Performance & battery · Performance modes

What do the moon, crossed-out bolt and sparkles icons next to Storage Studio's performance label mean?

Short answer: Sparkles means normal operation with full effects, a crossed-out bolt means Storage Studio is running light (Light, Minimum or Low Power Mode), and a moon means Survival, with background work paused.

They show at a glance how Storage Studio is running:

  • Sparkles — normal operation, with full effects (Extreme, Rich or Good).
  • Crossed-out lightning bolt — running light: effects and live graphs are off, either because of the level (Light or Minimum) or because Low Power Mode is on.
  • Moon — Survival: background work is paused because your Mac is under heavy load.

Hover over the label to see the reason in words. See what each mode means.

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