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  "title": "The Home screen",
  "slug": "the-home-screen",
  "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-home-screen",
  "markdown_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-home-screen.md",
  "category": "Getting started",
  "category_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/getting-started/",
  "tags": [
    "getting started",
    "home",
    "smart care",
    "tuhi"
  ],
  "summary": "The Home screen is the first tab of the Storage Studio window. It shows how your Mac is doing, lets you ask Tuhi a question, runs Smart Care with one button, charts your storage over time and has a row of cards that open every main feature.",
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T06:19:39.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T05:35:27.000Z",
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    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "The window around it",
      "id": "the-window-around-it"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "From top to bottom",
      "id": "from-top-to-bottom"
    }
  ],
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      "slug": "smart-care",
      "label": "Smart Care",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/smart-care"
    },
    {
      "slug": "learning-center-and-notifications",
      "label": "notifications",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/learning-center-and-notifications"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-finder-button",
      "label": "Storage Studio location in Finder",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-finder-button"
    },
    {
      "slug": "interface-settings",
      "label": "Interface settings",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/interface-settings"
    },
    {
      "slug": "emergency-space",
      "label": "Emergency Space",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/emergency-space"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tuhi",
      "label": "Tuhi",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/tuhi"
    },
    {
      "slug": "asking-tuhi",
      "label": "Asking Tuhi a question",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/asking-tuhi"
    },
    {
      "slug": "quiet-hours",
      "label": "Quiet Hours",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/quiet-hours"
    },
    {
      "slug": "auto-rules",
      "label": "Auto Rules",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/auto-rules"
    },
    {
      "slug": "storage-charts",
      "label": "Storage charts and history",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/storage-charts"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-menu-bar-icon-and-popover",
      "label": "The menu bar icon and popover",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-menu-bar-icon-and-popover"
    },
    {
      "slug": "where-to-start",
      "label": "Where to start",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/where-to-start"
    },
    {
      "slug": "keyboard-shortcuts",
      "label": "Keyboard shortcuts",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/keyboard-shortcuts"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "slug": "asking-tuhi",
      "title": "Asking Tuhi a question",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/asking-tuhi"
    },
    {
      "slug": "duplicates",
      "title": "Finding and removing duplicates",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/duplicates"
    },
    {
      "slug": "interface-settings",
      "title": "Interface settings",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/interface-settings"
    },
    {
      "slug": "junk-yard-shortcuts",
      "title": "Junk Yard shortcuts",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/junk-yard-shortcuts"
    },
    {
      "slug": "keyboard-shortcuts",
      "title": "Keyboard shortcuts",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/keyboard-shortcuts"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tuhi",
      "title": "Meet Tuhi, your storage assistant",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/tuhi"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-finder-button",
      "title": "The Finder button in the main window",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-finder-button"
    },
    {
      "slug": "learning-center-and-notifications",
      "title": "The Learning Center and notifications",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/learning-center-and-notifications"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-menu-bar-icon-and-popover",
      "title": "The menu bar icon and popover",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-menu-bar-icon-and-popover"
    },
    {
      "slug": "what-storage-studio-does",
      "title": "What Storage Studio does",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-storage-studio-does"
    },
    {
      "slug": "your-first-launch",
      "title": "Your first launch, step by step",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/your-first-launch"
    }
  ],
  "diagrams": [
    {
      "kind": "flowchart",
      "caption": "The sections of the Home screen, from top to bottom",
      "outline": "- Headline, notification bell and Hot Keys\n  - leads to Ask box for Tuhi\n- Ask box for Tuhi\n  - leads to Banners, only when something needs you\n- Banners, only when something needs you\n  - leads to Tuhi card: live status and quick stats\n- Tuhi card: live status and quick stats\n  - leads to Run Tuhi button\n- Run Tuhi button\n  - leads to Your storage over time\n- Your storage over time\n  - leads to Card strip\n",
      "source": "%% caption: The sections of the Home screen, from top to bottom\nflowchart TD\n  A[Headline, notification bell and Hot Keys] --> B[Ask box for Tuhi]\n  B --> C[Banners, only when something needs you]\n  C --> D[Tuhi card: live status and quick stats]\n  D --> E[Run Tuhi button]\n  E --> F[Your storage over time]\n  F --> G[Card strip]"
    }
  ],
  "images": [],
  "screenshots_pending": [
    {
      "alt": "The Storage Studio window on the Home tab in Demo Mode, showing the headline, the Ask box, the Tuhi card with the Run Tuhi - Your AI Assistant button, the storage charts and the card strip",
      "caption": "The Home screen"
    }
  ],
  "faqs": [],
  "text": "The Home screen is the first tab of the Storage Studio window — the calm Intelligence view most people use. It tells you how your Mac is doing, lets you ask a question, runs Smart Care with one button, charts your storage over time, and has cards that open every main feature. The window around it Across the top of the window: Tabs: Home , Apps , Junk Yard (when it's switched on) and Delta Drive . Press ⌘1 to ⌘4 to jump between them. The book icon opens the Learning Center . It shows a dot when there's something new. More opens the full tools menu — every window, plus Settings… , Contact Support… and Switch to Advanced View . The Finder button opens the Storage Studio location in Finder . Press Escape to close the window. Prefer the menu-bar popover? See Interface settings . From top to bottom The sections of the Home screen, from top to bottom Flowchart outline: The sections of the Home screen, from top to bottom Headline, notification bell and Hot Keys leads to Ask box for Tuhi Ask box for Tuhi leads to Banners, only when something needs you Banners, only when something needs you leads to Tuhi card: live status and quick stats Tuhi card: live status and quick stats leads to Run Tuhi button Run Tuhi button leads to Your storage over time Your storage over time leads to Card strip Headline. A coloured dot and a sentence such as Your Mac is in good shape. On the right are the notification bell (see notifications ) and a Hot Keys chip that lists your keyboard shortcuts. When your disk is nearly full, a warning triangle opens Emergency Space . Ask box. Type a question in plain words — \"Ask Storage Studio anything…\" . Tuhi answers on your Mac and can open the right screen for you. While you're chatting, the conversation takes the place of the rest of the page; see Asking Tuhi a question . Banners. These appear only when they matter: Connect an external drive to do more when no drive is set up, Automatic actions are paused with a Resume button, or a warning when space is critical. The Tuhi card. A headline such as Let's tidy up your Mac , and a live status line that says what's happening right now — the current step of a run, a background job that needs a look, or Your Mac is in good shape — nothing running right now. Click the line to open the activity log. Four small tiles show Last clean-up , Next clean-up (click it to change the schedule in Quiet Hours ), Rule Optimizer and Auto rules (see Auto Rules ). Run Tuhi - Your AI Assistant. The big round button runs Smart Care in place: it clears caches, reclaims space held by old local backups, keeps cloud files online-only and checks on moved apps. Progress shows in the status line; while it runs, the button reads Working… tap to view . The spinning badge on its rim means it's powered by Apple Intelligence, when your Mac has it. Your storage over time. Small charts for Your Mac and, when you have one, External drive . Drag across a chart to zoom. A new point is added every hour. More in Storage charts and history . Card strip. Scroll sideways with the arrows. The cards open Data Parking , Data Transfers , Data Backup (Versioned) , My Drive or Delta Drive , What's Using Space , Manage Apps , Duplicates and Storage Profile . See also: The menu bar icon and popover , Where to start , Keyboard shortcuts .",
  "markdown": "The Home screen is the first tab of the Storage Studio window — the calm **Intelligence** view most people use. It tells you how your Mac is doing, lets you ask a question, runs [Smart Care](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/smart-care) with one button, charts your storage over time, and has cards that open every main feature.\n\n## The window around it\n\nAcross the top of the window:\n\n- **Tabs:** **Home**, **Apps**, **Junk Yard** (when it's switched on) and **Delta Drive**. Press ⌘1 to ⌘4 to jump between them.\n- **The book icon** opens the [Learning Center](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/learning-center-and-notifications). It shows a dot when there's something new.\n- **More** opens the full tools menu — every window, plus **Settings…**, **Contact Support…** and **Switch to Advanced View**.\n- **The Finder button** opens the [Storage Studio location in Finder](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-finder-button).\n\nPress Escape to close the window. Prefer the menu-bar popover? See [Interface settings](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/interface-settings).\n\n## From top to bottom\n\n```mermaid\n%% caption: The sections of the Home screen, from top to bottom\nflowchart TD\n  A[Headline, notification bell and Hot Keys] --> B[Ask box for Tuhi]\n  B --> C[Banners, only when something needs you]\n  C --> D[Tuhi card: live status and quick stats]\n  D --> E[Run Tuhi button]\n  E --> F[Your storage over time]\n  F --> G[Card strip]\n```\n\n*Flowchart — The sections of the Home screen, from top to bottom. Outline:*\n\n- Headline, notification bell and Hot Keys\n  - leads to Ask box for Tuhi\n- Ask box for Tuhi\n  - leads to Banners, only when something needs you\n- Banners, only when something needs you\n  - leads to Tuhi card: live status and quick stats\n- Tuhi card: live status and quick stats\n  - leads to Run Tuhi button\n- Run Tuhi button\n  - leads to Your storage over time\n- Your storage over time\n  - leads to Card strip\n\n**Headline.** A coloured dot and a sentence such as **Your Mac is in good shape.** On the right are the notification bell (see [notifications](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/learning-center-and-notifications)) and a **Hot Keys** chip that lists your keyboard shortcuts. When your disk is nearly full, a warning triangle opens [Emergency Space](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/emergency-space).\n\n**Ask box.** Type a question in plain words — *\"Ask Storage Studio anything…\"*. [Tuhi](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/tuhi) answers on your Mac and can open the right screen for you. While you're chatting, the conversation takes the place of the rest of the page; see [Asking Tuhi a question](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/asking-tuhi).\n\n**Banners.** These appear only when they matter: **Connect an external drive to do more** when no drive is set up, **Automatic actions are paused** with a **Resume** button, or a warning when space is critical.\n\n**The Tuhi card.** A headline such as **Let's tidy up your Mac**, and a live status line that says what's happening right now — the current step of a run, a background job that needs a look, or **Your Mac is in good shape — nothing running right now.** Click the line to open the activity log. Four small tiles show **Last clean-up**, **Next clean-up** (click it to change the schedule in [Quiet Hours](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/quiet-hours)), **Rule Optimizer** and **Auto rules** (see [Auto Rules](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/auto-rules)).\n\n**Run Tuhi - Your AI Assistant.** The big round button runs Smart Care in place: it clears caches, reclaims space held by old local backups, keeps cloud files online-only and checks on moved apps. Progress shows in the status line; while it runs, the button reads **Working… tap to view**. The spinning badge on its rim means it's powered by Apple Intelligence, when your Mac has it.\n\n**Your storage over time.** Small charts for **Your Mac** and, when you have one, **External drive**. Drag across a chart to zoom. A new point is added every hour. More in [Storage charts and history](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/storage-charts).\n\n**Card strip.** Scroll sideways with the arrows. The cards open **Data Parking**, **Data Transfers**, **Data Backup (Versioned)**, **My Drive** or **Delta Drive**, **What's Using Space**, **Manage Apps**, **Duplicates** and **Storage Profile**.\n\nSee also: [The menu bar icon and popover](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-menu-bar-icon-and-popover), [Where to start](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/where-to-start), [Keyboard shortcuts](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/keyboard-shortcuts).\n"
}