Privacy & safety · Tuhi, Apple Intelligence and AI access
Is it safe to turn on AI access so an assistant like Claude can read my storage?
Short answer: Yes. AI access is read-only — an assistant can see your storage picture but can never move, delete or change anything. It stays on your Mac, isn't exposed to the internet, and is off until you turn it on.
Yes. AI access is read-only, always: an assistant can see your storage picture — free space, backup sets, connected accounts, recent activity, duplicates, the Recycle Vault and your cleanup rules — but can never move, delete, back up, restore or change anything.
It runs on your Mac only; nothing is exposed to the internet. It's off until you turn it on in Settings → Connections, and you can turn it off at any time.
What the assistant does with what it reads is up to that assistant and its own privacy terms. See AI access.