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Privacy
5 posts in this category.
28 October 2026 · 3 min read
Full Disk Access: what you are actually granting, and why SweepyMac asks once
The macOS prompt everyone clicks through. What Full Disk Access unlocks, what it does not, how to check which apps have it, and why a scanner is one of the few tools that has a real case for it.
- macOS
- SweepyMac
- Privacy
22 October 2026 · 3 min read
Clearing browser data on a Mac: what a cleaner can touch, and why Safari is different
Cache, history and cookies for every profile of every browser, listed one row at a time and nothing pre-selected. How SweepyMac's privacy cleaner works, why Safari only offers its cache, and why you must quit the browser first.
- SweepyMac
- Privacy
- macOS
20 October 2026 · 4 min read
How FocusLens tracks your day without asking for a single permission
No Screen Time API, no Accessibility access, no browser extension. FocusLens listens for the same app-activation notifications the Dock does, and that turns out to be enough to build a complete picture of where your attention went.
- FocusLens
- Privacy
- macOS
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
What SweepyMac's malware scanner actually checks, and what it is not
Launch agents by name, file contents by hash and byte pattern, code signatures, cron jobs and browser extensions. What each signal means, why a finding is labelled by how it was found, and why an on-demand scanner is a complement to macOS, not a replacement for it.
- SweepyMac
- Privacy
- Behind the apps
10 October 2026 · 4 min read
Why our apps make no network requests, and the one exception
FocusLens has no network code at all. SweepyMac has one connection, for a signed malware definitions file. Here is what no telemetry means in practice, what we give up for it, and how you can check the claim yourself.
- Privacy
- Behind the apps
- SweepyMac
- FocusLens