Local-first Mac vault

Nook

A private, local-first vault for the records, notes, contacts, cards, and warranties you need to keep close.

On your Mac · No cloud sync in the current app · Not generic AI chat

Nook

Warranty record

MacBook Pro

  • PurchasedMarch 2026
  • CoverageLimited warranty
  • AttachmentReceipt attached

Illustrative example. The record stays connected to its supporting details and local files.

The details that are easy to lose.

Durable personal records, organized in named compartments—not a browser bookmark graveyard.

Nook is for information you expect to need again: useful snippets, people, cards, product coverage, and the files that prove what you own.

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Snippets and notes

Keep reusable text, tags, and short notes in named nooks you control.

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Contacts

Store people and organizations with phone, email, address, and related notes.

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Cards and memberships

Keep card and membership metadata with the vault; sensitive values can stay in the macOS Keychain.

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Warranty records

Product identity, purchase and coverage dates, notes, and local attachments in one place.

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Receipts and local attachments

Attach receipts, photos, or related files to a warranty record on your Mac.

Remember what you bought—and when it is covered.

A product record with dates and files—not automatic claim approval.

Warranty records in Nook can hold product identity (manufacturer, model, serial), purchase date and retailer notes, warranty start and expiration dates, coverage notes, and local attachments such as receipts or photos.

  • Filter warranties by active, expiring soon, expired, or no end date.
  • Sort by soonest expiration so coverage windows stay visible.
  • Export a claim-packet PDF that gathers the product details and attachment names for your own use.

Nook helps you keep the record and supporting files together. It does not automatically determine whether a claim will be approved, and it does not connect to retailers, banks, or automatic document-scanning services.

Private by default.

Local storage and direct user control—not a hosted vault service.

  • Records live on your Mac. Item metadata is stored in the app’s local data store (SwiftData on device).
  • Attachments stay local. Warranty files are kept under the app’s local Application Support storage.
  • Secrets use the Keychain. Values marked secret are stored in the macOS Keychain with accessibility limited to this device when unlocked—not as iCloud-synced vault content managed by Nook.
  • No cloud sync in the current app. The Mac App Store build is sandboxed without network client entitlements for accounts, analytics, or SG1 Labs phone-home.
  • Not remote AI by default. Nook is not generic AI chat and does not send your vault to a remote AI service for classification or retrieval.

Nook is designed around local storage and direct user control. The claims here match the local-first architecture the app actually implements—not exaggerated security slogans.

Keep the record, not just the reminder.

From capture to action without scattering details across apps.

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Add the record

Capture the product, contact, card, snippet, note, or warranty details you want to keep.

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Attach the supporting file

Keep a receipt, warranty terms, or related local attachment with the warranty record.

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Find it when it matters

Use named nooks (compartments), filters, and search across titles, tags, and notes to get back to the information.

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Act with the details in hand

Use the record for renewal checks, warranty questions, contact follow-up, or a claim-packet PDF export.

Focused by design.

Separate products. Separate jobs. Explicit handoffs later—not silent cross-product search now.

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Nook

Owns durable personal records, sensitive vault data, contacts, cards, notes, warranties, receipts, and local attachments.

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Document Desk

Owns evidence-heavy documents, page citations, obligations, comparisons, and grounded briefs.

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LifeCapture

Owns memories, photos, journals, events, and timeline context.

These products remain separate. Nook does not silently search or expose records from Document Desk or LifeCapture, and future handoffs would be explicit and user-controlled. Universal Hearth search is not described as currently available.

Keep the important details close.

Keep the things you need close without handing your private records to another cloud service.

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