Privacy Policy

Data collection

Clipster does not collect personal data for analytics, advertising, tracking, accounts, or cloud sync. It does not sell data or send clipboard contents to Tiny But Perfect Software or any third party.

Clipboard history

When capture is active, Clipster stores clipboard history locally on the Mac. History is encrypted with AES-GCM. Its encryption key is stored in the macOS Keychain and marked as device-only.

Clipster keeps up to the selected limit of 100, 250, or 500 history items and stops at 50 MB, whichever limit is reached first. An individual clipboard representation larger than 10 MB is not retained.

You can delete an individual item, clear unpinned history, or clear all history. Clearing history does not clear the five temporary slots; each slot can be cleared separately. Uninstalling the app may not remove its local Application Support data or Keychain item automatically.

Sensitive clipboard items

The setting to save recognised password clips is off by default. While it is off, Clipster skips items marked by macOS or another app as transient, concealed, or auto-generated. It also skips clips copied while a recognised password manager or Keychain is active.

These protections are best-effort. Clipboard formats are not a universal secret-classification system, so Clipster cannot guarantee that every password or sensitive value will be recognised. Pause capture before copying particularly sensitive information and clear any item you do not want retained.

Turning the setting on allows those recognised items to be stored in slots and history. Turning it off again prevents future recognised items from being saved; it does not remove items already stored.

Permissions

Clipster asks for Input Monitoring to detect exact Command-C and Command-V sequences used for its five slots. It asks for Accessibility to send Command-V after you choose or trigger a slot. Modified shortcuts are not intercepted. Permissions can be removed at any time in System Settings, and capture can be paused in Clipster.

Local settings

Clipster uses macOS UserDefaults for preferences such as appearance, sound level, history limit, pause state, permission guidance state, and launch-at-login preference. These settings remain on the Mac.

Network use

Clipster version 1 has no network entitlement and does not make network requests.

Contact

For a privacy question or support request, visit Clipster Support.