{"id":"tuhi-assistant.what-does-the-home-screen-health-message-mean","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-does-the-home-screen-health-message-mean","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"what-tuhi-knows","title":"What Tuhi knows"},"question":"What do \"Your Mac is in good shape\" and \"Your startup disk is getting full\" mean?","alt_questions":["Your startup disk is almost full Storage Studio message","Home screen health message","Why does Storage Studio say my disk is getting full?","Green orange red status on Home","A quick Tuhi will give you room to breathe"],"short_answer":"It's Tuhi's verdict on your startup disk: green means plenty of free space, orange means it's getting full and a quick Run Tuhi helps, red means it's almost full and needs attention now. It matches the menu-bar dot.","answer_markdown":"They're Tuhi's one-line verdict on your startup disk, at the top of the Home screen:\n\n- **Your Mac is in good shape** (green) — there's plenty of free space in absolute terms, even if the disk is a high percentage full.\n- **Your startup disk is getting full** (orange) — free space is getting low; a quick **Run Tuhi** gives you room to breathe.\n- **Your startup disk is almost full** (red) — space is critically low; act now to keep your Mac running smoothly.\n\nThe colors use the same thresholds as the menu-bar health dot, judged on gigabytes free rather than percentage.","answer_html":"

They're Tuhi's one-line verdict on your startup disk, at the top of the Home screen:

\n\n

The colors use the same thresholds as the menu-bar health dot, judged on gigabytes free rather than percentage.

","answer_text":"They're Tuhi's one-line verdict on your startup disk, at the top of the Home screen:\n\n- Your Mac is in good shape (green) — there's plenty of free space in absolute terms, even if the disk is a high percentage full.\n- Your startup disk is getting full (orange) — free space is getting low; a quick Run Tuhi gives you room to breathe.\n- Your startup disk is almost full (red) — space is critically low; act now to keep your Mac running smoothly.\n\nThe colors use the same thresholds as the menu-bar health dot, judged on gigabytes free rather than percentage.","tags":["tuhi","home screen","disk full"],"related":[{"id":"tuhi-assistant.do-i-need-to-clean-my-mac-ask-tuhi","question":"Can Tuhi tell me whether my Mac actually needs a clean-up?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/do-i-need-to-clean-my-mac-ask-tuhi"},{"id":"tuhi-assistant.can-tuhi-help-when-my-disk-is-full","question":"What does Tuhi do if my disk is full right now?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-help-when-my-disk-is-full"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"What do \"Your Mac is in good shape\" and \"Your startup disk is getting full\" mean? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"It's Tuhi's verdict on your startup disk: green means plenty of free space, orange means it's getting full and a quick Run Tuhi helps, red means it's almost full and needs attention now. It matches the menu-bar dot.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Tuhi, your storage assistant","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/"},{"name":"What do \"Your Mac is in good shape\" and \"Your startup disk is getting full\" mean?","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-does-the-home-screen-health-message-mean"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-does-the-home-screen-health-message-mean","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What do \"Your Mac is in good shape\" and \"Your startup disk is getting full\" mean?","alternateName":["Your startup disk is almost full Storage Studio message","Home screen health message","Why does Storage Studio say my disk is getting full?","Green orange red status on Home","A quick Tuhi will give you room to breathe"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"They're Tuhi's one-line verdict on your startup disk, at the top of the Home screen:\n\n- Your Mac is in good shape (green) — there's plenty of free space in absolute terms, even if the disk is a high percentage full.\n- Your startup disk is getting full (orange) — free space is getting low; a quick Run Tuhi gives you room to breathe.\n- Your startup disk is almost full (red) — space is critically low; act now to keep your Mac running smoothly.\n\nThe colors use the same thresholds as the menu-bar health dot, judged on gigabytes free rather than percentage.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-does-the-home-screen-health-message-mean"}}]},"fragment":"
\n
\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Tuhi, your storage assistant · What Tuhi knows

\n

What do "Your Mac is in good shape" and "Your startup disk is getting full" mean?

\n

Short answer: It's Tuhi's verdict on your startup disk: green means plenty of free space, orange means it's getting full and a quick Run Tuhi helps, red means it's almost full and needs attention now. It matches the menu-bar dot.

\n

They're Tuhi's one-line verdict on your startup disk, at the top of the Home screen:

\n
  • Your Mac is in good shape (green) — there's plenty of free space in absolute terms, even if the disk is a high percentage full.
  • Your startup disk is getting full (orange) — free space is getting low; a quick Run Tuhi gives you room to breathe.
  • Your startup disk is almost full (red) — space is critically low; act now to keep your Mac running smoothly.
\n

The colors use the same thresholds as the menu-bar health dot, judged on gigabytes free rather than percentage.

\n\n

Last reviewed

\n\n

Related questions

\n

Also available as Markdown and JSON.

\n
"}