Last updated: 15 October 2026.
The short version: Fidotron does not collect, send or share any data. It has no account, no analytics, no ads and no cloud. Everything it does happens on your Mac.
Fidotron for Live is made by Fido Audio (Mads Dyrholm), Heimdalsgade 14, 2.6, 2200 København N, Denmark. Questions about this policy: support@fidoaudio.com.
Nothing. Fidotron cannot connect to the internet: the macOS sandbox it runs in gives it no network access. It contains no analytics, crash-reporting, advertising or other third-party code.
To do its job, Fidotron keeps a small amount of information locally. None of it leaves your Mac.
Inside each Live project you open, in a folder named .fido:
It also creates an Exports folder in the project, and new Live Sets when you fork, duplicate, start from a template, restore a sealed version or restore the version from before opening. Fidotron never edits a Live Set it didn't create.
In Fidotron's own preferences (inside its macOS sandbox): your recent projects, the folders you've given it access to, and view settings such as folded branches and whether abandoned sets are hidden.
What it reads: the Live Sets and audio files in the project folders you open, the templates folder you choose, and the list of Ableton Live versions installed on your Mac, so it can open each set in the right one.
Delete a project's .fido folder to remove Fidotron's records for that project. Your Live Sets and audio are not affected. Deleting the app removes its preferences.
If you download Fidotron from the Mac App Store or test it through TestFlight, Apple handles the purchase and may collect information under its own privacy policy. If you choose to share crash reports or feedback with developers through macOS or TestFlight, Apple passes those to us. We use them only to fix problems.
Fidotron collects no data from anyone, including children.
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.