Data management

Where your data lives

All Overshow data for the desktop app is stored locally on your Mac at:

~/Library/Application Support/Overshow/data/

That folder holds your SQLite database, encrypted artefacts, logs, and related files. Paths respect your macOS user account; another user on the same machine does not share that directory.

Opening the folder

You can open the data folder from Settings when you need to inspect size, attach diagnostics, or manage backups you create yourself. Overshow does not hide the location: it is yours to archive or wipe under your own policies.

Purge all data

Overshow provides a purge all data option that removes local Overshow data irreversibly. After purge, previously indexed content cannot be recovered from Overshow; treat confirmation dialogs seriously.

You are always in control of what Overshow captures, and purge is the strongest reset: it removes stored history, not just future capture.

No cloud backup or sync from Overshow

The product does not upload your capture database to Overshow-managed cloud storage for backup or cross-device sync. If you use Time Machine, iCloud Drive, or third-party backup tools, those copies are between you and those services. Overshow does not pull your index back from the internet by default.

Remote access

There is no mechanism for Overshow to browse or retrieve your local capture content remotely as part of normal product operation. Support cannot “open” your index from our side. What you store stays accessible only where you have installed the app and OS access.

Retention

Data retention is entirely under your control: pause to stop new material, exclude apps or categories, and purge when you want a clean slate. No export step is required before purge unless your organisation asks for one. Overshow does not impose a cloud retention policy on your local disk contents because those contents are not held on our systems.