Faxbot
Faxbot is a macOS fax app that helps you send fax messages and printable documents through a FRITZ!Box from your Mac.
What is Faxbot?
Faxbot is a native macOS business app for sending faxes through a FRITZ!Box. It is designed for users who still need fax workflows for offices, home offices, and administrative tasks, especially when documents already exist as PDFs or can be printed from another Mac app. Faxbot can send documents directly inside the app and also supports a system-wide print workflow, so users can fax from the PDF menu in many macOS applications. The app includes support for fax reports and cover-sheet style sending workflows, making it easier to manage outgoing transmissions. Faxbot is published by HOsy and is focused on Mac users who want a lightweight desktop tool for FRITZ!Box-based faxing rather than a cloud fax service.
Key features
- Send faxes through a compatible FRITZ!Box from macOS
- Fax PDFs and other printable documents from the Mac
- Use a system-wide PDF print menu workflow to send faxes from other apps
- Manage outgoing fax transmissions with reports
- Add cover information when sending a fax
- Work with documents directly from the Finder or Dock
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Faxbot is a legitimate fax utility for macOS. Access to your documents and network is normal for an app that prepares files and sends them through a FRITZ!Box, and the optional print-menu integration is expected for its system-wide fax feature. Use it only with fax hardware and accounts you trust, and review any documents before sending because faxes can contain sensitive personal or business information.
Recommendation: Keep Faxbot if you use FRITZ!Box faxing on your Mac or need to send documents by fax from the print menu. If you no longer use fax workflows, you can remove the app and its support files without affecting macOS itself, though you may lose saved reports and convenience features tied to the app.
Common paths
/Applications/Faxbot.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/de.hosy.Faxer
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Faxbot~/Library/PDF Services/Faxbot.workflow
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/de.hosy.Faxer.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/de.hosy.Faxer
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