Pastewright
Privacy Policy
No accounts, ads, analytics or tracking, and nothing about you or your work is sent to us.
This policy explains how Pastewright (“the app”), a Mac app: paste what you copied as plain text, Markdown, JSON or a table, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Pastewright 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 (the shortcut, which paste formats are shown, and options such as restoring your clipboard)
- Your license key, in your Mac’s Keychain
Settings are in Pastewright’s preferences on your Mac and the license key is in your Keychain. Recent clipboard items are kept in memory only, are cleared when Pastewright quits, and copies marked by password managers are never listed.
Your Mac
Pastewright runs outside Apple’s App Sandbox so it can paste into the app you were using. With your permission (System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility) it presses ⌘V for you; without it, it copies the result and you paste. It reads the clipboard only when you press its shortcut, and nothing it reads is uploaded or sent anywhere. Rewrite uses Apple Intelligence on your Mac (macOS 26), never an online service.
Network
Pastewright 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) and checks for app updates at fitztoppicks.com. Neither sends anything you copied.
Updates and license checks
Pastewright, 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, Pastewright 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
Pastewright 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.