Performance & battery · Why background work waits or pauses
Does Storage Studio use my internet connection in the background?
Short answer: Only for what you've set up: scheduled cloud backups and transfers, light checks of connected cloud accounts, and licence checks. Moves to a drive, self-checks and Tuhi's answers don't use the network.
Only for things you've set up. Storage Studio's network use in the background comes from:
- Scheduled cloud backups and transfers you've created.
- Checking connected cloud accounts — for duplicates it reads a list of file fingerprints, not the files, and Storage Profile reads each account's usage.
- Licence checks and optional usage reporting.
Its self-checks, moves to an external drive and Tuhi's answers don't use the network. Backup sets can be told to stay off hotspots, so they don't use your mobile data. More in Privacy & safety.