Performance & battery · Why background work waits or pauses
Why didn't Storage Studio's scheduled tidy-up run when I expected?
Short answer: Usually a courtesy rule held it back: Quiet Hours, automatic actions paused, the Mac asleep, heavy load or Minimum mode, or the fast drive disconnected. Check Last run in the popover and Job Insights.
Usually because one of Storage Studio's courtesy rules held it back. Common reasons:
- Quiet Hours — you were active, below your battery threshold, in a meeting, or inside a scheduled quiet window.
- Paused — automatic actions are paused (the popover header is orange); click Resume.
- Asleep — the Mac was asleep at the scheduled time.
- Heavy load — Storage Studio had paused itself, or you're in Minimum mode.
- Drive disconnected — moves to the fast drive need it plugged in.
Check the popover's Last run line and Job Insights for what happened. More in the Troubleshooting manual.