--- title: "The Finder button in the main window" url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-finder-button category: "The Finder location" tags: ["finder", "cloud accounts"] summary: "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." updated: 2026-10-01T05:37:35.000Z --- # 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](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-storage-studio-location-in-finder) 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 | ```mermaid %% caption: What happens when you click the Finder button flowchart TD A[You click the Finder button] --> B{Is the location turned on?} B -->|No| C[Nothing opens. The tooltip says where to turn it on] B -->|Yes| D{Is the drive ready?} D -->|Still starting| E[A spinner shows. Try again in a moment] D -->|Yes, as a Finder location| F[Finder opens the Storage Studio location] D -->|Yes, as the fallback drive| G[Finder opens the fallback drive] ``` *Flowchart — What happens when you click the Finder button. Outline:* - 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](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/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](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-home-screen) · [The Storage Studio location is missing from Finder](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-finder-location-is-missing) · [Keep opened files on this Mac](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/keep-opened-files-on-this-mac) - **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) - **Will opening cloud files in Finder fill up my Mac?** No. Only files you actually open are downloaded, and you choose how long they stay on your Mac once you stop using them — from not at all up to a week, 24 hours by default (and longer when the drive keeps its copies on your external drive). After that they go back to being online-only and the… (https://storagestudio.us/faq) - **Is a locked Delta Drive folder the same as Finder's Locked checkbox?** No. Finder's own Locked checkbox (in Get Info) only stops a file being changed or deleted by accident, and anyone using your Mac can untick it — it doesn't keep anyone out. A locked Delta Drive folder does: it opens only in Storage Studio on your Mac, with your 6-digit PIN and a one-time code we… (https://storagestudio.us/faq) ## What links here - [The Home screen](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-home-screen) - [The Storage Studio location in Finder](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-storage-studio-location-in-finder) - [The Storage Studio location is missing from Finder](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-finder-location-is-missing) - [When the location falls back to a mounted drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-the-location-falls-back-to-a-mounted-drive)