Data Jar
Data Jar is a macOS app that stores structured data for Apple Shortcuts, letting you save and reuse values across automations and devices.
What is Data Jar?
Data Jar is a utilities app for macOS, iPhone, and iPad that works as a persistent data store for Apple Shortcuts. It helps users save structured information such as text, numbers, lists, dictionaries, booleans, and files so shortcuts can read and update that data later. This makes it useful for people building personal automations, reusable workflows, dashboards, and shortcut-based tools that need information to survive after a shortcut finishes running. The app uses a data format that is familiar to Shortcuts users and integrates with iCloud for syncing between devices. Files saved through Data Jar can also be accessed through iCloud Drive, which fits well into Apple platform workflows. Data Jar is published by Simon B. Støvring.
Key features
- Store persistent key-value data for Apple Shortcuts
- Save text, numbers, booleans, lists, dictionaries, and files
- Read and update stored values directly from Shortcuts actions
- Sync data across devices using iCloud
- Access stored files through iCloud Drive and the Files app
- Organize automation data in a JSON-like structure familiar to Shortcuts users
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Data Jar is a legitimate automation utility for Apple Shortcuts. Access to iCloud and file storage is normal for its purpose because it syncs data between your devices and can store files for use in shortcuts. The main practical consideration is that the app may hold automation data you rely on, so removing it or clearing its data can break shortcuts that expect those stored values to exist.
Recommendation: Keep Data Jar if you use Apple Shortcuts that save or read persistent data. Remove it only if you no longer depend on its stored values or shortcut actions, and expect related automations to stop working until you replace that data source.
Common paths
/Applications/Data Jar.app
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/dk.simonbs.DataJar
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