---
id: junk-yard.is-smart-find-private
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/is-smart-find-private
category: "Junk Yard"
subcategory: "Search, filters and colours"
question: "Is Smart find private, or does it send my clipboard to AI servers?"
alt_questions:
  - "Does Junk Yard AI upload my data?"
  - "Is Junk Yard search on-device?"
  - "Smart find privacy"
  - "Does Apple Intelligence search send my scraps anywhere?"
  - "Is my clipboard used to train AI?"
  - "Does Junk Yard's Smart find send my scraps to an AI service?"
  - "Is Junk Yard search done in the cloud?"
  - "Does Smart find read my images?"
  - "junk yard smart find privacy"
  - "Apple Intelligence search clipboard private?"
short_answer: "Smart find runs entirely on your Mac with Apple Intelligence, works offline, and never sends your scraps anywhere."
tags: ["privacy", "smart find", "on-device", "junk yard", "apple intelligence"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/what-is-smart-find", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/where-is-my-junk-yard-data-kept"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/where-is-my-junk-yard-data-kept) and the wider [privacy and safety questions](https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/).