Overview
PulseDrive copies selected Apple Photos items to a storage destination you choose and keeps transfer management information locally. It does not require a PulseDrive account or use a developer-operated cloud or analytics service for this workflow. PulseDrive is a general-audience app and is not directed to children. Brent Gaddis provides PulseDrive and is the data controller for the app information described here. The monitored privacy contact is support@brentgaddis.com.
Photo and transfer information
PulseDrive can read selected or authorized photo and video originals and related Photos metadata. It stores local backup plans, history, security-scoped destination access, Photos asset identifiers, filenames, paths, media types, dates, sizes, checksums, statuses, and errors. It writes selected media and manifests to the destination you choose.
Local processing and storage providers
PulseDrive processes authorized Photos items on your device and writes selected media and manifests to the storage destination you choose. It does not require a PulseDrive account or use a developer-operated cloud or analytics service for this workflow. Apple Photos or iCloud Photos and the file or storage provider you select process data under their own terms.
Permissions and system features
PulseDrive uses Photos permission, user-selected Files or storage access, and optional notifications or Live Activities for transfer status. A manifest can contain filenames, directory structure, sizes, dates, identifiers, and checksums, so protect it together with the backup.
Retention, restore, and deletion
Local plans and transfer history remain until cleared or the app is removed. Clearing local history does not delete files or manifests at the destination. Restoring creates or imports copies through Apple Photos. Safe Delete requests removal only for explicitly selected and verified items and still requires Apple’s confirmation; Apple normally moves them to Recently Deleted and can synchronize the change. Destination copies remain until you remove them from that provider or drive.
Website, support, privacy requests, children, and policy changes
PulseDrive’s app-data practices are described above and are separate from its pages on brentgaddis.com. Those pages use first-party aggregate analytics operated through Cloudflare. The site counts page views and allowlisted actions and keeps coarse source, country, device, browser, operating-system, engagement, performance, and reliability totals. It does not store raw analytics events, visitor or session identities, raw or hashed IP addresses, cookie or local-storage visitor IDs, full user agents, full referrers or URLs, form contents, arbitrary text, or a person’s raw click history. Country and source cells below five are suppressed, and aggregates are retained for up to 24 months. Cloudflare still processes request and network metadata to deliver and protect the site. If you contact support, the website, Cloudflare Turnstile, Cloudflare’s delivery services, and the email provider process the app selection, request type, reply email, subject, message, security signals, and delivery metadata you submit. Form contents are delivered to Brent’s monitored mailbox and are not written to website analytics or a website message database. Support email is retained only as reasonably needed to respond, maintain security and support records, resolve disputes, and meet legal obligations, then deleted or de-identified when no longer needed. Do not submit passwords, recovery keys, government identifiers, payment-card data, or unrelated sensitive content. The website does not use cross-site behavioral advertising or sell or share personal information for that purpose, so browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals do not change its behavior. PulseDrive is offered to a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. If Brent learns that a child supplied personal information through a developer-controlled channel without required consent, he will take reasonable steps to delete it. Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide access, correction, deletion, or appeal rights; use the privacy-request form or email support@brentgaddis.com. Identity may be verified, and requests will be handled as applicable law requires. Material changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date, with additional notice or consent when required.
Progress displays, restores, and deletion limits
An optional local Live Activity can show plan name, item count, progress, byte totals, and estimated time on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island; change system notification/privacy settings if that should not be visible. Large Photos backups can require downloading iCloud originals while the app is open. Background checkpointing can pause after the current item and is not guaranteed to finish while closed. The reviewed restore flow restores the verified primary file but may not restore every Live Photo motion, RAW, edited, or companion resource. Safe Delete requires a verified item, saved manifest, explicit selection, and Apple’s Photos confirmation, but it cannot eliminate every transfer, storage, or user-selection risk.
Questions
Contact Brent Gaddis with privacy questions about PulseDrive.