---
id: performance-battery.why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/why-did-cloud-account-analysis-stop
category: "Performance & battery"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["cloud accounts", "storage profile", "analysis"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/how-does-storage-studio-behave-in-low-power-mode", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/what-does-storage-studio-do-when-my-mac-gets-hot"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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:

- 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.

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](https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/).