransomware) and <strong>My Drive</strong> (the same, on storage you own).</li><li><strong>Backups</strong> — versioned backups to a drive or a cloud, on a schedule.</li><li><strong>Junk Yard</strong> — a clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, shared across your devices.</li><li><strong>Tuhi</strong> — a private assistant that answers questions about your storage.</li></ul>\n<p>See <a href=\"/features\">features</a> or <a href=\"/pricing\">plans and pricing</a>.</p>","answer_text":"Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — your Mac and its drives, your other devices, your cloud accounts and our own Delta storage. Freeing up space on your Mac is built in, but it's only one part of it.\n\n- Your Mac — Data Parking and Apps move big folders and apps to an external drive while they keep opening normally; Duplicates finds exact copies on your Mac, in iCloud Drive and in your cloud accounts; Free Up Space clears only what's safe, previewed first.\n- Your clouds — Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, iCloud, SFTP, FTP, object storage and many more, right in Finder. Data Transfers copies, moves or syncs between any of them, on a schedule if you like.\n- Your devices — Bridge shares folders and your clipboard with your other devices.\n- Delta X — Delta Drive (your files on every device, with duplicates and long-untouched files picked out), Delta Trust (versioned backups nothing on your Mac can delete — safe from ransomware) and My Drive (the same, on storage you own).\n- Backups — versioned backups to a drive or a cloud, on a schedule.\n- Junk Yard — a clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, shared across your devices.\n- Tuhi — a private assistant that answers questions about your storage.\n\nSee features or plans and pricing.","tags":["about","overview"],"related":[{"id":"getting-started.who-is-storage-studio-for","question":"Who is Storage Studio designed for?","url":"/faq/getting-started/who-is-storage-studio-for"},{"id":"getting-started.does-storage-studio-delete-files","question":"Does Storage Studio delete my files to free up space?","url":"/faq/getting-started/does-storage-studio-delete-files"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-05","title":"What is Storage Studio? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — Mac and drives, other devices, cloud accounts, Delta storage, versioned backups and your clipboard. 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Freeing up space on your Mac is built in, but it's only one part of it.\n\n- Your Mac — Data Parking and Apps move big folders and apps to an external drive while they keep opening normally; Duplicates finds exact copies on your Mac, in iCloud Drive and in your cloud accounts; Free Up Space clears only what's safe, previewed first.\n- Your clouds — Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, iCloud, SFTP, FTP, object storage and many more, right in Finder. Data Transfers copies, moves or syncs between any of them, on a schedule if you like.\n- Your devices — Bridge shares folders and your clipboard with your other devices.\n- Delta X — Delta Drive (your files on every device, with duplicates and long-untouched files picked out), Delta Trust (versioned backups nothing on your Mac can delete — safe from ransomware) and My Drive (the same, on storage you own).\n- Backups — versioned backups to a drive or a cloud, on a schedule.\n- Junk Yard — a clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, shared across your devices.\n- Tuhi — a private assistant that answers questions about your storage.\n\nSee features or plans and pricing.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/getting-started/what-is-storage-studio"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\" aria-current=\"true\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span><ul><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#about\">What Storage Studio is</a> <span>7</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#requirements\">What you need</a> <span>3</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#install\">Downloading and installing</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#first-launch\">First launch and Full Disk Access</a> <span>10</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#setup-wizard\">The setup wizard</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#finding-your-way\">Finding your way around</a> <span>12</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#updates\">Updates</a> <span>5</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#help-support\">Help, tips and support</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#notifications\">Notifications</a> <span>2</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#quit-uninstall\">Quitting, restarting and uninstalling</a> <span>10</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; restore points</a> <span>126</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/delta-drive/\">Delta Drive, Delta Trust &amp; My Drive</a> <span>125</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/bridge-devices/\">Bridge &amp; your devices</a> <span>111</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/duplicates/\">Duplicate files</a> <span>74</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/junk-yard/\">Junk Yard</a> <span>113</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> <span>105</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/\">Settings &amp; keep-time</a> <span>88</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/performance-battery/\">Performance &amp; battery</a> <span>62</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/privacy-safety/\">Privacy &amp; safety</a> <span>85</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> <span>131</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> <span>180</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/comparisons/\">Comparisons &amp; alternatives</a> <span>75</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/mac-storage-basics/\">Mac storage basics</a> <span>315</span></li></ul></details></aside><div class=\"fl-main\"><nav class=\"fl-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/\">FAQ</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a></li><li aria-current=\"page\">What is Storage Studio?</li></ol></nav>\n<form class=\"fl-search\" action=\"/faq/search\" method=\"get\" role=\"search\" data-fl-search>\n<label class=\"fl-visually-hidden\" for=\"fl-q\">Search the FAQ</label>\n<input id=\"fl-q\" type=\"search\" name=\"q\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search 2,816 questions…\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<button type=\"submit\">Search</button>\n<div class=\"fl-suggest\" role=\"listbox\" hidden></div>\n</form>\n<article class=\"fl-entry\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow fl-eyebrow\"><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> · <a href=\"/faq/getting-started/#about\">What Storage Studio is</a></p>\n<h1>What is Storage Studio?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — Mac and drives, other devices, cloud accounts, Delta storage, versioned backups and your clipboard. Freeing up space is one part of it.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac — your Mac and its drives, your other devices, your cloud accounts and our own Delta storage. Freeing up space on your Mac is built in, but it&#39;s only one part of it.</p>\n<ul><li><strong>Your Mac</strong> — <strong>Data Parking</strong> and <strong>Apps</strong> move big folders and apps to an external drive while they keep opening normally; <strong>Duplicates</strong> finds exact copies on your Mac, in iCloud Drive and in your cloud accounts; <strong>Free Up Space</strong> clears only what&#39;s safe, previewed first.</li><li><strong>Your clouds</strong> — Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, iCloud, SFTP, FTP, object storage and many more, right in Finder. <strong>Data Transfers</strong> copies, moves or syncs between any of them, on a schedule if you like.</li><li><strong>Your devices</strong> — <strong>Bridge</strong> shares folders and your clipboard with your other devices.</li><li><strong>Delta X</strong> — <strong>Delta Drive</strong> (your files on every device, with duplicates and long-untouched files picked out), <strong>Delta Trust</strong> (versioned backups nothing on your Mac can delete — safe from ransomware) and <strong>My Drive</strong> (the same, on storage you own).</li><li><strong>Backups</strong> — versioned backups to a drive or a cloud, on a schedule.</li><li><strong>Junk Yard</strong> — a clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, shared across your devices.</li><li><strong>Tuhi</strong> — a private assistant that answers questions about your storage.</li></ul>\n<p>See <a href=\"/features\">features</a> or <a href=\"/pricing\">plans and pricing</a>.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-05\">October 5, 2026</time></p>\n<nav class=\"fl-path\" aria-label=\"New to Storage Studio\"><p><a href=\"/faq/#start-new-to-storage-studio\">New to Storage Studio</a> · step 1 of 6</p><div><span></span><a class=\"fl-next\" href=\"/faq/getting-started/which-macs-does-storage-studio-run-on\">Does Storage Studio work on a MacBook Air, Mac mini or iMac? →</a></div></nav>\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/who-is-storage-studio-for\">Who is Storage Studio designed for?</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/does-storage-studio-delete-files\">Does Storage Studio delete my files to free up space?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/getting-started/what-is-storage-studio.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/getting-started/what-is-storage-studio.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}