Privacy

Last updated 3 November 2026.

The Spotter app

• Spotter reads only the folders you choose, plus your Photos library if you turn that on.
• Everything it extracts — file details, text, text recognized in images, photo locations — is stored on your Mac in an index encrypted with AES‑256. The key is kept in your Keychain.
• Spotter does not upload your files or their contents. Search, text recognition and place names all work offline.
• Spotter only changes files when you ask, shows a preview first and keeps an undo history.
• You can remove a folder from Spotter, or delete everything it stored, at any time in Settings. Your files are not affected.

This website

This site uses no cookies, no analytics and no third‑party trackers. Our hosting provider may keep standard server logs (such as IP address and pages requested) for security and reliability.

Credits

Place names come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Index encryption uses SQLCipher Community Edition by Zetetic LLC.