MagicTranslate · Privacy Policy

Applies to the macOS app “MagicTranslate” and the website fanyi.shujuf.com · Updated 2026-07-14

One-sentence version: the app collects and uploads none of your data. Translations are processed on your Mac; when you choose to configure a cloud engine, content goes directly to the service you picked — we never see it.

What data does the app collect?

None. MagicTranslate has no accounts, no analytics SDKs, no crash reporting, and sends nothing to the developer's servers. Its App Store privacy label is “Data Not Collected”.

How is translated content handled?

Local engines (Apple system translation, the local LLM, Simplified/Traditional conversion, OCR): everything runs on your device; content never leaves your Mac.
Cloud engines (optional, off by default): only when you enter your own API key and enable a service is content sent — by the app, directly — to that provider (e.g. DeepL, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek), governed by its privacy policy. The developer does not proxy, store, or see it.
API keys are stored only in the macOS Keychain — never in logs or databases.
History, vocabulary and settings are stored on your Mac and can be deleted in-app at any time.
Privacy Mode: one switch disables every network-facing capability (cloud engines, online dictionary, model downloads) and shows a counter of blocked requests — “zero outbound” you can verify yourself.

Model & language pack downloads

When you choose to download a local model or a system language pack, the app connects to the corresponding public distribution source (Hugging Face / the hf-mirror mirror / Apple) to fetch files. That transfer carries model files only — none of your translated content or personal information.

Website feedback

Feedback on this site is voluntary: the message, optional contact info and optional screenshot you submit are stored in our database, used solely to improve the product and reply to you, and never shared with third parties. We do not store your raw IP address (only an irreversible salted hash, for rate limiting). To request deletion of your feedback, use the contact below.

Changes

Material changes to this policy will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Contact

Feedback and privacy requests: the feedback section.