About JOV

Three Mac apps

JOV makes three apps for the Mac:

• JOV Office opens and edits Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files and saves them back in the same formats.
• JOV Cleaner clears cache files that apps rebuild on their own, and helps you find large files and duplicates and uninstall apps.
• JOV Control turns an iPad, a phone or another computer into a control pad for your Mac.

They are native Mac apps, written for macOS.

Where they come from

You download the apps from this website. They aren’t in the Mac App Store. Each app checks for new versions itself and offers to install them, and the Changelog lists what changed in each one.

Why macOS asks you to allow them

Because the apps don’t come from the App Store, the first time you open one macOS says it can’t check the app. You allow it once: click Done, then open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. After that it opens like any other app. The install steps on each app’s page show every click.

Your files stay on your Mac

JOV Office opens and saves your documents on your Mac and never sends them to us. JOV Cleaner scans and cleans on your Mac and sends no file names. JOV Control’s pad talks to your Mac over your own network.

What the apps do send is an anonymous install count and, only if you agree, crash reports. This website counts page views without cookies. The Privacy Policy describes each of these exactly.

Questions

Each app’s page answers the common questions, and the Contact page says how to reach us.