Privacy
Runs on your Mac. Stays on your Mac.
Verismo has no server and no analytics. There is exactly one situation where data leaves your machine — and you hold the key to it.
Local by default
- Recordings are plain .osmoproj bundles in ~/Movies/Osmo Recordings — video, mic audio, cursor log, edits. Open, back up, or delete them in Finder.
- Recording, editing, rendering, and export all run on-device. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
- No telemetry or crash reporting. The DMG edition checks only a signed update feed hosted on verismo.work.
AI features: bring your own key
- Transcripts, Refine with AI, captions, and Smart Trim stay off until you paste your own OpenAI API key in Settings → AI.
- When you trigger them, your narration audio (transcription) or transcript text (refine, trim suggestions) goes directly from your Mac to api.openai.com — there’s no middleman.
- That data is then handled under OpenAI’s privacy policy, on your own OpenAI account and billing.
- The key lives in a file only your user account can read, and you can remove it in Settings → AI at any time. No key, no traffic.
SCREEN RECORDINGTo capture the display you choose. macOS asks the first time.
MICROPHONE · optionalOnly if you narrate. Skip it and record silent takes.
CAMERA · optionalOnly for the webcam overlay or person cutout.
CURSOR CAPTURENo permission at all. Clicks and cursor moves come from public CoreGraphics state — the log stays in the project bundle.