ClipReady is made by Tent Studios, LLC. We collect zero data—everything happens on your device.

What we don’t collect

No analytics or tracking of any kind
No network requests—the app has no network entitlement and makes no connections
No accounts or sign-in required
No file contents are uploaded—inspection, preparation, preview, and validation all run locally on your Mac
No usage statistics are sent anywhere
No crash reports or telemetry leave the device

How ClipReady works

ClipReady is a native macOS utility for video files you already have. You choose or drop in media—MKV, MP4, MOV, and similar containers—and ClipReady inspects every stream, shows you what will happen to each one, and writes a new MOV or MP4 next to the source or into a folder you pick.

Your original files are never modified. The video bitstream is copied across untouched rather than re-encoded, and audio is converted only when Apple’s media stack cannot read the original. Every finished file is checked by loading it back through AVFoundation and VideoToolbox before ClipReady reports success.

Everything runs on your device. No data leaves your Mac.

Permissions and sandboxing

ClipReady is sandboxed. It can read the files you open or drop onto it, and it can write prepared media only where macOS has granted access: the app’s own container, or folders you explicitly grant through the system save or open panel. Folder grants are stored as security-scoped bookmarks on your Mac so you are not asked again for the same folder.

The app has no network entitlement, no iCloud access, and no access to Contacts, Photos, Location, the microphone, or the camera.

ClipReady runs two bundled helper programs, ffmpeg and ffprobe, as separate processes inside its own sandbox. They inherit the app’s restrictions—including the absence of network access—and can reach only the files you granted. They are not background services: they exist only for the duration of a job and are terminated with it.

Preferences stored on your Mac

ClipReady stores settings such as output format, audio policy, destination folder, window layout, and folder-access bookmarks in the app’s local preferences. These stay on your Mac. Uninstalling the app (or deleting its container) removes them.

Third-party software

ClipReady bundles ffmpeg and ffprobe from the FFmpeg project, built from FFmpeg n8.0 with three small, published patches, in an LGPL v2.1-only configuration and with network support compiled out entirely. The patches add channel-layout tags for surround audio in MOV, drop the undecodable leading pictures of a trimmed clip, and record open-GOP recovery points as partial entry points rather than full ones in H.264 and HEVC. Neither helper makes network requests. Full attribution, the license text, the patches themselves, the build recipe, and a link to the exact source of the shipped build are available in-app under Settings → General → Acknowledgments, and the modified tree is published at ffmpeg-clipready.

FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard, originator of the FFmpeg project. ClipReady is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FFmpeg project.

Children’s privacy

ClipReady is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy is updated, the “Last updated” date above will change and a summary of changes will appear here.

Contact

For privacy questions or concerns, email support@tentstudios.com.