What Selv captures — and how to control it

Why Selv captures anything at all

Selv is built to remember your context so you can retrieve it later with on-device AI. That only works if there's something to remember — so, with your permission, it can collect the things you already produce during a day.

What it can capture

• Notes and reflective writing you keep in Selv.
• Screen context — what you were looking at, for recall later.
• Audio and transcription for conversations and spoken thoughts.
• Everyday activity signals that help reconstruct how a day actually unfolded.

Your notes, captured screens and transcripts are stored locally. Working audio buffers are temporarily unencrypted. Local models can search and answer on your device; optional cloud models and connected tools receive context only through the features you choose. Read Privacy for the details.

You're in control

Capture is something you grant, and something you can take back:

• Pause capture whenever you want.
• Choose what's captured — the sources are separate, so you can leave some on and some off.
• macOS asks for its own permission (screen, microphone) before Selv can use those, and you can change your mind in System Settings at any time.

If a source is off, Selv simply has less to work with there — nothing is captured behind your back.