What Storage Studio does

Storage Studio is one place to manage all your storage from your Mac. It brings together your Mac's built-in disk and external drives, your other devices, your cloud accounts and Storage Studio's own Delta storage — and lets you copy, move, sync and back up between any of them. Freeing up space on your Mac is built in, but it is only one part of what it does.

The main things it does

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    Cloud and devices
      Cloud accounts in Finder
      Data Transfers
      Bridge
    Delta X
      Delta Drive
      Delta Trust
      My Drive
    Your Mac and drives
      Data Parking
      Apps
      Duplicates
      Automatic Moves
    Keep things safe
      Data Backup
      Recycle Vault
      Restore Points
    Everyday helpers
      Junk Yard
      Tuhi
    Free up space
      Smart Care
      Clear app caches
      What's Using Space

Cloud accounts and other devices. Connect your own cloud accounts — the big consumer clouds, your own file servers and many more (the full list is on that page) — and they appear right in Finder. Copy, move or sync between any of them and your Mac with Data Transfers, once or on a schedule, and link your other devices with Bridge to share their folders and your clipboard.

Delta X. Storage Studio's own storage — see Delta Trust, Delta Drive and My Drive. Delta Drive keeps your working files on every device and picks out duplicates and long-untouched files. Delta Trust keeps versioned backups that nothing on your Mac can delete or overwrite, which is what keeps them safe from ransomware. My Drive is the same drive on storage you own.

Your Mac and its drives. Data Parking moves folders between your Mac and your external drive, leaving a shortcut behind so everything still opens from where it always did. The Apps window moves, offloads or uninstalls apps and tells you which ones are safe to move. Duplicates finds exact copies on your Mac and in your cloud accounts. Automatic Moves does the moving for you on a schedule. The original is only removed once the copy has been checked.

Keep things safe. Data Backup keeps versioned backups of the folders you choose, on a drive or in a cloud, on a schedule. Files Storage Studio removes for you rest in the Recycle Vault, where they stay recoverable for about six months. How Storage Studio keeps every change reversible explains the safety net.

Everyday helpers. The Junk Yard is a clipboard manager that keeps what you copy and shares it with your other devices, and Tuhi answers questions about your storage on your Mac.

Free up space. When you need room, the big Run Tuhi button on the Home screen runs Smart Care, a safe routine that clears caches, reclaims space held by old local backups and keeps cloud files online-only. You can also look for yourself with What's Using Space and Where Did My Space Go. Freeing up space: the options compares them.

How it behaves

Storage Studio lives in the menu bar. It is built to work slowly and quietly in the background, so your own work always comes first — see why it works slowly on purpose. There are two ways to use it: the calm Intelligence window most people use, and the Advanced menu-bar popover with all the specialist windows. You can switch between them at any time in Interface settings.

Where to go next

• New here? Start with Installing Storage Studio and your first launch.
• Not sure what you need? Pick your goal.

See also: The Home screen, The menu bar icon and popover, Privacy: what stays on your Mac.