What Smart Mode does and what it sends

Smart Mode is off by default. Exactly what it sends when you turn it on, what never leaves your Mac, and how to use NotchMind without it.

Checked against the app on

Everything in NotchMind works without Smart Mode. It’s an opt-in extra that classifies things NotchMind can’t recognize on its own.

What it does

With Use Smart Mode on in Settings → Smart Mode, you can turn on:

  • Smart Clipboard: classify clipboard text that local rules can’t place, to suggest a better action.
  • Smart Files: use minimized metadata, or text recognized on your Mac, for ambiguous files in the Tray.
  • Smart Inbox: rank the Inbox page. Beta.
  • Smart Priority: let attention scores influence what the collapsed notch shows, calculated locally.

What it sends

Before it turns on, NotchMind shows exactly this, and you choose Enable Smart Mode or Cancel:

Smart Mode sends small, minimized text snippets from supported clipboard items, local text recognition results and the smart features you turn on, to NotchMind’s server, which passes the classification request to TypeSafe Jev. Each snippet is limited to 512 characters. Suspected secrets are detected on your Mac and are never intentionally sent. Original files and screenshots are not uploaded. The Privacy Policy has the full details.

What never leaves your Mac

Clipboard history, Secret Guard, local clipboard actions, the converter, the Tray and developer tools work entirely on your Mac whether Smart Mode is on or off. See what stays on your Mac.

Turn it off

Turn off Use Smart Mode. Requests stop immediately. If it says Smart temporarily unavailable, the service can’t be reached right now; local features keep working.

Still stuck?

Email support@notchmind.com with your NotchMind build and macOS version, or see Support for what to include. All help articles