Tickwright
Privacy Policy
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This policy explains how Tickwright (“the app”), a Mac app: see, make and fix scheduled launchd tasks, with run history and plain-words checks, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Tickwright 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 tasks, as plain launchd plists in ~/Library/LaunchAgents (they keep working if you delete the app)
- Run history: start, end, exit code and the last 4 KB of output for each task's newest 50 runs
- Backups of deleted and edited task plists, and the list of tasks Tickwright Agent starts
- Your settings (which label prefixes are your own jobs)
- Your license key, in your Mac's Keychain
Tasks are in ~/Library/LaunchAgents; the run wrapper, history, backups and agent log are in ~/Library/Application Support/Tickwright on your Mac, and the license key is in your Keychain. Delete a task in the app to remove it (a backup copy is kept until you delete it from that folder).
Your Mac
Tickwright runs outside Apple's App Sandbox because it reads the LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons folders, writes task plists into your own ~/Library/LaunchAgents and runs launchctl, none of which a sandboxed app may do. It changes only jobs in your own LaunchAgents folder that it made or that you marked as yours; other apps' and Apple's jobs are look-only. Tickwright Agent, a small helper for wake, network and idle tasks, runs only after you turn it on (macOS lists it in Login Items), reads only Tickwright's task list and only starts your tasks. Tickwright needs no privacy permission.
Network
Tickwright 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. A task condition "only when a network is reachable" asks macOS whether a route exists and sends nothing. None of them sends your tasks, scripts or history.
Updates and license checks
Tickwright, 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, Tickwright 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
Tickwright 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.