Howwright
Privacy Policy
No accounts, ads, analytics or tracking, and nothing about you or your work is sent to us.
This policy explains how Howwright (“the app”), a Mac app: record a task once and get a numbered how-to with a picture per click, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Howwright 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 recordings: each step’s caption, note, click position and redaction boxes, and one picture of the clicked window per click
- Your settings (the shortcut, picture size, whether typing makes a step)
- Your license key, in your Mac’s Keychain
Recordings and settings are in ~/Library/Application Support/Howwright on your Mac, and the license key is in your Keychain. Deleting a recording in the app removes its pictures; files you exported stay where you saved them.
Your Mac
Howwright runs outside Apple’s App Sandbox because it needs macOS’s Accessibility permission to notice your clicks and read the name of what you clicked, and Screen Recording to take one still picture of the clicked window. It watches nothing until you press Record and stops when you press Stop. When you type, it notes only which field had the focus, never the keys, and never in password fields. Nothing it records is uploaded or sent anywhere.
Network
Howwright 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 anything you recorded.
Updates and license checks
Howwright, 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, Howwright 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
Howwright 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.