Privacy
ModeDock works without sending anything. If you agree, it sends anonymous counts of the features you use. They tell me what to improve.
Off until you say yes
On first launch ModeDock asks: Share anonymous usage data? Nothing is sent unless you choose Share. You can change this any time in Settings → General.
What is sent
About every 8 hours, and only if something was counted:
- How often you used each feature, like opening the panel or changing brightness. Only the count, never what was on screen.
- How ModeDock is set up, like how many profiles and external screens you have. Never their names.
- The app and macOS version, the app's language, and whether the Mac is Apple silicon or Intel.
- A random install ID. It's made when you opt in and deleted when you opt out, and it isn't tied to you, your Mac or your Apple account.
To see a report exactly as it's sent, use Show Data… in Settings → General.
What the server adds
The day the report arrived and your country. Cloudflare, which runs the server, looks up the country. The server doesn't read or store your IP address, and its logs are off.
What is never collected
- Your name, email, Apple account or anything you type
- IP addresses, serial numbers or other hardware IDs
- Names of screens, profiles or files, and file contents
- Screenshots or anything on your screens
Where it's kept
In a Cloudflare database in the European Union, through telemetry.modedock.app. Only the ModeDock maintainer can read it.
What is made public
The home page shows totals for the last 30 days: active installs, the most used features, macOS versions and countries. Each number covers at least 5 installs, so nobody can be picked out. Install IDs and single reports are never published.
Turning it off
Uncheck Share anonymous usage statistics in Settings → General. ModeDock stops sending and deletes its install ID and its counts. If you turn it back on, you get a new install ID.
To delete reports already sent, open an issue on GitHub with the install ID shown in Show Data…, before you turn sharing off.
The code
The app and the server are both open source: see Telemetry.swift and server/telemetry.
Last updated 15 November 2026.