Data management

Where your data lives

All Overshow data for the desktop app is stored locally on your Mac. The database file is at:

~/Library/Application Support/Overshow/db_<user_id>.sqlite

Logs are written to:

~/Library/Application Support/Overshow/data/logs/

Paths respect your macOS user account; another user on the same machine does not share those files.

Opening the folder

To inspect the folder, quit Overshow first, then choose Go → Go to Folder in Finder and enter ~/Library/Application Support/Overshow/. Do not edit the encrypted database or its sidecar files directly. Logs needed for support can be attached through the in-app feedback flow.

Reset local data

Use Settings → Data → Reset local data and type delete to remove the per-user SQLCipher database and replayable recovery queues. After reset, previously indexed content cannot be recovered from Overshow; treat the confirmation seriously.

The reset includes captured screen text, transcripts, meetings, search data, locally synced calendar data, mail metadata and bounded excerpts, and derived records. It does not remove markdown mirror files or other plaintext exports outside the database, change macOS permissions, sign you out, or delete the web account.

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.

Remote access

There is no mechanism for Overshow support to browse or retrieve your local capture content remotely. Support cannot “open” your index from our side. Optional connected providers and explicitly approved local or AI clients are separate network boundaries: the desktop app fetches authorised calendar or mail data from the provider, and an approved cloud client receives only the queries and snippets returned to it.

Retention

Captured history, locally synced calendar data, and mail metadata and excerpts are retained in the encrypted database by default. The Free plan's searchable-history window limits recall; it does not delete older local data.

Use pause and exclusions to stop or narrow new capture. Use the Settings retention control for an explicit capture age cap, where available, or Reset local data when you want a clean slate. An operator may configure a separate hard-retention cap for mail. Without that policy, mail remains until the local database is reset or removed.

Revoking Overshow in Google or Microsoft stops future provider access but does not delete data already stored locally. Deleting the web account removes provider tokens held by app.over.show, but it does not remotely erase the Mac. See Deleting your account for the recommended order.