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Cross-device sync (technical details)

Last verified: May 2026

What syncs

  • Block definitions — items, lock type, activation schedule, AI task context, enforcement level.
  • Preferences — Pomodoro defaults, AI settings, UI choices.
  • Daily stats rollups — aggregated focus minutes and drift counts per day.
  • Subscription entitlements — Pro and AI Focus access propagate to every signed-in device.

What doesn't sync

  • Per-second usage logs — the raw activity stream stays on the device that recorded it.
  • Screenshots — never written to disk, never synced.
  • The classifier drift log — local to the device.
  • Daemon enforcement config — every Mac enforces from its own root-owned config so a network outage never breaks enforcement.

Sync substrate

Sync runs through our authentication and storage partner on EU-hosted infrastructure. Your blocks and rollups live keyed to your account. The Mac app reads and writes through an authenticated API; the daemon doesn't touch the network and works entirely off the local config.

Conflict resolution

Block config uses last-write-wins. If you edit the same block on two Macs simultaneously, the later save overwrites the earlier one. Sub-second conflicts are rare; deliberate concurrent edits are unsupported.

Signing out and switching Macs

  • Sign out on Mac A: local blocks and stats stay on Mac A; the server copy is untouched.
  • Sign in on Mac B: server blocks and stats download. Existing local blocks on Mac B are merged in (no destructive overwrite).
  • Sign in on Mac A again later: server config syncs back down — Mac A may have outdated blocks until the next sync tick.
Signing out does NOT disable active blocks on the device — the daemon enforces independently of account state. To uninstall cleanly, end your blocks first.
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