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Is Smart find private, or does it send my clipboard to AI servers?

Short answer: Smart find runs entirely on your Mac with Apple Intelligence, works offline, and never sends your scraps anywhere.

It's private. Smart find runs entirely on your Mac using Apple Intelligence, works offline, and never sends your scraps anywhere — so nothing you've copied leaves your Mac for a search.

Reading text inside images also happens on your Mac. See Where is my Junk Yard data kept? and the wider privacy and safety questions.

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