---
id: performance-battery.does-self-healing-use-battery
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/does-self-healing-use-battery
category: "Performance & battery"
subcategory: "Battery, power and Low Power Mode"
question: "Do Storage Studio's self-health checks use much battery?"
alt_questions:
  - "How often does Storage Studio check itself?"
  - "self-healing monitor battery impact"
  - "Does Storage Studio poll constantly?"
  - "storage studio background checks frequency"
short_answer: "No. Self-health checks are lightweight: every 5 minutes while you use the app, every 30 minutes when it's hidden, paused during sleep. They run on your Mac only and have no measurable battery impact."
tags: ["self-healing", "battery", "services"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/does-storage-studio-work-while-my-mac-is-asleep", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/does-storage-studio-drain-my-battery"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Do Storage Studio's self-health checks use much battery?

No. The self-healing checks are lightweight and have no measurable battery or thermal impact. They run every 5 minutes while you're actively using Storage Studio, every 30 minutes when the app is hidden, pause entirely during system sleep, and run once on wake.

They run entirely on your Mac and don't send anything over the network. Successful repairs happen silently; the **Self-healing monitor** row in **Settings → Services** shows the latest check time and result.

Learn more about the Services pane in [the Preferences section of the manual](https://storagestudio.us/manual/preferences).