Your files stay on your Mac

Effective November 8, 2026

What the app does not do

• It cannot connect to the internet. The app runs in the macOS App Sandbox without the network entitlement, so macOS refuses any connection it might attempt.
• No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, advertising or tracking. The app contains no third-party code.
• No accounts. There is nothing to sign in to.
• No automatic updates. Updates come only through the Mac App Store.

What stays on your Mac

The app keeps a few things so it can work as an editor. All of them stay on your Mac, inside the app’s sandbox container, readable only by your user account:

• The files and folders you open. The sandbox lets the app read and write only what you choose in an Open or Save panel, drag onto the app, or open with it from Finder. To reopen them next time, it keeps macOS security bookmarks to them.
• Unsaved changes when you quit (hot exit), so they come back the next time you open the app. Saving or discarding a document removes its copy. These recovery files are kept in the app’s container and never leave it.
• Your settings, as a text file you edit in the app, plus the zoom level and window layout.

Deleting the app and its container (~/Library/Containers/com.fz.tinytexteditor) removes all of it.

Apple

Apple distributes the app and may collect information under its own privacy policy, for example when you download the app or choose to share crash reports with developers through macOS. If you opt in to sharing, Apple may show us anonymous crash reports and usage statistics, and we use them only to fix problems.

That sharing is off unless you turn it on, in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements > Share with app developers. The app itself sends nothing; it has no way to.

This website

• No cookies, analytics, trackers or advertising. Nothing on the site stores anything in your browser.
• No third-party requests. Fonts, images and scripts are all served from this site. Your browser does not contact anyone else to show these pages.
• Server logs. Like any web host, the service that serves these pages may record standard request details, such as your IP address, the page requested, the time and your browser’s user agent, for security and operation, under its own privacy policy. We do not use them to identify or track visitors.
• Download links take you to the Mac App Store, which Apple operates under its own privacy policy.

Email

If you send us an email, we use it only to reply to you. It is not added to any mailing list or shared with anyone.

Children

The app collects no information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new effective date. Because the app has no network access, a future version could only start collecting data through an update you install, and the policy would change first.

Contact

TinyTextEditor is made by TonyJohnVan, an individual developer. For questions about this policy, use the email address on the support page.