Cutwright
Privacy Policy
No accounts, ads, analytics or tracking, and nothing about you or your work is sent to us.
This policy explains how Cutwright (“the app”), a Mac app that adds Cut and Paste, New File, Send To, Copy as Path and a ⌘L address bar to Finder, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Cutwright does not collect, store, sell or share personal information on any server, and it does not include analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking tools of any kind.
Information stored on your Mac
To work, the app keeps the following on your Mac only:
- Your settings (which keys are on, Send To favorite folders, the Terminal app, path style)
- This session’s Undo History (what Cutwright changed, so it can be taken back); it isn’t saved when you quit
- Your own New File templates, if you add any
- Your license key, in your Mac’s Keychain
Settings and templates are in ~/Library/Application Support/Finderplus on your Mac (the folder keeps the app’s working name), and the license key is in your Keychain. Files Cutwright creates, copies, moves or renames stay wherever you put them.
Your Mac
Cutwright runs outside Apple’s App Sandbox because it creates, moves and renames files wherever you point it in Finder and needs macOS’s Accessibility permission to notice ⌘X, ⌘V, ⌘L and Esc. It looks at those keys only while Finder is the front app and you aren’t typing in a text field, and never records what you type. Its Finder extension is sandboxed and only passes your menu choice and the selected items to the app. With your permission it asks Finder for the front window’s folder and selection. Nothing about your files is uploaded or sent anywhere.
Network
Cutwright is sold directly through Gumroad, and its only network requests are the license check with Gumroad (your license key, when you enter it and about once a week), checks for app updates at fitztoppicks.com and the More Mac Apps list. None of them sends file names, paths or anything else about your files. Mail Recipient and AirDrop in Send To open Apple’s own Mail and AirDrop; nothing is sent until you send it there.
Updates and license checks
Cutwright, downloaded directly from Gumroad or fitztoppicks.com and signed with Apple’s Developer ID, checks for app updates with Sparkle, a standard open-source updater: it downloads a small update list (an appcast) from fitztoppicks.com, which sees only the app’s version and, like any website, your internet address, and it downloads an update only when one is available and you choose to install it (or have turned on automatic updates). When you enter a license key, Cutwright sends that key to Gumroad to verify it, and checks it again about once a week; that is all it sends to Gumroad. Neither sends anything about you, your files or how you use the app.
Purchases
Cutwright is sold directly through Gumroad, which handles payment and sends your receipt and license key; we never see your payment details. The app sends your license key to Gumroad to check it (when you enter it and about once a week); that is all it sends to Gumroad.
Children’s privacy
Because the app collects no personal information from anyone, it does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. If the app ever begins collecting data, this policy will be updated before that happens.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the app: help@fitztoppicks.com.