{"id":"privacy-safety.what-is-anonymous-activity-reporting","url":"/faq/privacy-safety/what-is-anonymous-activity-reporting","category":{"id":"privacy-safety","title":"Privacy & safety"},"subcategory":{"id":"what-leaves-your-mac","title":"What leaves your Mac"},"question":"What is the “Anonymous activity reporting” row in the Services pane?","alt_questions":["What does anonymous activity reporting send?","Storage Studio twice-daily report — what's in it?","What are the two numbers Storage Studio reports?","anonymous activity reporting storage studio","Why does my Services pane mention activity reporting?","What is the usage heartbeat?"],"short_answer":"It's a twice-daily report of two totals — space saved and space moved — with an anonymous machine tag. It never includes file names, folder names, paths or accounts, and it's skipped when you're offline.","answer_markdown":"It's the twice-daily report that lets Storage Studio show your lifetime totals. It carries just two numbers — how much space the app has saved and how much it has moved — plus an anonymous machine tag. No file names, no folder names, no paths, no accounts.\n\nThe row in **Settings → Services** shows whether the last check-in was recent (green) or the next one is still pending (yellow). Nothing is wrong when it's yellow; it simply hasn't reported yet.\n\nThe numbers are running totals kept on your Mac, so they can't be turned back into a list of what you did. If you're offline, the report is skipped and sent later.\n\nSee the [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy) for the exact wording, and [Services pane](/manual/preferences) for the other rows.","answer_html":"

It's the twice-daily report that lets Storage Studio show your lifetime totals. It carries just two numbers — how much space the app has saved and how much it has moved — plus an anonymous machine tag. No file names, no folder names, no paths, no accounts.

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The row in Settings → Services shows whether the last check-in was recent (green) or the next one is still pending (yellow). Nothing is wrong when it's yellow; it simply hasn't reported yet.

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The numbers are running totals kept on your Mac, so they can't be turned back into a list of what you did. If you're offline, the report is skipped and sent later.

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See the Privacy Policy for the exact wording, and Services pane for the other rows.

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What is the “Anonymous activity reporting” row in the Services pane?

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Short answer: It's a twice-daily report of two totals — space saved and space moved — with an anonymous machine tag. It never includes file names, folder names, paths or accounts, and it's skipped when you're offline.

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It's the twice-daily report that lets Storage Studio show your lifetime totals. It carries just two numbers — how much space the app has saved and how much it has moved — plus an anonymous machine tag. No file names, no folder names, no paths, no accounts.

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The row in Settings → Services shows whether the last check-in was recent (green) or the next one is still pending (yellow). Nothing is wrong when it's yellow; it simply hasn't reported yet.

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The numbers are running totals kept on your Mac, so they can't be turned back into a list of what you did. If you're offline, the report is skipped and sent later.

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See the Privacy Policy for the exact wording, and Services pane for the other rows.

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