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InfoScrub

Remove hidden information before you share.

The essential pre-share privacy utility for your Mac. Remove GPS coordinates, camera serials, author identities, and revision histories from photos and documents with local on-device processing.

100% Offline Core

Zero file uploads. Processing executes locally on your Mac hardware.

Up to 3 Macs

1 purchase covers your laptop, desktop, and work machine.

Zero Subscriptions

Perpetual $5 license. Pay once with maintenance updates included.

Usefulware Architecture Guarantee: No cloud uploads. No subscriptions. Clean on-device metadata removal.
Perpetual License
$5.00USD one-time
One-Time Purchase
Immediate license delivery on screen and via email
Activate on up to 3 Mac computers simultaneously
Self-service machine slot revocation & transfer
Universal binary (.dmg) for Apple Silicon & Intel
30-day money-back guarantee — zero friction
No account creation required • Instant license dispatch on screen & email
Merchant of Record: Longshort Labs • 256-bit Encrypted
macOS 12+ Monterey through macOS 15+ Sequoia • Universal Apple Silicon & Intel
The Friction You Experience Today

You are sharing photos or documents, but hidden GPS coordinates and edit histories expose your private life.

Modern smartphones and digital cameras silently embed exact GPS decimal coordinates, camera body serial numbers, and home timestamps into every photograph. Word processors and PDF exporters embed your full legal name, company details, computer account username, and complete revision histories. When you upload photos to online marketplaces or email draft contracts, you inadvertently broadcast private personal and business information.

Photos of items for sale online (cars, marketplace goods, home decor) broadcast your exact home coordinates
Work proposals, contracts, and resumes contain hidden author names, deleted revisions, and internal corporate paths
Manual metadata inspection in Preview is tedious, incomplete, and cannot batch-clean PDF, Word, and Excel streams
The Transformation

Before vs After InfoScrub

Without InfoScrub

Hidden Digital Traces Embedded

High-res JPEG with precise home GPS coordinates, camera serial number, and timestamp; PDF with embedded author names and editing duration.

Result: Manual friction, uncertainty, and lost productive time.
With InfoScrub

Sanitized, Safe-to-Share Files

Pristine file with zero location markers, blanked hardware serials, and sanitized document tags — with zero pixel re-compression and original color profiles intact.

Result: Guaranteed outcome, verifiable result, complete calm.
Interactive Simulation

Experience InfoScrub Live in Your Browser

Try the simulated macOS desktop workflow below. Experience the exact speed, output, and calm interface before purchasing.

Interactive SimulationInfoScrub On-Device Engine

Inspect & Clean Hidden Metadata Before Sharing

4 Hidden Items Exposed
Family_Vacation_2026.jpgJPEG
Precise GPS GeotagExif.GPSInfo.Coordinates
37.7749° N, 122.4194° W (Home Geotag)
CRITICAL
Camera Body SerialExif.Photo.BodySerialNumber
F2LJ908VHG (Hardware ID)
HIGH
Camera ModelExif.Image.Model
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
MEDIUM
Capture TimestampExif.Photo.DateTimeOriginal
2026-08-14 18:22:04
MEDIUM
In the native macOS app, all metadata cleaning runs locally on your Mac with zero cloud uploads.
Get InfoScrub for Mac ($5 one-time)
Purpose & Philosophy

Why Not Just Use macOS Inspector & Terminal Tools (exiftool)?

Why a focused Usefulware utility is dramatically superior to default OS tools or multi-gigabyte bloatware.

The Status Quo: macOS Inspector & Terminal Tools (exiftool)

macOS Inspector only allows viewing some EXIF and cannot batch strip camera serials, lens IDs, or PDF XML streams. Exiftool requires complex terminal commands and syntax that can accidentally corrupt files.

The Usefulware Approach: InfoScrub

InfoScrub provides a calm, drag-and-drop macOS interface that visualizes risk across 4 categories (Location, Identity, Device, History) and strips them losslessly without re-encoding pixels.

Sibling Differentiation

InfoScrub vs PDFPrep

Clear boundaries between sibling utilities so you always select the exact right tool for the job.

InfoScrub strips invisible metadata (GPS coordinates, camera serials, author identities, revision logs) across photos and documents. PDFPrep standardizes visible document layout, geometry, margins, and form flattening for formal submission.

When to use InfoScrub:

Choose InfoScrub before sharing photos, resumes, or client deliverables publicly to ensure no private digital breadcrumbs are exposed.

When to use PDFPrep:

Choose PDFPrep when you need to standardize document layout, page geometry, form flattening, or Bates numbering for official portal submission.

Core Engineering

Engine Capabilities & Features

Every feature is purpose-built to solve this single task with zero unnecessary complexity.

Geolocation Removal

Remove exact decimal GPS coordinates, altitude, and location timestamps to prevent home or work location leaks.

Core Capability

Device & Hardware De-identification

Strip camera body serial numbers, lens IDs, device models, and firmware versions linked to your identity.

Document & PDF De-identification

Purge author names, company tags, revision history, and XML metadata streams from PDFs and Word/Excel documents.

Lossless Byte-Level Speed

Sanitizes container segments directly without pixel re-compression, retaining pristine visual quality and color profiles.

Batch Processing & Verification

Drop dozens of mixed files at once. InfoScrub cleans and validates detected metadata tags automatically.

Non-Destructive Safe Export

Original files are never overwritten unless explicitly requested. Exports pristine clean copies ready to share.

The $5.00 Value Equation

Permanent privacy protection before every public upload, listing, or client email.

Remove GPS coordinates, camera serials, and document author traces in one click.

One-Time $5.00

No monthly renewals or creeping price hikes. Pay once and keep your tool forever.

Valid on 3 Personal Macs

Use on your desktop Mac, MacBook laptop, and work machine with instant self-service slot transfer.

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

If it doesn't solve your exact problem cleanly and reliably, we refund your payment without argument.

Honest Architecture

Honest Scope & Architectural Boundaries

We are completely upfront about what InfoScrub does—and what it does not do. Clear boundaries guarantee reliability.

Strips binary metadata tags and container headers; does not visually blur faces or redact printed text inside image pixels (use an image editor for pixel masking).
Does not alter the visible photographic image content or sound streams in media files.
Saves clean copies non-destructively; original files remain intact on your Mac.
Technical Integrity

System Specifications & Local Privacy Architecture

Supported OSmacOS 12.0 Monterey or higher
ArchitectureARM64 (Apple Silicon) + Intel
Execution Mode100% Local On-Device Core
License AllowanceUp to 3 Active Macs
Local Data Privacy Guarantee

InfoScrub inspects binary headers locally in RAM. Your images, documents, and coordinates are never uploaded to, cached on, or transmitted to any remote server.

100% Offline Operation Truth

100% offline. Operates with zero network calls, telemetry daemons, or cloud dependencies.

Part of the Usefulware Toolkit

Need multiple utilities? Combine InfoScrub with any 2 other tools in our 10-app catalogue for $12.00 in the Trio Pack (save 20%), or get all 10 current tools with maintenance updates included for $19.00.

Clear Commercial Terms

InfoScrub Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Usefulware licensing, activation, and offline guarantees.

No. InfoScrub processes files locally on your Mac. Your photos, documents, location coordinates, and hardware serials are never uploaded to remote servers.

Workflow Continuity

Works Well With InfoScrub

Complementary single-purpose utilities designed to connect seamlessly with your workflow:

Complementary Utility$5.00 one-time

ImageShrink

Make any image under 2 MB — or your exact target size — in seconds.

Compress photos to exact byte budgets (under 200 KB, 2 MB, or custom) in seconds without manual quality guesswork.

Workflow SynergySanitize sensitive EXIF and location data, then optimize file weight for low-bandwidth upload.
3 Macs • Local on-device
Complementary Utility$5.00 one-time

PDFPrep

Get your PDF ready to submit.

Standardize page sizes (A4/Letter), flatten forms into permanent vectors, remove blank pages, and add Bates numbering for final submissions.

Workflow SynergyClean photo metadata, then scrub PDF author tags and revisions before filing.
3 Macs • Local on-device
Ready to Solve This?

Get InfoScrub for macOS

One-time purchase of $5.00. Perpetual license for up to 3 personal Macs. 100% offline core, zero subscriptions, and an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee.

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