Documentation
User manual
Every surface in Storage Studio, in one place. The same content ships inside the macOS app under Help → User Manual, so what you read here is exactly what the app shows.
01
Install & first launch
Download the DMG, drag to Applications, grant Full Disk Access, run the four-step setup wizard.
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Home & Tuhi
The default view: a plain-English verdict, the Tuhi Ask box, one-tap Tuhi, live status, at-a-glance stats, and a storage-over-time chart.
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Tuhi — your storage assistant
Ask Tuhi anything about your Mac's storage. Powered by Apple Intelligence, running entirely on-device — no internet, no data leaves your Mac.
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Support — getting help
Reach a real person without leaving the app. Ask Tuhi or use the menu to open a ticket you review before sending, then track every reply in My Support.
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Pair your drives
Pairing tells Storage Studio which folders mirror each other. Pairing is one-time and survives unmounts.
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Transfer or back up your drive
Move everything to a new external drive and switch over — or keep a verified spare copy. The old drive is never touched.
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Data Backup
Versioned, restorable backups of the folders you choose — to another drive or a connected cloud account. Every change is a point-in-time version you can roll back to; nothing is ever overwritten in place.
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AI access (MCP)
Let AI assistants read your Mac's storage — status, what's using space, your backups and versions, connected accounts and recent activity — so they answer accurately. Read-only, private, and off until you turn it on.
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Storage Profile — your storage DNA
Who this Mac is, the files you actually work on, where everything lives, your cloud accounts, and Storage Studio's own footprint — one screen, read on-device by Tuhi.
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The Data Parking window
Two-pane file browser with mirror-hover, side-specific Home, and pair-relative navigation.
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Cloud accounts
Connect Google Drive, Google Photos, S3, FTP, and SFTP servers as transfer sources or destinations.
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Bridge — connect a device
Connect another device to your Mac to share its folders alongside your clouds and share your clipboard both ways — over a direct, end-to-end-encrypted link, like a personal VPN between just your two devices. No server, no cloud.
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Tuhi & Free Up Space
One tap to free up space safely — or drive each preview-first step yourself: cache cleanup, oversize-file relocation, optional cloud eviction.
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What's Using Space
See what's actually on your disk — measured, not estimated. What grew since last time, your biggest folders down to any depth, and how much your backups are holding.
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Auto Rules
Cleanup rules that fit your Mac automatically — the safest caches are kept tidy on their own; anything less obvious is suggested for your approval.
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Duplicates — remove exact copies
Find files that are exact copies of each other and reclaim the space — keep one of each, the rest go to the Trash (reversible). Duplicates on this Mac, in iCloud Drive and in your connected cloud accounts can all be cleaned up.
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Recycle Vault — restore removed files
A recoverable trash for everything Storage Studio removes — kept versioned on your external drive for 6 months. Restore any file or folder to where it was, or somewhere new.
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Local Snapshots manager
Manage macOS local snapshots in one window — see which are already on Time Machine, delete them safely, and reclaim space they're holding onto, no Terminal needed.
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Restore Points
A safety net for Storage Studio's own memory — the registry of what it moved and its settings. One click returns your most recent batch of files to where they came from, and it never overwrites your data.
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Apps window
Browse, search and launch every app in one grid — and move, offload or uninstall the ones you choose, all without the Terminal.
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Junk Yard
A Google-Keep-style board that catches everything you copy and gives you a tidy place for quick notes, snippets, images and files — then clears them out so nothing piles up.
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Storage Charts
Daily drive-usage history with 17 time ranges, dual-axis chart, drag-to-zoom, and hover readouts.
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Preferences
Per-cloud-provider toggles, smart-mode for meetings, launch-at-login, schedule cadence, self-backup.
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Learning Center
The book icon opens a panel of tips, guides, and what's-new — grouped by topic, highlights first, and never empty.
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Notifications
The in-app notification bell and how everything also shows up in macOS's own Notification Centre.
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Your free trial — extend it, or use a code
Extend your trial by verifying an email, apply a coupon or an onboarding code at checkout, and the options you get when a trial ends.
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Activate your license
Paste your email and your 16-character License Code into Storage Studio's License pane.
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Claim a free offer
When a campaign is active, eligible trial users can claim a free trial extension or a free subscription window.
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Manage your subscription
Cancellation, plan changes, invoices, payment method — all handled in the Stripe Customer Portal.
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Collab Sync — mirror a folder on two Macs
Keep a folder mirrored on two paired Macs running Storage Studio — newest version wins, with no cloud in between.
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Troubleshooting
Common problems and fixes — Full Disk Access, missing drives, and licence activation.
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Uninstall
Use the three-step uninstall wizard to remove the app, restore relocated files and apps, and clean up state.
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Release notes
What changed in each version of Storage Studio. The canonical CHANGELOG ships with the macOS app.
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