Settings & keep-time · Connections for AI assistants
What is the Connections section in Storage Studio's Settings?
Short answer: It lets AI assistants on this Mac read your storage status from Storage Studio. It's read-only, off until you turn on Allow local assistant access, and never reachable from outside this Mac.
Settings → Connections lets AI assistants on this Mac, such as Claude Desktop, read your storage status from Storage Studio — free space, backups, cloud accounts and recent activity. It's read-only: nothing can be moved, backed up or deleted this way.
It's off until you turn on Allow local assistant access, and it only runs on this Mac — never reachable from the internet or your network. For setup steps, see AI access.