Last updated 4 August 2026
Soundboy Selecta runs entirely on your Mac. It has no account, no login, and no server of ours to talk to. We do not receive your music, your file names, or any record of what you sorted.
Everything the app knows lives in two places on your own disk:
~/Library/Application Support/Soundboy/config.json~/Library/Application Support/Soundboy/sessions/Neither is transmitted anywhere. Delete either file and the app carries on.
The app reads the audio files in the folder you point it at, in order to play them and read their tags. It moves or copies them into folders you choose. If you turn on tag writing, it also writes the destination folder name into each filed track's Grouping tag — nothing else in the file is changed.
When you switch the remote on, the app opens a small web server on your local network only. Your phone talks directly to your Mac over your own wifi. Nothing is routed through the internet and there is no service of ours in the middle.
Access requires the pairing code in the URL. Anyone on your network who has that code can control the app and file your tracks, so treat it as you would a password — there is a button in Settings to issue a new one, which disconnects every device currently paired. On an untrusted network, turn the remote off.
None. The app contains no analytics, no crash reporting, no telemetry and no advertising identifiers. It makes no network requests except the local ones the remote needs.
Static pages. No cookies are set and no analytics are loaded. If that changes, this page will say so before it does.
Purchases are handled by a third-party payment provider, who receives your billing details in order to process the sale and to meet their tax obligations. We receive your email address and the fact you bought a licence. We never receive your card details.
This is a professional tool and is not directed at children under 13.
Questions about any of this: hello@soundboyselecta.com