LibraryBridgeYour photos
stay yours.
This policy explains how LibraryBridge handles your information when you use the Mac app, visit this website, or contact support.
What the app accesses
With your permission, LibraryBridge reads original photos and videos from your accessible Apple System Photo Library, including accessible hidden and burst items, filenames, and embedded metadata. Metadata may include capture dates and precise location. It may download originals stored in iCloud through Apple’s Photos framework.
Connecting Google gives the app your Google account identifier, email address, and OAuth tokens. These identify the destination account, authorize uploads, and keep upload history separate for each account.
Where your photos go
After you start a sync or enable automatic sync, originals, filenames, and embedded metadata transfer directly from your Mac to Google over HTTPS. We do not operate a server that receives your photos. Google stores and processes uploaded media under its own privacy policy and terms. Google storage and service limits apply.
The app requests permission to add Google Photos media. It does not request access to read your entire existing Google Photos library. LibraryBridge does not sell your information, use your data for advertising, or use your media to train machine-learning models.
LibraryBridge’s use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
What stays on your Mac
Sign-in tokens and Google account details are stored in macOS Keychain. Upload history is encrypted using a Keychain-held key and retained in the app’s sandbox container until you erase local history.
One original at a time is temporarily exported for uploading. The temporary file is removed after the upload attempt. Interrupted exports are cleaned up when the app next launches. macOS FileVault can protect these temporary files at rest; LibraryBridge does not independently encrypt them.
Preferences, including automatic sync and keeping your Mac awake during uploads, are stored locally. The app contains no advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs.
Your choices
You can scan without uploading, pause after the current file, disable automatic sync, or quit the app. You can disable launch at login and withdraw Photos access in macOS System Settings.
“Disconnect Google account” removes saved Google sign-in data and disables automatic sync while retaining encrypted history for reconnection. You can also revoke Google access.
“Erase local history and sign-in data” removes upload history for all accounts on this Mac, authentication tokens, and the encryption key. Your originals and uploaded Google Photos media are unchanged. A future sync may attempt to upload those originals again.
Delete uploaded media directly in Google Photos. Removing LibraryBridge or its history does not delete that media.
This website and support
This website does not use advertising cookies, analytics scripts, or tracking pixels. The hosting provider may process technical request information, such as IP addresses and browser details, to serve and protect the website.
The support form prepares an email in your email app. Form contents are not submitted to a website server or saved in browser storage. A message reaches support only when you send it from your email app.
If you send a support email, the information you provide is processed through email services to respond to your request and resolve the issue. Messages are retained as needed for that purpose and any applicable recordkeeping obligations. You may request deletion through the support form. Please do not send passwords, OAuth tokens, or private photographs.
Questions and changes
Use our support form for privacy questions or requests concerning support correspondence. For media stored by Google, use your Google account controls. This policy will be updated when LibraryBridge’s practices change, with the effective date shown above.