Guardian — Find What Should Be Locked. Lock It. | VaultSort

✦ Introduced in VaultSort 4.4.0🔒 On-device · Zero network callsGuardian scans the folders you choose for identity documents, financial records, credentials, and medical files — entirely on your Mac.Nothing is ever uploaded.Loading...See how it works ↓Free update for existing users · New to VaultSort? $24.99 one-time, no subscriptionRead-onlyNever moves or changes files0Network calls during a scanIn-memoryReport never touches diskRedactedEvidence shown, never in fullEvery “AI file organizer” that wants to understand your files does it by uploading them.For exactly the files Guardian looks for, that's self-defeating — you'd be handing your tax returns to a cloud API to find out they're exposed. Guardian runs entirely on your Mac instead.🚫Zero uploads, zero network callsThe analysis happens on-device, including reading text inside images. Nothing about your files leaves your Mac during a scan.👁Read-only by designGuardian never moves, changes, or deletes anything on its own. It reports what it finds — you decide what happens next.🧠Nothing is storedThe report lives only in memory. Guardian doesn’t create a persistent map of your sensitive files on disk.✦ Knows what sensitive looks likeFour kinds of files Guardian watches for.A detected number pattern, a filename that says what it is, or on-device AI reading the content — Guardian looks for the files that shouldn't be sitting out in the open.🛂Identity documentsPassports, driver’s licenses, Social Security cards — scans and photos of the documents that prove who you are.💳Financial & payment detailsBank statements, tax returns, card numbers — anything that describes or accesses your money.🔑Credentials & keysPassword exports, recovery codes, SSH and API keys — the files that unlock everything else.🩺Medical & legal recordsMedical records, prescriptions, contracts, legal filings — documents that are nobody else’s business.Copy we stand behind: Guardian flags files that likely hold sensitive information — never “finds all sensitive files.” A strong first pass, not a guarantee.Find it.

Review it. Lock it.From “I had no idea that was there” to locked, in about a minute.01Choose foldersPoint Guardian at Desktop, Downloads, Documents — any folders you want reviewed. You decide the scope.02Scan on-deviceGuardian reads file contents and metadata locally, ranks findings by severity, and flags any sitting in a cloud-synced folder.03Encrypt in one clickSelect the findings you care about and hand them straight to Encrypt. Confirm with Touch ID or your YubiKey — done.🔒 Privacy architectureYour files never leave your Mac.An app that finds your most sensitive files must never be a way for them to leak. There is no Guardian backend — we couldn't hand over what it finds even if asked, because it never leaves your machine to begin with.Read-onlyOn-device OCRNo API keyNo accountIn-memory reportAlso shipped alongside GuardianGuardian was the headline of VaultSort 4.4.0. Here's what else came with it.Smart Categorize reads images nowTurn on OCR to sort screenshots and photos by the text inside them — recognition runs fully on-device.Smarter photo handlingImages group by kind and get named from what’s actually in them, plus a new Videos group.Redesigned Rule BuilderCleaner panels, plain-language rule summaries, live validation, keyboard shortcuts.Content search in scheduled jobsRules that match on file contents can now run automatically on a schedule or on watched folders.Get VaultSort.One-time purchase. Lifetime license. No subscription.$24.99one-time, lifetime licenseLoading...Already own VaultSort? Guardian and every update since are free. Update from within the app or re-download from vaultsort.com.Frequently asked questionsEverything you need to know before running Guardian on your Mac.Find out what's sitting exposed on your Mac.Read-only scan. Zero network calls. The report never touches disk. Your files never leave your Mac — that's the whole point.