Effective Date: 2026-11-07
Summary
Halo Launch is a local launchpad and lid-close visual effect utility for macOS.
Except for processing in-app purchases through Apple, all features of the app run offline locally on your Mac: no account registration is required, no personal information is collected, and no advertising or third-party analytics SDKs are integrated. Your app list, custom ordering, folders, shortcuts, and usage records stay exclusively on your Mac.
What the App Stores on Your Mac
All data is stored locally inside the app sandbox container on your Mac (Application Support/HaloLaunch and local preferences) and is never uploaded to any server:
- Launchpad Layout: Folders you create, hidden app lists, shortcuts, page order, and custom arrangement.
- Usage Records: Launch counts and last-opened timestamps for items opened within the app, used solely for local “Recently Opened” and “Most Used” sorting.
- Icon Cache: Application icons cached locally on your Mac to speed up launchpad rendering.
- Preferences: Grid rows and columns, icon size, theme appearance, keyboard shortcuts, launch-at-login, and related toggles.
- Lid-Close Effect Settings: Your selected lid-close fold style, trigger sensitivity, and enablement state.
You can reset the layout at any time in the app settings, or remove the local app container data when uninstalling the app.
What the App Reads
- Installed Application Metadata: Scans system application directories such as
/Applications, or accesses your personal Applications folder (~/Applications) in read-only mode via a security-scoped bookmark after your one-time confirmation, reading application names, icons, Bundle IDs, categories, and install dates to display and sort items in the launchpad. - Shortcut References: When you actively add a file, folder, or web link as a shortcut, the app stores only the read-only security-scoped bookmark or URL needed to open that item. It never reads, modifies, or uploads the contents of your files.
Lid-Close Effect (Screen Recording & Lid Angle Sensor)
The lid-close effect is an optional feature and never captures any screen frame unless enabled by you:
- Lid Angle Sensor: When the lid-close effect is enabled, the app reads the built-in MacBook lid angle sensor value in read-only mode to detect lid movement and calculate fold animation progress.
- Screen Frame Capture: To render the visual effect of your desktop folding as the lid closes, you must explicitly grant permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording. Only during the brief animation when playing the lid-close effect or when you click “Preview Effect”, the app captures a single desktop frame in memory in real time to render the fold texture.
- Never Saved, Never Uploaded: Captured frames exist strictly in local memory and are released immediately when the animation finishes; they are never written to disk, never record video or audio, and are never transmitted over the network to anyone. You can revoke Screen Recording permission at any time in System Settings.
Purchases & Subscriptions
Halo Launch Pro monthly subscriptions (com.marzer.HaloLaunch.pro.monthly) and lifetime unlocks (com.marzer.HaloLaunch.pro.lifetime) are processed directly by the Apple App Store (StoreKit). We never have access to your payment card details, Apple Account password, or billing information; the app verifies transaction entitlements on-device with Apple solely to unlock Pro features.
Feedback
When you click “Contact Us / Send Feedback”, the app opens a draft email addressed to [email protected] in your system default mail client and pre-fills the app version and macOS system version. We only receive your email content and sender address after you actively send the message, and we use it solely to reply to your inquiry.
What We Never Do
- Never require account registration or sign-in
- Never integrate third-party analytics, crash tracking, or advertising SDKs
- Never upload your app list, launch history, folder structure, shortcuts, or screen frames
- Never sell, rent, or share any user data
Children
The app does not collect personal information from users of any age.
Changes to This Policy
If this Privacy Policy is updated, we will update the effective date and content on this page.
Contact Us
For any privacy-related questions, please contact: [email protected]