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Privacy policy

Last updated: 2 November 2026

Macissimo is a music player that connects to a Navidrome server you choose. It is developed by Johannes Jeroen Tissink ("I", "me", or "the developer"). This policy explains how Macissimo handles information on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS.

No advertising or tracking

Macissimo does not contain advertising, tracking tools, third-party analytics, or a third-party crash-reporting service. It does not sell your information or use it for targeted advertising. You do not create an account with the developer to use Macissimo.

Your music library, login details, and listening activity are not sent to a server operated by the developer as part of the app's normal operation.

Your connection to Navidrome

Macissimo communicates directly with the server address you enter. To provide its features, it sends that server:

  • Your username and authentication information derived from your password, so the server can authenticate requests.
  • Requests to retrieve and refresh your library, playlists, artwork, and music, including the identifiers and playback or quality options needed for those requests.
  • Changes you make to favorites, ratings, and playlists, including playlist names and song selections. Favorite and rating changes made offline may be saved locally and sent when you reconnect.
  • If you enable Send Listening Activity to Server in Settings, now-playing and listening-history reports, including song identifiers and timestamps. This setting is off by default on each device. Turning it off stops future reports and cancels pending requests; it cannot retract reports the server has already received. Listening time accumulated while it is off is not reported later.

Your server and its hosting or network providers can also receive ordinary connection information, such as your IP address, request times, and client information identifying Macissimo. Library refreshes can occur automatically while the app is running and connected.

The server may be operated by you or someone else. Its operator controls server-side storage, logs, retention, and any integrations, such as forwarding listening activity to a scrobbling service. Macissimo does not directly connect to a separate scrobbling service. Ask your server operator about its privacy practices and deletion options.

Sharing music

Choosing Share → Navidrome Link asks your server to create a public listening link for the selected songs. Anyone with that link may access the shared music without a server account. The server operator controls these links and their availability.

Choosing Share → Apple Music Link sends the selected song's title and artist names, together with a country code based on your device's region, directly to Apple's public iTunes Search API. Apple also receives ordinary connection information, such as your IP address. Macissimo uses album and duration metadata locally to help select a match and temporarily keeps successful links in memory. It does not send Apple your audio, server address, server credentials, local file paths, or listening history. Lookups happen only when you choose Apple Music or Songlink sharing and require no API key or account setup. If no match is found, Macissimo does not create a Navidrome share instead. Apple's handling of these requests is covered by its Privacy Policy.

Choosing Share → Songlink uses the same Apple catalog lookup, then constructs a song.link page URL from the matched Apple track identifier. Macissimo does not contact Songlink or its API to create the link. When you or a chat service opens or previews that URL, Songlink receives the public track identifier and ordinary connection information under its own privacy practices. It does not receive your Navidrome address, credentials, or audio from Macissimo.

Macissimo copies the resulting link to the clipboard on Mac or opens the system share sheet on iPhone and iPad. A service you choose to share it with handles the link under its own policies.

Information stored on your device

Macissimo stores your server address, username, connection preferences, and playback and download settings locally. It saves your password in Apple's Keychain.

To support browsing and offline listening, Macissimo also stores library metadata, playlists, favorites, ratings, artwork, downloaded music, download state, pending edits, and playback state, including your queue and position. Library metadata may include information supplied by your server, such as playlist owners and play history. Searches of the downloaded library are performed locally.

Macissimo supplies song titles, artists, album information, artwork, and playback status to Apple's Now Playing features for system playback controls and displays, such as Control Center and the Lock Screen.

Macissimo does not implement its own cloud synchronization. Some local app data may be included in device or computer backups according to your platform and backup settings. The iOS and iPadOS app excludes downloaded audio and cached artwork from device backups. tvOS may remove cached app data to reclaim storage.

Connection security

Use HTTPS for an encrypted connection to your server. Macissimo permits unencrypted HTTP only for localhost or a loopback, private network, link-local, or Tailscale IP address, and only after you explicitly allow it for that connection. Other hostnames and public addresses require HTTPS. HTTP can expose authentication information and activity to others on the network.

Macissimo keeps authentication information out of request URLs and blocks authenticated redirects. It does not deliberately log passwords or request bodies. These protections cannot control what your server, its proxy, or external diagnostic tools record.

Crash reports and support

Macissimo does not upload crash reports through an app-operated reporting service. Apple may collect and share crash reports, performance information, or aggregated usage information through its own services, depending on your system settings and distribution method. TestFlight beta testing has separate diagnostic and feedback practices. Apple's handling of this information is described in its Privacy Policy and App Analytics & Privacy notice.

Reports you send yourself may contain identifying information, such as a local username, file path, server address, or details you include in a description or screenshot. Review diagnostic files before sharing them, and remove passwords, authentication tokens, and other sensitive information. Do not assume that every diagnostic file is anonymous.

If I receive diagnostics or a support request, I use that information to investigate problems, respond, and improve Macissimo. I do not use it to track you or attempt to identify you from Apple's diagnostic data. I retain support correspondence and diagnostic copies only as long as reasonably needed for those purposes or applicable legal obligations, then delete them. Apple's retention of information in its systems follows its own policies.

Your choices and deletion

You can remove downloaded music using the app's download controls. Turn off Send Listening Activity to Server in Settings to stop now-playing and listening-history reports from this device. When it is enabled, playing a downloaded file while connected may also send these reports. Turning it off does not stop streaming, downloads, synchronization, or changes you make to favorites, ratings, and playlists; your server may retain logs of those requests. Stop using Macissimo or block its network access to stop all further requests to your server.

Changing your connection does not automatically erase the previous account's local library or saved credentials. To remove all local Macissimo accounts, saved passwords, downloaded music, library databases, caches, and preferences, choose Reset Macissimo… in Settings (Settings → Server on Apple TV), then confirm Delete Everything. This returns the app to first-time sign-in. Removing the app without resetting it may leave files on macOS, saved Keychain items, or backups behind. You control deletion of backups through your backup provider or system settings.

Removing local data does not delete your Navidrome account, server logs, playlists, or listening history on the server. Manage those through your server or ask its operator. You can manage Apple's diagnostic sharing through your device's Analytics & Improvements settings, where available.

For personal information you have sent directly to me, contact the address below to request access, correction, or deletion, or to exercise other rights available under applicable law.

Changes to this policy

I may update this policy as Macissimo changes or to clarify its practices. The revised policy will be published at the same privacy-policy location with an updated date. If a change materially affects how personal information is handled, I will provide an appropriate notice and obtain consent where required before introducing that change. Updating this policy does not by itself authorize a new use of previously collected personal information.

Contact

Johannes Jeroen Tissink
Email: [email protected]