№The policy

Privacy.

Last updated · 2026-05-11

TextHeist does all OCR on your Mac using Apple's Vision framework. It makes no network requests, has no analytics, and ships no telemetry. Whatever you heist stays on your Mac.

What TextHeist does with your data

What we collect

Nothing.

What we send to a server

Nothing. There is no server.

Where your captures go

Into a private area macOS reserves for the app, on your Mac. Clearable any time from Settings → General → History → Clear All History.

Where your settings go

Your hotkey, retention preference, custom extractor rules, and any output formats you add — all stored locally on your Mac, in plain files you can read or delete.

What history retention does

If you opt into saving history (a toggle in General), older heists are auto-deleted at the interval you choose: 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, or never.

If you contact us

If you email support@lambda-m.nl, we receive whatever you choose to put in the email. We use that address only to reply to you. We do not retain it longer than needed to wrap up the conversation, and we never share it.

Permissions the app asks for

Screen Recording. macOS requires this for any app that reads the contents of your screen. TextHeist requests it the first time you press the hotkey; you can revoke it any time from System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording. The app does not record video and never sends what's on your screen anywhere off your Mac.

Launch at login (optional). Off by default. Turn it on if you'd like TextHeist to be there when you log in; turn it off and nothing about TextHeist runs in the background.

Changes

If we ever change this policy in a way that materially affects what TextHeist does with your data, we'll bump the “last updated” date at the top of this page and call it out in the app's release notes. Given that we're starting from “does nothing,” we don't expect that day to come.

Questions: support@lambda-m.nl