Effective Date: September 26, 2026
Webspace IN Private Limited ("we," "us," or "our") built Update Atlas as an update-detection utility for macOS. This policy describes exactly what Update Atlas stores, what it sends over the network and to whom, and how the optional sync add-on works.
Update Atlas runs entirely on your Mac. The list of apps it detects, their versions, your ignore/defer/pin preferences, and any verification results are stored locally in this app's own sandboxed application data folder -- never on an Update-Atlas-operated server, because there is no Update-Atlas-operated server. We do not use analytics or tracking of any kind. Update Atlas makes outbound network requests only to: (1) Apple, to confirm a purchase or subscription; (2) the specific Sparkle update-feed URL each Sparkle-updating app already publishes in its own Info.plist, to check for a newer version; (3) GitHub's public Releases API, only for repositories you've configured or that match a small built-in list, and only if you subscribe to the Scheduled Scans & Multi-Mac Inventory add-on; and (4), only if you enable that same add-on, a snapshot written into your own iCloud Drive.
This is important enough to say plainly and first: Update Atlas only detects available updates and opens the update source's own official page for you (the app's vendor page, the Mac App Store, or a GitHub release page) -- or, for Homebrew, shows you the exact brew upgrade command to copy and run yourself. It never downloads an installer, never executes one, and never runs brew upgrade/brew install or any command requiring administrator privileges on its own.
/Applications and ~/Applications, plus whichever update source (App Store, Sparkle, Homebrew, GitHub) applies to it. Stored locally only, unless you enable sync (see below).codesign and spctl command-line tools against that app's bundle on your Mac. Nothing here is transmitted anywhere; it's a local check of a file already on your disk.Update Atlas reads the Info.plist metadata file inside each installed app's bundle (its version numbers and, if present, its Sparkle feed URL) and runs Apple's own codesign/spctl tools and, for the Homebrew add-on, the brew command-line tool -- all read-only inspection of files and metadata already on your Mac. It does not read any other app's user data, documents, or settings.
If -- and only if -- you subscribe to this add-on, Update Atlas writes a snapshot of your detected-app inventory into this app's own iCloud Drive container on your Mac. From that point on, Apple's own iCloud service is what replicates that file to your other Macs -- the same way iCloud Drive syncs any other file you keep in it. This same subscription also turns on the Homebrew and GitHub adapters, and lets Update Atlas run a scan automatically on a timer you choose instead of only when you click Scan.
The one-time unlock and the optional Scheduled Scans & Multi-Mac Inventory subscription are both handled entirely by Apple through the App Store's standard in-app purchase system (StoreKit). Update Atlas asks Apple whether you own the unlock or have an active subscription and receives a yes/no answer; we do not receive or store your payment information, which is handled exclusively by Apple under Apple's own privacy policy.
sudo command on your behalfUpdate Atlas is a general-purpose utility for Mac users and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children, because we do not collect data from anyone at all.
If Update Atlas's data practices ever change, we will update this policy and revise the effective date above.
Questions about this policy can be sent to: com.webspacein@gmail.com