Settings

Open Settings from the gear in the sidebar footer. It has six sections. This page lists every setting, what it does, and its range or default where one is known.

General

Labeled Updates & app.

Setting	What it does	Range or default
Check automatically for updates	Looks for new versions on launch and in the background.	Toggle, on by default
Check for updates now	Checks immediately and shows your current version.	Button

See Updates and versions for how updates install.

Profile

Labeled Account & appearance.

Setting	What it does	Range or default
Account details	Shows your profile name and Member since date. A profile is local and name-only. No email, no password.	Read-only
Theme palette	Picks the color palette Curator uses.	Swappable
Appearance	The app is always dark. You can swap the palette and accent, but not switch to a light theme.	Always dark

Storage

Labeled Backends & sync.

Setting	What it does	Range or default
Add Folder	Connects a folder on this Mac as a storage source.	Native folder picker
Connect cloud storage	Connects an S3-compatible bucket. Fields are Display name, Endpoint, Access Key, Secret Key, bucket, and an SSL toggle. The connection is tested before it is saved.	S3-compatible
Sync	Re-scans a source to pick up new, renamed, modified, and deleted files.	Per source
Delete a source	Removes a source and the data Curator built for it. Your real files are never touched.	Per source

See Manage sources for the full workflow.

AI & Models

Labeled Ollama & assignments.

Setting	What it does	Range or default
Ollama Base URL	The address of the Ollama engine Curator talks to.	Default http://localhost:11434
Connection test	Tests the Ollama connection and shows a status badge. States are Not tested, Testing, Connected, and Offline.	Badge
Model assignments	Sets which model handles each task.	One model per task
Pull recommended models	Downloads the models Curator suggests for your Mac.	Sized to your RAM

See Models and assignments for the full list of tasks.

Processing

Labeled Pipeline & automation.

Setting	What it does	Range or default
Concurrent jobs	How many files Curator processes at once. Higher uses more RAM.	1 to 4
Max chunk size	The largest piece of text Curator splits a file into for search.	1k to 8k characters
Max content size	The most text Curator reads from a single file.	25k to 250k characters
Process on upload	Processes files automatically when you upload them.	Toggle
Process on scan	Processes new files found during a sync.	Toggle
Auto-categorize on upload	Assigns an AI category to files as they upload.	Toggle
Clear Past Jobs	Removes finished jobs from the queue history.	Button

Logs

Labeled Diagnostics & traces.

Setting	What it does	Range or default
Application logs	Shows the app’s log output for troubleshooting.	View only
Organization traces	Shows a per-run trace of how the Organize screen built its clusters.	Per run