Overview
Underneath: Background Apps (“Underneath”, “we”, “the app”) is a Mac menu-bar app that shows what runs in the background on your Mac. This policy explains what the app does with information. Short version: the list of what runs on your Mac never leaves your Mac.
What stays on your Mac
- The inventory: processes, commands, paths, ports, launchd jobs, plists and login items.
- Your settings, the saved login-item check, and the trial start date.
- The app has no analytics, no crash reporting service, no ads and no account.
The optional Check login items… step uses the standard macOS administrator prompt. The app never sees or stores your password.
What is sent over the network
The app connects to the internet only in these cases:
| When | Service | What is sent |
|---|---|---|
| You enter a license key | yakuapps.com, which passes it to the Creem license API | The license key and your Mac’s computer name (so you can recognise the activation later) |
| The app re-checks a saved license | yakuapps.com, which passes it to the Creem license API | The license key and the activation ID |
| You choose Check for Updates | yakuapps.com | A normal web request for a small version file |
Our server only passes license requests on to Creem. It does not store license keys; like any website, it logs the time and IP address of each request.
Nothing else is sent. The inventory is never uploaded.
Purchases
Purchases are handled by Creem, our reseller and merchant of record. Creem processes your name, email, payment and tax details under its own privacy policy. We receive the order details needed to support your license.
This website
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Children
The app is a system utility and is not directed at children.
Changes
We will update this page if the app’s data handling changes, and change the date above.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at similarswords@gmail.com.