Settings & keep-time · Finding and using Settings
What does each section of Storage Studio's Settings window do?
Short answer: The Settings sidebar has sections for Interface, Services, Quiet Hours, Rules, Notifications, License, Junk Yard, Shortcuts, Permissions, Connections, Advanced, and Consent & Legal — each controls one area of the app.
Each sidebar section looks after one area of the app:
- Interface — how Storage Studio opens, Apple Intelligence suggestions, and the Dock icon.
- Services — a live health check of every background part of the app.
- Quiet Hours — when automatic work is allowed to run.
- Rules — what gets moved or cleaned, and the safety floors.
- Notifications — banner choices, plus your Application ID for support.
- License — your plan, activation and updates.
- Junk Yard — clipboard capture, keep-time and the edge curtain.
- Shortcuts — every global keyboard shortcut in one place.
- Permissions — Full Disk Access and notification permission.
- Connections — optional access for AI assistants on this Mac.
- Advanced — login at startup, self-backup, cleanup-rule options and fine-tuning.
- Consent & Legal — the documents you accepted.
If something feels off, start with the Services section.