Private by default.

Your Mac’s information
stays on your Mac.

MacVive is designed to be useful offline. No account, automatic reporting or cloud diagnosis is required for its core features.

This explanation describes the MacVive beta being prepared for release. The app is not publicly available yet.

What the app reads

MacVive reads basic technical information: the locally reported model identifier, macOS version and build, processor, system memory and graphics labels. It can check available startup storage, portable power state, and limited counts of mounted external storage volumes and additional displays.

These readings explain the situation; they do not authenticate physical hardware or verify an installation. OpenCore and virtual machines can change the model macOS reports.

What stays on your Mac

Your selected scenarios, settings and preparation confirmations are saved locally. MacVive does not use serial numbers, hardware UUIDs, account identifiers, private documents or browsing history as device fingerprints. You can clear saved preparation through the app’s Privacy settings.

What happens when you export or share

Save a Copy writes a standalone HTML plan to the location you choose. Share Plan uses a macOS sharing service you select. The plan can contain selected technical facts, your target macOS and your preparation answers. Review it before sending.

AirDrop, Messages, Mail and other services have their own privacy and delivery behavior. MacVive does not automatically upload the plan or post a report. A phone plan is a saved snapshot; it does not scan your phone, update itself or sync its checkboxes to the Mac.

No built-in analytics or automatic uploads

The beta has no built-in telemetry, analytics upload or cloud diagnosis service. Detection, compatibility guidance, preparation and troubleshooting work locally. Following a reference link opens a third-party website with its own privacy practices.

This website

MacVive.com is a static website. We add no analytics scripts, advertising trackers, signup forms or external fonts. Hostinger may process ordinary hosting access logs, such as an IP address and the requested page, to operate and protect the service. Its CDN may also run an automatic browser security check. That verification page may load Google Fonts and set a security verification cookie. It is hosting protection, not Mac app telemetry.

If you email support, the information you voluntarily send may be used to answer your request or investigate an issue. Do not send passwords, serial numbers, private files or unredacted logs.

Questions about privacy

Contact webmaster@ansonalex.com. There is no need to include your device’s serial number.

Last updated October 17, 2026.