Summary
Process Doctor is built to show system and process activity on your Mac. It does not upload your process list, command lines, or inspection data to us for analytics. Optional HTTPS requests may contact our servers for promotional copy and software update metadata; those requests include only coarse app and device identifiers described below—not your files, passwords, or browsing history.
Data processed on your device
The app reads and displays information that macOS exposes to local tools, for example:
- Process identifiers, names, resource usage, and related metadata for monitoring and sorting
- Locally cached metric history and app settings you configure
- When you use features such as export or copy, data stays under your control (e.g. pasteboard or files you save)
This information is used to power the UI and features you see; it is not transmitted to Process Doctor servers as part of core monitoring.
Optional network requests
If your Mac can reach the internet, the app may make periodic HTTPS GET requests to endpoints operated by the project (for example, promo content and version information). These requests are not used to track individual web pages you visit or the contents of other apps.
To help operate update and promo feeds responsibly, query parameters on those URLs may include:
client_uuid— a random identifier generated once per installation and stored locally (used to distinguish installs, not your Apple ID or name)client_versionandclient_build— app version strings from the app bundleos_version— macOS version label (e.g. major.minor.patch)device_model— hardware model identifier (e.g. Mac model string from system information)
Responses are used only to show optional UI (such as a promo strip or update availability). If a request fails, the app falls back to safe defaults and keeps working.
Accessibility
If you use Click to inspect or similar features, macOS may prompt you to grant Accessibility permission so the app can correlate on-screen UI with the owning process. That permission is managed in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Process Doctor uses it for the stated feature—not to log keystrokes or unrelated activity.
Cookies and web content
This policy page is ordinary HTML. The native app is not a web browser for general browsing; it does not set third-party advertising cookies in the way a website might. Embedded or linked web content, if any in future versions, would be subject to that content’s own policies.
Children
Process Doctor is a system utility and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
We may update this policy when the app or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top will be revised when we do.
Contact
For privacy questions or general feedback about Process Doctor, email tinyxyz@outlook.com.