Last updated: July 16, 2026
Cmd Press is local-first: your writing lives on your Mac by default. If you choose to turn on cloud backup, a copy of your articles is sent to the account you connected — nothing else about you is collected, and nothing else in that account is ever touched.
Your documents are plain Markdown files saved in a folder you choose on your own computer (or Apple's iCloud Drive, if you pick that option). Images you paste or drag in are saved to an assets folder alongside them. Cmd Press keeps a few local preferences (which folder you selected, your chosen theme). That's it, on the local-only side.
Cmd Press can optionally back up your articles to Google Drive and/or Dropbox — this is off by default and only happens if you sign in and turn it on. When enabled:
drive.file scope and Dropbox access is folder-scoped, both of which mean the app cannot see anything else already in your account.Cmd Press itself has no server and never sees your documents, your Google account, or your Dropbox account — traffic goes directly from your Mac to Google's or Dropbox's servers using their own official APIs.
No account is required to use Cmd Press — cloud backup is entirely opt-in. No analytics or telemetry, no ads, no selling of data, no data broker relationships of any kind. If you choose to work with an AI assistant in a shared folder, that relationship and its data handling are governed by the assistant you use, not by Cmd Press.
Cmd Press runs inside Apple's App Sandbox and can only access folders you explicitly grant it, plus the Keychain items and network access described above if you opt into cloud backup.
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