{"id":"performance-battery.why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop","url":"/faq/performance-battery/why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop","category":{"id":"performance-battery","title":"Performance & battery"},"subcategory":{"id":"background-pauses","title":"Why background work waits or pauses"},"question":"Why did the analysis of my cloud accounts stop or not start?","alt_questions":["Connected cloud accounts not analyzed","Storage Profile cloud analysis paused","storage studio cloud account analysis slow","Why is cloud analysis not running?"],"short_answer":"Cloud-account analysis is heavy, so it won't start on a hot Mac or in Low Power Mode, and it stops when you close Storage Profile or the Mac comes under heavy load. Results are cached for a day.","answer_markdown":"Detailed analysis of your connected cloud accounts in **Storage Profile** is one of the heavier things Storage Studio does, so it's careful about when it runs:\n\n- It doesn't start while your Mac is hot or in Low Power Mode.\n- It stops when you close the Storage Profile window — nothing that heavy runs when nobody's looking at it.\n- It stops if Storage Studio pauses itself under heavy load.\n\nResults are cached for a day, so reopening the window usually shows them straight away. Open Storage Profile again when your Mac is cool and plugged in and it picks up. More in [Cloud accounts](/faq/cloud-accounts/).","answer_html":"

Detailed analysis of your connected cloud accounts in Storage Profile is one of the heavier things Storage Studio does, so it's careful about when it runs:

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Results are cached for a day, so reopening the window usually shows them straight away. Open Storage Profile again when your Mac is cool and plugged in and it picks up. More in Cloud accounts.

","answer_text":"Detailed analysis of your connected cloud accounts in Storage Profile is one of the heavier things Storage Studio does, so it's careful about when it runs:\n\n- It doesn't start while your Mac is hot or in Low Power Mode.\n- It stops when you close the Storage Profile window — nothing that heavy runs when nobody's looking at it.\n- It stops if Storage Studio pauses itself under heavy load.\n\nResults are cached for a day, so reopening the window usually shows them straight away. Open Storage Profile again when your Mac is cool and plugged in and it picks up. More in Cloud accounts.","tags":["cloud accounts","storage profile","analysis"],"related":[{"id":"performance-battery.how-does-storage-studio-behave-in-low-power-mode","question":"How does Storage Studio behave when Low Power Mode is on?","url":"/faq/performance-battery/how-does-storage-studio-behave-in-low-power-mode"},{"id":"performance-battery.what-does-storage-studio-do-when-my-mac-gets-hot","question":"What does Storage Studio do when my Mac starts getting hot?","url":"/faq/performance-battery/what-does-storage-studio-do-when-my-mac-gets-hot"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"Why did the analysis of my cloud accounts stop or not start? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Cloud-account analysis is heavy, so it won't start on a hot Mac or in Low Power Mode, and it stops when you close Storage Profile or the Mac comes under heavy load. Results are cached for a day.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Performance & battery","path":"/faq/performance-battery/"},{"name":"Why did the analysis of my cloud accounts stop or not start?","path":"/faq/performance-battery/why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did the analysis of my cloud accounts stop or not start?","alternateName":["Connected cloud accounts not analyzed","Storage Profile cloud analysis paused","storage studio cloud account analysis slow","Why is cloud analysis not running?"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Detailed analysis of your connected cloud accounts in Storage Profile is one of the heavier things Storage Studio does, so it's careful about when it runs:\n\n- It doesn't start while your Mac is hot or in Low Power Mode.\n- It stops when you close the Storage Profile window — nothing that heavy runs when nobody's looking at it.\n- It stops if Storage Studio pauses itself under heavy load.\n\nResults are cached for a day, so reopening the window usually shows them straight away. Open Storage Profile again when your Mac is cool and plugged in and it picks up. More in Cloud accounts.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop"}}]},"fragment":"
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Performance & battery · Why background work waits or pauses

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Why did the analysis of my cloud accounts stop or not start?

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Short answer: Cloud-account analysis is heavy, so it won't start on a hot Mac or in Low Power Mode, and it stops when you close Storage Profile or the Mac comes under heavy load. Results are cached for a day.

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Detailed analysis of your connected cloud accounts in Storage Profile is one of the heavier things Storage Studio does, so it's careful about when it runs:

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  • It doesn't start while your Mac is hot or in Low Power Mode.
  • It stops when you close the Storage Profile window — nothing that heavy runs when nobody's looking at it.
  • It stops if Storage Studio pauses itself under heavy load.
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Results are cached for a day, so reopening the window usually shows them straight away. Open Storage Profile again when your Mac is cool and plugged in and it picks up. More in Cloud accounts.

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