1. 协议的接受与适用范围

本协议适用于通过 Mac App Store 提供的 Cove macOS 应用(下称“本应用”)。当你下载、安装或使用本应用时,即表示你已阅读并同意本协议;如果你不同意,请停止使用并删除本应用。

本协议由你与 App Store 产品页面所列、以 One Nexus Design 品牌运营的个人开发者(下称“我们”)订立。关于数据处理的说明,请一并阅读隐私政策,它构成本协议的一部分。

若你未满当地法律规定的完全民事行为能力年龄,请在监护人阅读并同意本协议后使用。

2. 许可与使用限制

在你遵守本协议的前提下,我们授予你一项个人的、非独占的、不可转让、可撤销的许可,用于在你拥有或控制的 Apple 设备上安装并使用本应用,范围以 Apple《App Store 服务条款》所允许的为限。

你同意不进行下列行为:

  • 对本应用进行反编译、反向工程、拆解,或试图获取其源代码(适用法律明确允许的除外);
  • 复制、出租、出借、转售、再许可或以其他方式分发本应用;
  • 绕过、移除或破坏应用中的技术限制、标识或版权声明;
  • 利用自动化手段异常调用系统或网络服务,或以可能损害应用、其他用户、Apple 服务或第三方网站的方式使用本应用;
  • 将本应用用于违反适用法律或侵害他人权益的用途。

3. 你的内容与使用责任

你在 Cove 中创建或导入的笔记、日记、任务、标签、图片、视频、文件和其他材料(下称“你的内容”)仍归你或原权利人所有。我们不会因本协议取得使用、复制、展示、训练模型或发布你的内容的授权。

你应确保有权在设备上存储、编辑、导出或分享相应内容,并对内容及其使用方式负责。请勿使用本应用处理违法内容、侵害他人知识产权或隐私的内容,或实施其他违反适用法律的行为。

当你导出、分享或将内容交给第三方应用时,由你决定分享对象与范围,并承担相应后果。第三方接收后的处理不受本协议控制。

4. 存储、同步与内容锁定

你的内容默认保存在 Mac、应用容器或你通过系统文件选择器明确指定的资料库位置。你可以建立本地备份、导入和导出资料,也可以选择开启 iCloud 同步。

开启同步后,内容会通过 Apple CloudKit 进入你 iCloud 账户下的 Cove 私有数据库。Apple 与你的账户设置控制云端保存、恢复和删除。我们没有 Cove 账号系统,也无法通过邮箱替你定位、导出或恢复设备或个人 iCloud 中的笔记。

软件、存储设备、文件系统和云服务都可能发生故障、损坏、冲突或中断。请为重要内容保留独立且可验证的备份,并在执行大规模导入、迁移或删除前确认备份可用。

5. 设备要求与第三方服务

本应用需要 macOS 14 或更高版本。iCloud 同步、地点、天气、链接预览和远程图片等功能需要网络连接、相应系统权限或 Apple 服务;未授权、未登录 iCloud 或无网络时,相关功能会降级或不可用。

本应用使用 Apple 提供的 CloudKit、iCloud 键值存储、定位、地理编码、WeatherKit、照片选择器与 App Store,也可能按你的操作访问网页以生成链接预览。这些服务或网站按其自身条款与政策运行,我们无法控制其可用性、内容或准确性。

系统或第三方服务的更新、变更或中止,可能导致本应用的部分功能失效;我们会在合理范围内适配,但不承诺任何功能永久可用。

6. 费用与购买

当前版本可从 Mac App Store 免费下载和使用,不包含订阅或应用内购买。若未来增加付费功能,我们会在购买前明确展示价格、周期和具体权益,并在需要时更新本协议。

应用的下载、地区可用性以及未来可能发生的付款或退款由 Apple 按其政策处理。我们不直接收取或保存你的支付信息。

7. 知识产权

本应用及其名称“Cove”、标志、图标、界面设计、插画、动效、文案、字体编排与代码,均归 One Nexus Design 或相应权利人所有,并受著作权、商标权等法律保护。本协议仅授予使用许可,不发生任何权利转让。

本应用中使用的第三方字体、开源组件与素材,遵循其各自的许可条款。

未经书面许可,不得将本应用的名称、标志或界面用于宣传、二次开发或商业用途。你为个人目的分享自己创作或导出的内容不受此限。

8. 免责声明与责任限制

在适用法律允许的最大范围内,本应用按“现状”与“现有”提供,我们不作出任何明示或默示的保证,包括适销性、特定用途适用性、不侵权,以及运行不中断、无错误或数据不丢失的保证。

在适用法律允许的最大范围内,对于因使用或无法使用本应用而产生的间接、附带、特殊、惩罚性或后果性损害,包括内容丢失、工作中断或利润损失,我们不承担责任。

在任何情况下,我们就本协议承担的累计赔偿责任,以你为本应用实际支付的金额为限;若你未支付任何费用,则以适用法律允许的最低限度为限。

部分法域不允许排除某些保证或限制某些责任。上述限制在该等法域内以法律允许的最大范围适用,且不影响你依消费者保护法享有的法定权利。

9. 终止

你可以随时停止使用本应用并将其删除,本协议随之终止。删除应用通常会移除应用容器内的数据,但不会自动删除你另行选择的资料库、导出文件、备份或 iCloud 数据;请在删除前自行管理这些内容。

若你实质违反本协议,本协议项下的许可自动终止,你应停止使用并删除本应用。第 3、7、8、11 条及其性质上应当继续有效的条款,在协议终止后继续有效。

10. Apple 相关条款

本协议在你与我们之间订立,与 Apple 无关;本应用的内容、维护与支持由我们而非 Apple 负责。

  • Apple 没有义务就本应用提供任何维护与支持服务。
  • 若本应用不符合任何适用的保证,你可以通知 Apple,Apple 将向你退还购买价款(如有);在适用法律允许的最大范围内,Apple 就本应用不承担其他保证义务。
  • 因本应用引起的第三方索赔,包括产品责任、不符合法律或监管要求,以及消费者保护或类似法律下的主张,由我们负责处理。
  • 若有第三方主张本应用侵犯其知识产权,由我们负责该主张的调查、抗辩、和解与了结。
  • 你声明你不位于受美国政府禁运或被指定为“支持恐怖主义”的国家或地区,也未被列入任何美国政府的禁止或限制交易名单。
  • Apple 及其子公司是本协议的第三方受益人,在你接受本协议后有权作为受益人对你执行本协议。

11. 变更、适用法律与联系我们

我们可能因功能调整或法律要求更新本协议,并同步更新页面顶部的生效日期。重大变更会在适当情况下通过版本更新说明或应用内提示告知。更新后继续使用本应用,视为接受修订后的条款。

本协议的订立、解释与争议解决适用你所在地的法律;在不减损你依当地消费者保护法所享有的强制性权利的前提下,双方应先友好协商解决争议,协商不成的,提交有管辖权的法院处理。

1. Acceptance and scope

These terms apply to the Cove macOS app distributed through the Mac App Store (the “App”). By downloading, installing, or using the App, you confirm that you have read and accept these terms. If you do not accept them, stop using the App and delete it.

This agreement is between you and the individual developer identified on the App's App Store product page, operating under the One Nexus Design brand (“we,” “us”). Please also read the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

If you are below the age of full legal capacity where you live, use the App only after a guardian has read and accepted these terms.

2. License and restrictions

Subject to these terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the App on Apple devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

You agree not to:

  • decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the App, or attempt to derive its source code, except where applicable law expressly permits it;
  • copy, rent, lease, resell, sublicense, or otherwise distribute the App;
  • circumvent, remove, or damage technical restrictions, marks, or copyright notices in the App;
  • call system or network services abnormally through automation, or use the App in ways that could harm the App, other users, Apple's services, or third-party websites;
  • use the App for any purpose that violates applicable law or infringes the rights of others.

3. Your content and responsibilities

Notes, journal entries, tasks, tags, images, videos, files, and other material that you create or import into Cove (“your content”) remain yours or belong to their original rights holders. These terms give us no license to use, copy, display, train models on, or publish your content.

You are responsible for having the right to store, edit, export, or share the material involved and for the way you use it. Do not use the App to handle unlawful material, infringe another person's intellectual property or privacy, or otherwise violate applicable law.

When you export, share, or send content to another app, you choose the recipient and scope and accept the consequences. Processing by the recipient is outside these terms.

4. Storage, sync, and content locking

Your content is stored by default on your Mac, in the app container, or in a library location you explicitly choose through the system file picker. You can create local backups, import and export data, and optionally enable iCloud sync.

When sync is enabled, content is stored through Apple CloudKit in Cove's private database within your iCloud account. Apple and your account settings control cloud retention, recovery, and deletion. We have no Cove account system and cannot locate, export, or restore by email the notes on your device or in your personal iCloud account.

Software, storage hardware, file systems, and cloud services can fail, become damaged, conflict, or go offline. Keep independent and verified backups of important content. Confirm that a backup works before a large import, migration, or deletion.

5. Requirements and third-party services

The App requires macOS 14 or later. iCloud sync, place, weather, link preview, and remote-image features require a network connection, relevant system permissions, or Apple services. Those features degrade or become unavailable without permission, an iCloud session, or a network.

The App uses Apple's CloudKit, iCloud key-value storage, location, geocoding, WeatherKit, photo picker, and App Store services. It may also visit a website at your request to create a link preview. Those providers and sites operate under their own terms and policies, and we do not control their availability, content, or accuracy.

Updates, changes, or discontinuation of system or third-party services may break parts of the App. We will adapt within reason but do not promise that any feature remains available indefinitely.

6. Fees and purchases

The current version is free to download and use from the Mac App Store and contains no subscriptions or in-app purchases. If paid features are added later, their price, duration, and benefits will be shown before purchase, and these terms will be updated where needed.

Apple controls downloads, regional availability, and any future payment or refund under its policies. We do not directly collect or store payment information.

7. Intellectual property

The App and its name “Cove,” logo, icons, interface design, illustrations, motion, copy, typography, and code belong to One Nexus Design or the respective rights holders and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. These terms grant a license to use the App and transfer no ownership.

Third-party fonts, open-source components, and assets used in the App remain subject to their own licenses.

Do not use the App's name, logo, or interface for promotion, derivative products, or commercial purposes without written permission. Sharing content you created or exported for personal purposes is fine.

8. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranty of uninterrupted, error-free operation or preservation of data.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the App, including content loss, work disruption, or lost profits.

In any event, our aggregate liability under these terms is limited to the amount you actually paid for the App. If you paid nothing, it is limited to the minimum permitted by applicable law.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain liabilities. In those jurisdictions the limitations above apply to the greatest extent the law allows, and they do not affect your statutory consumer rights.

9. Termination

You may stop using the App and delete it at any time, which ends this agreement. Deleting the App normally removes data in its app container, but does not automatically remove a separately chosen library, exports, backups, or iCloud data. Manage those items before deletion.

If you materially breach these terms, your license ends automatically and you must stop using and delete the App. Sections 3, 7, 8, and 11, and any provisions that by their nature should survive, remain in effect after termination.

10. Apple-specific terms

This agreement is between you and us only, not with Apple. We, not Apple, are responsible for the App and its content, maintenance, and support.

  • Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services for the App.
  • If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App.
  • We are responsible for addressing third-party claims relating to the App, including product liability, failure to conform to legal or regulatory requirements, and claims under consumer protection or similar laws.
  • If a third party claims that the App infringes its intellectual property rights, we are responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
  • You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  • Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and, upon your acceptance, have the right to enforce them against you as a beneficiary.

11. Changes, governing law, and contact

We may update these terms as features change or the law requires, and will update the effective date at the top of this page. Material changes will be noted in release notes or in the App where appropriate. Continuing to use the App after an update means you accept the revised terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the place where you reside, without reducing the mandatory rights you hold under local consumer protection law. The parties will first try to resolve any dispute amicably. Failing that, it may be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction.