The Finder button in the main window
The Finder icon next to the tabs at the top of the main window opens the Storage Studio location in Finder in one click. It shows a spinner while the drive is getting ready and is greyed out while the location is turned off.
The main Storage Studio window has a Finder button, using Finder's own icon, just to the right of the tabs at the top. One click opens the Storage Studio location in a new Finder window, so you can get to your cloud accounts, your external drive's Home folder and your paired devices without hunting through the sidebar.
Where to find it
The button is in the main window of the Intelligence view, at the right-hand end of the tabs (Home, Apps and the others). Hover over it to see what it will do.
What it shows
| How the button looks | What it means | What the tooltip says |
|---|---|---|
| Full colour, grows slightly under the pointer | Ready | Open Storage Studio in Finder |
| Faded, with a spinner | The drive is being started or repaired | Getting your cloud drive ready… |
| Faded, no spinner | The location is turned off, or isn't available | Says how to turn it on, or why it isn't available |
Flowchart outline: What happens when you click the Finder button
- You click the Finder button
- leads to Is the location turned on?
- Is the location turned on?
- No: leads to Nothing opens. The tooltip says where to turn it on
- Yes: leads to Is the drive ready?
- Is the drive ready?
- Still starting: leads to A spinner shows. Try again in a moment
- Yes, as a Finder location: leads to Finder opens the Storage Studio location
- Yes, as the fallback drive: leads to Finder opens the fallback drive
When it's greyed out
- The location is turned off. The tooltip says: "Turn on the cloud drive in Remotes & Accounts → Mounting to open it in Finder." Open Remotes & Accounts, choose the Mounting tab and turn on Mount everything as one Finder drive.
- Something went wrong. The tooltip starts with "The cloud drive isn't available:" and gives the reason. Remount / Repair on the Mounting tab is usually the fix.
- It's still starting. Wait for the spinner to stop.
When the location has fallen back
On the rare Mac where the Finder location can't start, Storage Studio uses a fallback drive instead. The button still works: it opens that drive in Finder, which is the easiest way to reach it, because the fallback drive isn't listed in the sidebar. See When the location falls back to a mounted drive.
In the Advanced view
The Advanced view has no main window, so there's no Finder button there. Use the Storage Studio entry under Locations in Finder's sidebar, or Open the Drive on the Mounting tab.
See also: The Home screen · The Storage Studio location is missing from Finder · Keep opened files on this Mac