---
id: privacy-safety.is-ai-access-safe
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/is-ai-access-safe
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "Tuhi, Apple Intelligence and AI access"
question: "Is it safe to turn on AI access so an assistant like Claude can read my storage?"
alt_questions:
  - "Can an AI assistant change my files through Storage Studio?"
  - "What can Claude Desktop see with AI access?"
  - "storage studio mcp privacy"
  - "Is AI access exposed to the internet?"
  - "Is the MCP connection read-only?"
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."
tags: ["ai access", "mcp", "privacy"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/are-my-tuhi-questions-private"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Is it safe to turn on AI access so an assistant like Claude can read my storage?

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](https://storagestudio.us/manual/ai-access).