The Preferences window
Storage Studio's settings window has twelve pages in a sidebar — Interface, Services, Quiet Hours, Rules, Notifications, License, Junk Yard, Shortcuts, Permissions, Connections, Advanced and Consent & Legal. Open it with Settings… or ⌘, and changes apply straight away.
The Preferences window is where you change how Storage Studio behaves. It's titled Storage Studio — Settings, and a sidebar on the left lists its twelve pages, so every section is one click away. Most changes apply as soon as you make them — there's no Save button.
Opening it
- Press ⌘, while Storage Studio is in front.
- Choose Settings… from More in the Storage Studio window or the Advanced popover.
- Right-click the menu bar icon and choose Settings….
If your licence isn't active, the window shows only the License page until it's sorted; the other pages come back as soon as it is.
The pages
Mind map outline: The twelve pages of the Preferences window
- Settings
- How it looks
- Interface
- Shortcuts
- Notifications
- How it works
- Services
- Quiet Hours
- Rules
- Junk Yard
- Your Mac and account
- Permissions
- License
- Connections
- Behind the scenes
- Advanced
- Consent and Legal
- How it looks
| Page | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Interface | Choose the Intelligence window or the Advanced popover, Apple Intelligence, and the Dock icon. |
| Services | Live status of every background service, with a traffic-light dot for each. |
| Quiet Hours | When Storage Studio's automatic nightly work is allowed to run. |
| Rules | Your folder rules and Auto Rules, and what Free Up Space includes. |
| Notifications | Banners after successful runs, and sharing diagnostic logs with support. |
| License | Your trial or licence, plan and updates. |
| Junk Yard | Switch the Junk Yard on, and how it captures and clears scraps. |
| Shortcuts | Every global keyboard shortcut in one place. |
| Permissions | Whether Full Disk Access and notifications are allowed. |
| Connections | Let an AI assistant on this Mac read your storage status. |
| Advanced | Start at login, Demo Mode, cleanup-rule options, Full Disk Access help, the self-backup of your settings and version details. |
| Consent & Legal | The terms you accepted, the documents, and withdrawing consent. |
Where to read more
- Interface settings
- The Services pane
- Quiet Hours
- Auto Rules and Rules: moving folders automatically
- Sharing diagnostic logs with support and notifications
- The License pane
- The Junk Yard
- Changing keyboard shortcuts
- The permissions Storage Studio asks for and Full Disk Access
- Letting another AI assistant read your storage
- Starting Storage Studio at login, Demo Mode and Backing up Storage Studio's own settings
- Legal documents and your consent choices