TabSwitcher · Mac App Store edition
Your app previews
stay on your Mac.
The current TabSwitcher Mac app processes app information and optional window previews locally. It has no account, analytics, advertising, or application network client.
Effective October 14, 2026 · Mac App Store edition
What the app processes
| Information | Why it is used | Where it is held |
|---|---|---|
| Running app names, identifiers, and icons | Build the app list, show cards, match pinned apps, and activate your choice. | Locally on your Mac. Folder and pin choices save app identifiers in preferences. |
| Recent app order | Put the app you left first in the recent list and support returning to the previous app. | In memory during the app session. |
| Available window titles, bounds, and display information | Label previews, show their location, and match window-title searches after capture access is available. | In memory on your Mac. |
| Window preview images | Show still previews of app windows with your Screen Recording permission. | In memory on your Mac, including a small recent-preview cache. They are not written to a screenshot history or uploaded. |
| Search text | Filter app names and available window titles while the switcher is open. | In memory. The query is cleared when the switcher closes. |
| Folders, numbered pins, exclusions, and app preferences | Keep your organization and shortcut choices between launches. | Locally in this app’s sandbox preferences container. |
TabSwitcher does not send these app names, window titles, search queries, settings, or preview images to Taskcend or another server. It does not save audio, a continuous screen recording, or a screenshot history.
You control preview permission
Screen Recording permission is optional. macOS controls the grant, and TabSwitcher can switch apps using their identities and icons without it. With permission, ScreenCaptureKit provides window information and still images for previews.
Change the permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording (Screen Recording on some macOS versions). TabSwitcher’s Setup page has a Recheck access action after you change access. The app does not capture microphone or system audio.
No further preview captures are requested after the switcher closes. A small cache may remain in memory for later browsing; the app clears preview data when it detects capture access has been denied. Quitting the app ends its in-memory session.
The Store edition does not request Accessibility or Input Monitoring access. Specific global shortcuts are registered with macOS; it does not monitor the keyboard stream in other apps. A local AppKit monitor handles navigation and search commands while TabSwitcher itself is active.
No online account or tracking
The TabSwitcher app has no sign-in, cloud account, advertising, analytics, tracking service, or application network client. It does not upload preview images, app information, search text, or preferences. It does not operate an external checkout or download its own updates.
This policy describes the local TabSwitcher Mac App Store application.
Contact Taskcend
For questions about TabSwitcher or this policy, email contact@taskcend.com. If you email support, you choose the information you send. Include only what is needed to explain your question, and review any app titles or screenshots before sharing them. Do not send passwords, payment-card details, or developer credentials.