Rewindwise
Privacy Policy
No accounts, ads, analytics or tracking, and nothing about you or your work is sent to us.
This policy explains how Rewindwise (“the app”), a Mac app: see and restore earlier copies of a file or folder from Time Machine backups and local snapshots, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Rewindwise 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 (whether repeated versions are hidden)
- Your license key, in your Mac’s Keychain
- Copies you restore, next to the originals, where you asked for them
Settings are in Rewindwise’s preferences on your Mac and the license key is in your Keychain. Rewindwise keeps no list of your files or versions: it reads them again each time. A local snapshot is opened read-only in a temporary folder only while you look at it and closed when you pick another, close the item or quit.
Your Mac
Rewindwise runs outside Apple’s App Sandbox because it needs to run Time Machine’s own tool (tmutil), open local snapshots read-only and read Time Machine’s folders, none of which the sandbox allows; macOS asks you to grant it Full Disk Access for the same reason. It only reads backups and snapshots and never writes into them. It writes only the copies you restore, next to the originals, and Replace Current moves the current file to the Trash rather than deleting it. Nothing it reads is uploaded or sent anywhere.
Network
Rewindwise 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 about your files.
Updates and license checks
Rewindwise, 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, Rewindwise 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
Rewindwise 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.