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  "title": "Connecting Box",
  "slug": "connecting-box",
  "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/connecting-box",
  "markdown_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/connecting-box.md",
  "category": "Cloud accounts",
  "category_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cloud-accounts/",
  "tags": [
    "cloud accounts",
    "box",
    "sign in"
  ],
  "summary": "Add a Box account by signing in through your own browser. Once connected, Box is a place you can copy, sync and back up to, and browse in Finder next to your other accounts.",
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T05:53:58.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T05:32:00.000Z",
  "headings": [
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Step by step",
      "id": "step-by-step"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "More than one Box account",
      "id": "more-than-one-box-account"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Using Box with Storage Studio",
      "id": "using-box-with-storage-studio"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "If the sign-in doesn't finish",
      "id": "if-the-sign-in-doesn-t-finish"
    }
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      "slug": "data-transfers",
      "label": "Data Transfers",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/data-transfers"
    },
    {
      "slug": "copying-between-two-cloud-accounts",
      "label": "copying between two cloud accounts",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/copying-between-two-cloud-accounts"
    },
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      "slug": "the-storage-studio-location-in-finder",
      "label": "the Storage Studio location in Finder",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-storage-studio-location-in-finder"
    },
    {
      "slug": "backup-destinations",
      "label": "backup destination",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-destinations"
    },
    {
      "slug": "duplicates-in-cloud-accounts",
      "label": "duplicates",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/duplicates-in-cloud-accounts"
    },
    {
      "slug": "engine-missing",
      "label": "moves or transfers say a component is missing",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/engine-missing"
    },
    {
      "slug": "testing-editing-and-removing-an-account",
      "label": "testing, editing and removing an account",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/testing-editing-and-removing-an-account"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cloud-accounts",
      "label": "Cloud accounts",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cloud-accounts"
    },
    {
      "slug": "when-an-account-needs-signing-in-again",
      "label": "When an account needs signing in again",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-an-account-needs-signing-in-again"
    },
    {
      "slug": "how-account-sign-ins-are-stored",
      "label": "How your account sign-ins are stored",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/how-account-sign-ins-are-stored"
    }
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  "links_in": [
    {
      "slug": "cloud-accounts",
      "title": "Cloud accounts",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cloud-accounts"
    },
    {
      "slug": "google-photos",
      "title": "Google Photos: what's possible and the Takeout route",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/google-photos"
    }
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  "diagrams": [
    {
      "kind": "flowchart",
      "caption": "The sign-in steps for Box, and the three ways a sign-in can end",
      "outline": "- Open browser to sign in\n  - leads to Sign in on Box's page\n- Sign in on Box's page\n  - leads to Grant access\n  - You click Cancel: leads to Authentication canceled\n  - No answer for 5 minutes: leads to Sign-in timed out\n- Grant access\n  - leads to Account added\n- Authentication canceled\n  - leads to Nothing is added\n- Sign-in timed out\n  - leads to Nothing is added\n",
      "source": "%% caption: The sign-in steps for Box, and the three ways a sign-in can end\nflowchart LR\n  A[Open browser to sign in] --> B[Sign in on Box's page]\n  B --> C[Grant access]\n  C --> D[Account added]\n  B -->|You click Cancel| E[Authentication canceled]\n  B -->|No answer for 5 minutes| F[Sign-in timed out]\n  E --> G[Nothing is added]\n  F --> G"
    }
  ],
  "images": [],
  "screenshots_pending": [
    {
      "alt": "The Add Cloud Account sheet showing the Account added step for a Box account, with the Add Another and Done buttons",
      "caption": "A Box account, added"
    }
  ],
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "Can I see all my cloud accounts in Finder on a Mac?",
      "answer": "Yes. Storage Studio adds a \"Storage Studio\" location to Finder's sidebar, with each connected cloud account and paired device as a folder inside, and a Finder button in the app's main window opens it. Files stay in the cloud until you open them. Folders you have visited open straight away and…",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/faq"
    }
  ],
  "text": "To connect Box, open Remotes & Accounts , click Add Account , choose Box , give it a nickname and click Open browser to sign in . You sign in and grant access on Box's own page in your usual browser, so your Box password is never typed into Storage Studio. Step by step Choose Connect Accounts… from the More menu, then click Add Account . Select Box in the list. Type a Nickname you'll recognise, such as box-work . Letters, numbers, spaces and _ - . + @ are allowed, and it can't start with a dash. Click Open browser to sign in . The sheet tells you which browser it's about to use. Sign in to Box and grant access. When the browser shows You're connected , close that tab. The sheet finishes by itself and shows Account added . The sign-in steps for Box, and the three ways a sign-in can end Flowchart outline: The sign-in steps for Box, and the three ways a sign-in can end Open browser to sign in leads to Sign in on Box's page Sign in on Box's page leads to Grant access You click Cancel: leads to Authentication canceled No answer for 5 minutes: leads to Sign-in timed out Grant access leads to Account added Authentication canceled leads to Nothing is added Sign-in timed out leads to Nothing is added The waiting step lists what to do and says the window finishes by itself , so there's nothing to copy or paste between the browser and the app. More than one Box account Give each Box account its own nickname. If your browser is already signed in to Box and goes straight to the wrong account, sign out of Box in the browser and try again so you can choose. You can connect up to 5 Box accounts; the count beside Box in the Add Account list shows how many you've used. Using Box with Storage Studio A connected Box account can be: a source or destination in Data Transfers , including when copying between two cloud accounts ; a folder inside the Storage Studio location in Finder , turned on or off in the Mounting tab; a backup destination ; somewhere to look for duplicates . If the sign-in doesn't finish Sign-in timed out after 5 minutes. Nothing was added — click Try Again to restart. — do as it says, and finish signing in a little sooner. Could not add account — the sheet shows the reason. Click Try Again . The Add Account button is greyed out — the cloud transfer engine is missing from this copy of the app; see moves or transfers say a component is missing . Later, you can check the account with Test connection — see testing, editing and removing an account . Common questions Can I see all my cloud accounts in Finder on a Mac? Yes. Storage Studio adds a \"Storage Studio\" location to Finder's sidebar, with each connected cloud account and paired device as a folder inside, and a Finder button in the app's main window opens it. Files stay in the cloud until you open them. Folders you have visited open straight away and… See also: Cloud accounts · When an account needs signing in again · How your account sign-ins are stored",
  "markdown": "To connect Box, open **Remotes & Accounts**, click **Add Account**, choose **Box**, give it a nickname and click **Open browser to sign in**. You sign in and grant access on Box's own page in your usual browser, so your Box password is never typed into Storage Studio.\n\n## Step by step\n\n1. Choose **Connect Accounts…** from the **More** menu, then click **Add Account**.\n2. Select **Box** in the list.\n3. Type a **Nickname** you'll recognise, such as *box-work*. Letters, numbers, spaces and _ - . + @ are allowed, and it can't start with a dash.\n4. Click **Open browser to sign in**. The sheet tells you which browser it's about to use.\n5. Sign in to Box and grant access.\n6. When the browser shows **You're connected**, close that tab. The sheet finishes by itself and shows **Account added**.\n\n```mermaid\n%% caption: The sign-in steps for Box, and the three ways a sign-in can end\nflowchart LR\n  A[Open browser to sign in] --> B[Sign in on Box's page]\n  B --> C[Grant access]\n  C --> D[Account added]\n  B -->|You click Cancel| E[Authentication canceled]\n  B -->|No answer for 5 minutes| F[Sign-in timed out]\n  E --> G[Nothing is added]\n  F --> G\n```\n\n*Flowchart — The sign-in steps for Box, and the three ways a sign-in can end. Outline:*\n\n- Open browser to sign in\n  - leads to Sign in on Box's page\n- Sign in on Box's page\n  - leads to Grant access\n  - You click Cancel: leads to Authentication canceled\n  - No answer for 5 minutes: leads to Sign-in timed out\n- Grant access\n  - leads to Account added\n- Authentication canceled\n  - leads to Nothing is added\n- Sign-in timed out\n  - leads to Nothing is added\n\nThe waiting step lists what to do and says the window *finishes by itself*, so there's nothing to copy or paste between the browser and the app.\n\n## More than one Box account\n\nGive each Box account its own nickname. If your browser is already signed in to Box and goes straight to the wrong account, sign out of Box in the browser and try again so you can choose. You can connect up to 5 Box accounts; the count beside **Box** in the **Add Account** list shows how many you've used.\n\n## Using Box with Storage Studio\n\nA connected Box account can be:\n\n- a source or destination in [Data Transfers](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/data-transfers), including when [copying between two cloud accounts](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/copying-between-two-cloud-accounts);\n- a folder inside [the Storage Studio location in Finder](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-storage-studio-location-in-finder), turned on or off in the **Mounting** tab;\n- a [backup destination](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-destinations);\n- somewhere to look for [duplicates](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/duplicates-in-cloud-accounts).\n\n## If the sign-in doesn't finish\n\n- **Sign-in timed out after 5 minutes. Nothing was added — click Try Again to restart.** — do as it says, and finish signing in a little sooner.\n- **Could not add account** — the sheet shows the reason. Click **Try Again**.\n- **The Add Account button is greyed out** — the cloud transfer engine is missing from this copy of the app; see [moves or transfers say a component is missing](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/engine-missing).\n\nLater, you can check the account with **Test connection** — see [testing, editing and removing an account](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/testing-editing-and-removing-an-account).\n\n- **Can I see all my cloud accounts in Finder on a Mac?** Yes. Storage Studio adds a \"Storage Studio\" location to Finder's sidebar, with each connected cloud account and paired device as a folder inside, and a Finder button in the app's main window opens it. Files stay in the cloud until you open them. Folders you have visited open straight away and… (https://storagestudio.us/faq)\n\nSee also: [Cloud accounts](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cloud-accounts) · [When an account needs signing in again](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-an-account-needs-signing-in-again) · [How your account sign-ins are stored](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/how-account-sign-ins-are-stored)\n"
}