Local AI that finds sensitive files on your Mac before attackers do

VaultSort 4.4.0 introduces Guardian, a local AI tool that scans Mac folders for sensitive files like identity documents, financial records, credentials, and medical files entirely on-device with no uploads or network calls. The $24.99 one-time purchase app runs read-only scans, ranks findings by severity, and offers one-click encryption via Touch ID or YubiKey, with no persistent storage of reports.

Home / Guardian Find what should be locked. Lock it. Guardian scans the folders you choose for identity documents, financial records, credentials, and medical files — entirely on your Mac. Nothing is ever uploaded. See how it works ↓ how-it-works Free update for existing users · New to VaultSort? $24.99 one-time, no subscription Every “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 calls The analysis happens on-device, including reading text inside images. Nothing about your files leaves your Mac during a scan. Read-only by design Guardian never moves, changes, or deletes anything on its own. It reports what it finds — you decide what happens next. Nothing is stored The report lives only in memory. Guardian doesn’t create a persistent map of your sensitive files on disk. Four 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 documents Passports, driver’s licenses, Social Security cards — scans and photos of the documents that prove who you are. Financial & payment details Bank statements, tax returns, card numbers — anything that describes or accesses your money. Credentials & keys Password exports, recovery codes, SSH and API keys — the files that unlock everything else. Medical & legal records Medical 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. Choose folders Point Guardian at Desktop, Downloads, Documents — any folders you want reviewed. You decide the scope. Scan on-device Guardian reads file contents and metadata locally, ranks findings by severity, and flags any sitting in a cloud-synced folder. Encrypt in one click Select the findings you care about and hand them straight to Encrypt. Confirm with Touch ID or your YubiKey — done. Your 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. Also shipped alongside Guardian Guardian was the headline of VaultSort 4.4.0. Here's what else came with it. Smart Categorize reads images now Turn on OCR to sort screenshots and photos by the text inside them — recognition runs fully on-device. Smarter photo handling Images group by kind and get named from what’s actually in them, plus a new Videos group. Redesigned Rule Builder Cleaner panels, plain-language rule summaries, live validation, keyboard shortcuts. Content search in scheduled jobs Rules 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. Frequently asked questions Everything you need to know before running Guardian on your Mac. More questions? Contact support → /contact 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. Read the announcement → /blog/meet-guardian-vaultsort-4-4-0