The essential point
FrameShelf operates locally on the user’s device. Quanetra does not collect, receive, sell, or share personal data or the contents of the user’s video library.
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File access
You explicitly choose a folder containing videos. Access covers that folder and its subfolders and is used only for app features:
- reading filenames and basic video-file properties;
- displaying local thumbnails and large previews;
- opening movies in the default macOS application and revealing them in Finder;
- generating frame-capture images inside the selected folder;
- renaming movies and related images after editing tags, changing the favorite marker, or approving a new filename;
- moving a movie and its contact sheets to another folder inside the selected library.
Permission is stored on the device as a macOS security-scoped bookmark. Close Folder clears the current selection and its remembered access.
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Information stored on your device
Folder permission
A secure bookmark for the most recently selected folder allows the library to reopen after restarting the app.
Recent folders and history
Local lists make it easier to return to libraries, movies, and destination folders previously used when moving footage.
Settings and decisions
Sorting, view preferences, approved or ignored filename patterns, and manually rejected similarity pairs are stored in the app container.
Local similarity cache
Vision fingerprints derived from contact sheets may be stored in the system cache. They are derived data and FrameShelf can recreate them locally.
This information is never transmitted to Quanetra. The [★] favorite marker and tags live in the movie filename, not an app database. Settings can be cleared inside FrameShelf or by uninstalling it.
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Network, analytics, and tracking
FrameShelf contains no user accounts, advertising, analytics, tracking, or cloud services. Vision, Translation, and supported Apple Intelligence features process data on-device; movies, thumbnails, filenames, paths, and usage history are not sent to Quanetra or external AI services.
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Security
App Sandbox and macOS permissions limit access to selected locations. Files are written or moved only after a command to generate a sheet, edit tags or a filename, change the favorite marker, move footage, or approve a safe repair.
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Children and policy changes
The app is not specifically directed to children and does not collect personal data from children or other users. If app functionality or data practices change, this policy will be updated before the relevant version becomes available.