Effective date: May 30, 2026
macCurrent is a product of Conduit Technologies, LLC. macCurrent is designed to keep app inventory context local whenever possible and to send only the information needed to look up update metadata, improve app detection, and triage beta issues.
Information processed locally
macCurrent scans installed applications and command-line tools on your Mac. Local inventory may include app names, bundle identifiers, versions, builds, source type, signing status, update status, update URLs, file size, and scan timestamps. This inventory is stored on your Mac and is used to show update status inside the app.
Hosted catalog lookups
When hosted catalog lookup is enabled, macCurrent sends bundle identifiers to the macCurrent catalog service so it can return update metadata. Normal catalog lookups do not require local app paths, local usernames, payment details, or device identifiers.
Optional manual app reports
If manual app contribution is enabled, macCurrent may send sanitized metadata for apps it cannot identify or safely update automatically. Reports may include app name, bundle identifier, version, build, team identifier, source type, update channel, public appcast or update metadata, minimum macOS version, architectures, and signing status. Manual app reports intentionally exclude local app paths, local usernames, and device identifiers.
Optional Usage Analytics
Usage analytics is off by default and independent from hosted catalog lookup. If you explicitly enable Usage Analytics in first-run setup or Settings, macCurrent sends a random per-install identifier with launch and update outcome details such as app version, build number, release channel, macOS version, Mac architecture, broad update source, operation type, status, duration, and failure code. These diagnostics do not include your app inventory, app names, bundle identifiers, app paths, local usernames, serial numbers, hardware IDs, or raw issue details.
Optional beta issue reports
If you submit an issue from the app, macCurrent sends the text you provide, the issue type, expected and actual behavior when supplied, and any screenshots you choose to attach. If you include diagnostics, the report may also include macCurrent version and build, beta expiration date, macOS version, Mac architecture, app counts, update counts, last scan and update-check timestamps, selected app metadata, and recent update-decision log entries.
Downloads, updates, and third-party tools
macCurrent may open vendor download URLs, vendor update pages, the Mac App Store, Microsoft AutoUpdate, Homebrew, or mas depending on the update source. Those third-party services are controlled by their own publishers and may process requests under their own policies.
When you click the macCurrent download link on this website, macCurrent uses a first-party anonymous cookie to count unique download browsers. Download click records may include the time of the click, a hashed visitor cookie value, whether a new visitor cookie was created, the download channel, the download URL, referral origin, campaign parameters, country or data center information provided by Cloudflare, and a hashed user agent. The raw visitor cookie value and raw user agent string are not stored.
Website analytics
The macCurrent website uses first-party, privacy-scoped analytics to understand page traffic and site health. Website events may include the page path without query strings, page title, referral origin, campaign parameters, browser language, viewport size, approximate page load duration, country or data center information provided by Cloudflare, and a hashed user agent. A browser-generated random visitor identifier is hashed before storage. The raw visitor identifier, raw user agent, IP address, full referrer URL, and query strings are not stored in macCurrent website analytics.
Website and service logs
The macCurrent website and hosted API run through infrastructure providers such as Cloudflare and Supabase. These providers may process standard network and security log data, such as IP address, user agent, request path, timestamps, and error details, to deliver the service, prevent abuse, debug issues, and protect the site and API.
How information is used
Information is used to provide catalog lookup results, improve app detection, review beta feedback, troubleshoot update failures, protect the service from abuse, maintain release infrastructure, and comply with legal obligations.
How information is shared
Conduit Technologies, LLC does not sell personal information and does not use advertising trackers. Information may be processed by service providers that support hosting, storage, security, release delivery, download analytics, and beta triage. Beta issue reports may be copied into Conduit Technologies, LLC's internal issue-tracking workflow for review and follow-up.
Your choices
You can disable hosted catalog lookup and manual app contribution in Settings. Usage Analytics is opt-in, independent from hosted catalog lookup, and can be turned off in Settings. You can submit beta issues without screenshots and without diagnostics. You can disable update notifications in Settings or through macOS notification settings. The website analytics script respects browser Do Not Track signals when they are set.
Retention
Local app inventory and preferences remain on your Mac until you remove them or uninstall macCurrent using the app's uninstall flow. Hosted catalog reports, beta issue reports, attachments, service logs, and release infrastructure records are retained as long as needed for beta triage, catalog quality, security, service operation, and legal compliance.
Children
macCurrent is not directed to children and is intended for people who manage software on their own Mac or on systems they are authorized to use.
Changes
This policy may be updated as macCurrent changes. The effective date will be updated when material changes are made.