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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.

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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.

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Settings & keep-time · Connections for AI assistants

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What is the Connections section in Storage Studio's Settings?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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