Verify it yourself

This release is signed and notarized

Organice is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized. Apple’s automated notary service scans the submitted software for malicious components and code-signing problems. Its ticket is stapled to both the disk image and app, so Gatekeeper can verify it even when your Mac is offline.

Notarization is not App Review, and it is not an eternal guarantee. It is Apple’s check for known malicious content, developer identity, and tampering. Read Apple’s explanation.

# should report: source=Notarized Developer ID
spctl -a -vv -t install ~/Downloads/Organice-0.1.0.dmg

# should report: The validate action worked!
xcrun stapler validate ~/Downloads/Organice-0.1.0.dmg

Confirm that your download is ours

A SHA-256 checksum identifies the exact bytes we published. If your result differs from this value, do not open the file.

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Organice-0.1.0.dmg

391d1c3f8cc743f3c428c8a6714efdffc6ad9c9aa7cfa5fa1a5db59555252031

After installation, confirm the app is signed by Team ID H5N78N3RK2 and that every nested binary still verifies:

codesign -dv --verbose=2 /Applications/Organice.app
codesign --verify --deep --strict /Applications/Organice.app

This universal release contains both Apple silicon and Intel code. It fixes the launch failure Intel customers could encounter with earlier Early Access builds.

Inspect what it asks from macOS

The main app requests one entitlement: com.apple.security.automation.apple-events. It lets Organice send Apple events to Finder so its Shortcuts actions can read your selection. Nothing else. The Finder extension requests two entitlements: the App Sandbox and read/write access to files you select. Neither component requests network, camera, microphone, contacts, location, or full-disk access.

codesign -d --entitlements - /Applications/Organice.app
codesign -d --entitlements - \
  /Applications/Organice.app/Contents/PlugIns/OrganiceFinder.appex

Watch the network yourself

Watch Organice work while you watch its sockets. In the release test, organizing, undo, receipt tally, and diagnostics opened no network connections. The check below should therefore print nothing.

Base does not call home for updates, analytics, or licence checks. The licence key is checked locally and does not expire. Optional Pro assistance for Summarize, Rename by content, filename suggestions, and Organice connects only to a model endpoint you configure. Summarize and Rename by content ask for first-use consent. AI-assisted Organice is off by default. A local model stays local, with no cloud fallback.

# replace SomeFolder with a folder you want to test
CLI=/Applications/Organice.app/Contents/Helpers/organice
"$CLI" organize ~/SomeFolder --now &
while kill -0 $! 2>/dev/null; do
  lsof -nP -i -a -p $! | grep -vE '127\.0\.0\.1|\[::1\]'
  sleep 0.2
done

For another independent view, use a network monitor such as Little Snitch or the free LuLu.

See what it leaves behind

Organice keeps its local state in readable files. Its command-line helper lives inside the app:

• ~/Library/Application Support/organice/ for the licence, settings, and undo journal.
• /Applications/Organice.app/Contents/Helpers/organice is the command-line helper used by the Finder menu.
• .organice.json inside folders you have organized stores that folder’s own rules.

Extracting an archive also creates the extracted files in the folder you chose.

Read the journal yourself, or remove the app’s supporting pieces:

cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/organice/journal.jsonl

# removes the CLI, any login items, and the extension container
/Applications/Organice.app/Contents/Helpers/organice uninstall

# also removes settings, licence, and history
/Applications/Organice.app/Contents/Helpers/organice uninstall --purge

# also removes the .organice.json rule file from every folder
/Applications/Organice.app/Contents/Helpers/organice uninstall --contracts

For the standard cleanup, you can instead double-click Uninstall Organice in the disk image. The helper reports what it removed, then asks you to move Organice to the Trash.

If Organice does not launch

Run the diagnostic if the app does not open or a Finder action is missing. It reports your macOS version, processor architecture, and which parts of Organice can run on your Mac. It also checks the app, extension, and local files.

/Applications/Organice.app/Contents/Helpers/organice doctor

The command lives inside the app and needs no separate installation.