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  "title": "Delta Trust, Delta Drive and My Drive",
  "slug": "delta-trust-delta-drive-and-my-drive",
  "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust-delta-drive-and-my-drive",
  "markdown_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust-delta-drive-and-my-drive.md",
  "category": "Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive",
  "category_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive-delta-trust-and-my-drive/",
  "tags": [
    "delta trust",
    "delta drive",
    "my drive",
    "backups",
    "sharing"
  ],
  "summary": "Delta Trust is a private vault for your backups that only you can read. Delta Drive is a working drive for your everyday files, in Finder and in any browser. My Drive is that same working drive on storage you already own.",
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T06:15:09.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T05:34:03.000Z",
  "headings": [
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "The three at a glance",
      "id": "the-three-at-a-glance"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Backups and working files are kept apart on purpose",
      "id": "backups-and-working-files-are-kept-apart-on-purpose"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Delta Drive and My Drive are one product",
      "id": "delta-drive-and-my-drive-are-one-product"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Where to find them",
      "id": "where-to-find-them"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Read next",
      "id": "read-next"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "slug": "delta-drive",
      "label": "Delta Drive",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "my-drive",
      "label": "My Drive",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/my-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "setting-up-my-drive",
      "label": "setting it up",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/setting-up-my-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-recovery-kit",
      "label": "The recovery kit",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-recovery-kit"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sharing-from-delta-drive",
      "label": "Sharing files",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-from-delta-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "data-backup",
      "label": "Data Backup",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/data-backup"
    },
    {
      "slug": "buying-a-licence",
      "label": "Buying a licence",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/buying-a-licence"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-free-trial",
      "label": "The free trial",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-free-trial"
    }
  ],
  "links_in": [
    {
      "slug": "delta-drive",
      "title": "Delta Drive",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "delta-trust",
      "title": "Delta Trust",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust"
    },
    {
      "slug": "my-drive",
      "title": "My Drive",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/my-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "privacy-overview",
      "title": "Privacy: what stays on your Mac",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/privacy-overview"
    },
    {
      "slug": "setting-up-my-drive",
      "title": "Setting up My Drive",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/setting-up-my-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sharing-from-delta-drive",
      "title": "Sharing files from Delta Drive and My Drive",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-from-delta-drive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-recovery-kit",
      "title": "The recovery kit",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-recovery-kit"
    },
    {
      "slug": "what-storage-studio-does",
      "title": "What Storage Studio does",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-storage-studio-does"
    },
    {
      "slug": "backup-destinations",
      "title": "Where a backup can go",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-destinations"
    }
  ],
  "diagrams": [
    {
      "kind": "flowchart",
      "caption": "Which of the three fits what you want to do",
      "outline": "- What do you want?\n  - leads to Protect a copy that nothing can erase?\n- Protect a copy that nothing can erase?\n  - Yes: leads to Delta Trust\n  - No: leads to Work with files from anywhere?\n- Work with files from anywhere?\n  - Yes, on storage we run: leads to Delta Drive, with a Delta Trust plan\n  - Yes, on storage you own: leads to My Drive, with a trial or licence\n",
      "source": "%% caption: Which of the three fits what you want to do\nflowchart TD\n  A[What do you want?] --> B{Protect a copy that nothing can erase?}\n  B -->|Yes| C[Delta Trust]\n  B -->|No| D{Work with files from anywhere?}\n  D -->|Yes, on storage we run| E[Delta Drive, with a Delta Trust plan]\n  D -->|Yes, on storage you own| F[My Drive, with a trial or licence]"
    }
  ],
  "images": [],
  "screenshots_pending": [
    {
      "alt": "The main window on the Delta Drive tab for a Mac with no drive yet, showing the \"A Delta Trust plan\" and \"My Drive — storage you own\" cards side by side",
      "caption": "The Delta Drive tab before you have a drive"
    }
  ],
  "faqs": [],
  "text": "Storage Studio offers three kinds of online storage, and the menu that opens them is called Delta-X . Delta Trust keeps your backups, Delta Drive holds the files you work with day to day, and My Drive is the same working drive running on storage you already own. The three at a glance What it is for Whose storage What you need Delta Trust Your backups. Nothing on your Mac can delete what has already been backed up. Ours A bought Storage Studio licence and a Delta Trust plan Delta Drive Your working files, in Finder, in the app and in any browser Ours Comes with a Delta Trust plan My Drive The same working drive, on storage you already pay for Yours A Storage Studio trial or licence A trial is enough for My Drive. Delta Trust needs a bought, active licence — the app says so on the button rather than walking you through setup first. Backups and working files are kept apart on purpose A backup you can delete is not a backup, and a drive you cannot delete from is not a drive. So the two are separate: Delta Trust is encrypted on your Mac before anything leaves it, with a key we never receive. Your history can't be destroyed for a set number of days — the card shows the number in force — by anyone, including Storage Studio. Delta Drive and My Drive behave like any folder: you add, open, share and delete. Switching between Delta Drive and My Drive never touches your backups. Which of the three fits what you want to do Flowchart outline: Which of the three fits what you want to do What do you want? leads to Protect a copy that nothing can erase? Protect a copy that nothing can erase? Yes: leads to Delta Trust No: leads to Work with files from anywhere? Work with files from anywhere? Yes, on storage we run: leads to Delta Drive, with a Delta Trust plan Yes, on storage you own: leads to My Drive, with a trial or licence Delta Drive and My Drive are one product The screens, the sidebar, sharing, the Finder disk and the browser view are the same for both. What changes is whose storage the files sit in. Only one is live on a Mac at a time, and the heading tells you which. Each keeps its own files, search and settings, so switching copies nothing and loses nothing. If you set up My Drive first and later buy a plan that includes Delta Drive, Storage Studio offers to Move My Drive to Delta Drive . Your files stay where they are; Not now changes nothing. Where to find them The main window has a Delta Drive tab. With a drive, it shows your files. Without one, it explains what Delta Drive does and offers See plans , Use storage you own and Restore it with your recovery kit . More (•••) → Delta-X lists Delta Trust (with Storage & restore , Vault activity and Manage plan ) and Delta Drive with each of its screens. Delta Trust also has a card on the Data Backup screen. Read next Delta Trust — the vault, and what it promises. Delta Drive — a tour of the working drive. My Drive and setting it up . The recovery kit — the 24 words that open your vault. Sharing files with named people. See also: Data Backup , Buying a licence , The free trial .",
  "markdown": "Storage Studio offers three kinds of online storage, and the menu that opens them is called **Delta-X**. **Delta Trust** keeps your backups, **Delta Drive** holds the files you work with day to day, and **My Drive** is the same working drive running on storage you already own.\n\n## The three at a glance\n\n| | What it is for | Whose storage | What you need |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Delta Trust** | Your backups. Nothing on your Mac can delete what has already been backed up. | Ours | A bought Storage Studio licence and a Delta Trust plan |\n| **Delta Drive** | Your working files, in Finder, in the app and in any browser | Ours | Comes with a Delta Trust plan |\n| **My Drive** | The same working drive, on storage you already pay for | Yours | A Storage Studio trial or licence |\n\nA trial is enough for My Drive. Delta Trust needs a bought, active licence — the app says so on the button rather than walking you through setup first.\n\n## Backups and working files are kept apart on purpose\n\nA backup you can delete is not a backup, and a drive you cannot delete from is not a drive. So the two are separate:\n\n- **Delta Trust** is encrypted on your Mac before anything leaves it, with a key we never receive. Your history can't be destroyed for a set number of days — the card shows the number in force — by anyone, including Storage Studio.\n- **Delta Drive** and **My Drive** behave like any folder: you add, open, share and delete.\n\nSwitching between Delta Drive and My Drive never touches your backups.\n\n```mermaid\n%% caption: Which of the three fits what you want to do\nflowchart TD\n  A[What do you want?] --> B{Protect a copy that nothing can erase?}\n  B -->|Yes| C[Delta Trust]\n  B -->|No| D{Work with files from anywhere?}\n  D -->|Yes, on storage we run| E[Delta Drive, with a Delta Trust plan]\n  D -->|Yes, on storage you own| F[My Drive, with a trial or licence]\n```\n\n*Flowchart — Which of the three fits what you want to do. Outline:*\n\n- What do you want?\n  - leads to Protect a copy that nothing can erase?\n- Protect a copy that nothing can erase?\n  - Yes: leads to Delta Trust\n  - No: leads to Work with files from anywhere?\n- Work with files from anywhere?\n  - Yes, on storage we run: leads to Delta Drive, with a Delta Trust plan\n  - Yes, on storage you own: leads to My Drive, with a trial or licence\n\n## Delta Drive and My Drive are one product\n\nThe screens, the sidebar, sharing, the Finder disk and the browser view are the same for both. What changes is whose storage the files sit in. Only one is live on a Mac at a time, and the heading tells you which. Each keeps its own files, search and settings, so switching copies nothing and loses nothing.\n\nIf you set up My Drive first and later buy a plan that includes Delta Drive, Storage Studio offers to **Move My Drive to Delta Drive**. Your files stay where they are; **Not now** changes nothing.\n\n## Where to find them\n\n- The main window has a **Delta Drive** tab. With a drive, it shows your files. Without one, it explains what Delta Drive does and offers **See plans**, **Use storage you own** and **Restore it with your recovery kit**.\n- **More (•••) → Delta-X** lists Delta Trust (with **Storage & restore**, **Vault activity** and **Manage plan**) and Delta Drive with each of its screens.\n- Delta Trust also has a card on the **Data Backup** screen.\n\n## Read next\n\n- [Delta Trust](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust) — the vault, and what it promises.\n- [Delta Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive) — a tour of the working drive.\n- [My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/my-drive) and [setting it up](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/setting-up-my-drive).\n- [The recovery kit](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-recovery-kit) — the 24 words that open your vault.\n- [Sharing files](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-from-delta-drive) with named people.\n\nSee also: [Data Backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/data-backup), [Buying a licence](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/buying-a-licence), [The free trial](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-free-trial).\n"
}