MdDesk

Privacy Policy

Last updated 13/11/2026

In short: MdDesk collects no data at all. Your Markdown files are read and saved on your Mac, and nothing about you or your documents is sent to the developer or anyone else.

What MdDesk doesn't do

• No analytics, tracking, advertising or crash reporting.
• No accounts and no sign-in.
• No uploading of your documents, their names or their contents.

What stays on your Mac

• Your documents are opened from, and saved to, the places you choose. MdDesk only writes to a file when you save it.
• The list of recent files, the tabs you had open, the folders you have allowed MdDesk to read and your settings (font, size, appearance) are saved in MdDesk's own folder on your Mac.

Deleting MdDesk removes this data. The developer never sees any of it.

Images and links from the web

If a document you open includes an image stored on a website, MdDesk fetches that image from the website to show it, just as a web browser would. That website can see the request, including your IP address. MdDesk makes no other network connections. Links you click open in your web browser.

Buying from the App Store

If you buy MdDesk from the Mac App Store, Apple handles the purchase under Apple's privacy policy. The developer receives only the anonymous sales and usage figures Apple gives every developer.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, this page will be updated and the date above changed. Questions are welcome by email at d.steer@me.com.