Privacy

Remove supported recent-item lists and clear the item currently stored on the macOS clipboard.

Review location, device, and capture metadata and create a safer copy before sharing a photo.

Select files deliberately, understand modern-storage limitations, and treat secure removal as irreversible.

Choose a reliable location, create a strong credential, and test a new vault before storing important data.

Use vault credentials safely and make sure protected data is not left accessible after use.

Protect the complete vault data, verify backups, and avoid copying it while active writes are in progress.

Check credentials, storage, permissions, incomplete copies, and edition support without risking the only vault copy.

Answers about recent items, clipboard data, photo metadata, secure removal, vault availability, and local processing.

Understand location, capture time, camera, lens, software, orientation, copyright, and descriptive metadata.

Understand SSD wear leveling, snapshots, clones, backups, synchronization, and why one file operation cannot erase every copy.

Understand open applications, synchronized history, and normal recreation of recent-document lists.

Confirm the intended fields are gone while image quality, orientation, color, dimensions, and original data remain protected.

Understand why Secure Vaults may not appear and avoid assuming protected data can be opened by another edition.

Separate accounts, lock vaults, clear supported personal history, and avoid exposing another user’s information.

Reduce disclosure through screenshots, support reports, online-information confirmations, shared folders, and exported files.

Export needed data, verify backups and credentials, close the vault, and remove obsolete copies deliberately.