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Privacy Mode

When Privacy Mode is on, Cloud Sync, Analytics, and Crash Reports are all disabled. Your data stays entirely on your Mac.
Use Privacy Mode if you:
  • Work with sensitive information
  • Prefer complete local control
  • Don’t need cross-device syncing

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Individual controls

These settings are available when Privacy Mode is off:

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Cloud Sync

When enabled:
  • Settings sync across your devices
  • Dictionary entries appear everywhere
  • Notes are available on all your Macs
When disabled:
  • Everything stays on this Mac only
  • Changes won’t appear on other devices

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Analytics

Anonymous data about how you use Hermes:
  • Which features you use most
  • Performance metrics
  • Error rates
This helps us improve Hermes. No personal data or dictation content is included.

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Crash Reports

When Hermes crashes, a report can be sent automatically. This includes:
  • What happened before the crash
  • System information
  • Error logs
No dictation content is included.

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What data stays local

Regardless of your settings, these always stay on your Mac:
  • Audio recordings — Never transmitted, processed locally
  • Screenshots (when Vision is used) — Analyzed and immediately discarded
  • Dictation content — Only transmitted for AI formatting (not stored)

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Privacy Mode effects

Settings Overview

How settings relate to each other.

AI Formatting Settings

Vision and Local AI options.