Terms and Conditions

59sek (macOS App)

Last updated: August 25, 2026

These Terms and Conditions apply to the use of the macOS application 59sek ("59sek"), provided by:

Max Anton Schneider
c/o MDC Management #1582
Welserstraße 3
87463 Dietmannsried
Germany

Email: info@maxantonschneider.com

Professional title: Software Developer
Small-business VAT exemption pursuant to Section 19 of the German Value Added Tax Act (UStG)

1. Scope and App Store Terms

These Terms apply to the use of 59sek.

59sek is distributed through Apple's Mac App Store. Your acquisition, download, payment, refund, and use of the Mac App Store are also governed by Apple's applicable terms and the applicable App Store end-user licence agreement.

Unless a Custom EULA is provided through App Store Connect, Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies. These Terms supplement the applicable Apple terms. Where Apple's mandatory terms or mandatory consumer-protection law takes precedence, those provisions remain unaffected.

The provider and licensor of 59sek is Max Anton Schneider. Apple is not the developer or operator of 59sek.

2. Function of the Application

59sek is a menu-bar macOS application that splits a compatible video into a sequence of shorter clips.

Core functionality may include:

• selecting or dragging a supported video into the application;
• reading technical video metadata and generating a local thumbnail;
• selecting a preset or custom maximum clip length;
• calculating sequential video segments;
• exporting clips locally through Apple's AVFoundation technologies;
• preserving compatible video and audio streams without re-encoding where supported;
• assigning sequential filenames;
• avoiding intentional overwriting by selecting an available filename;
• choosing or remembering an export folder;
• displaying export progress and allowing cancellation;
• revealing completed clips in Finder;
• optionally starting 59sek at login; and
• optionally displaying a local export-completion notification.

The precise functionality, system requirements, supported formats, and availability of individual features are described in the current App Store listing and the version of the application installed by you.

3. System Requirements

59sek requires a compatible Mac running macOS 15.0 or later, sufficient memory and storage, and the technical resources required to read and export the selected video.

The user is responsible for checking the system requirements displayed in the App Store before acquiring or installing the application.

Processing speed, resource use, and export compatibility may depend on factors including:

• the Mac model and available processor resources;
• available memory and storage;
• video duration, resolution, frame rate, format, codec, and file size;
• the structure and placement of keyframes or media samples;
• the condition and integrity of the source file;
• the speed and availability of the selected storage location; and
• other applications running on the device.

4. Licence

Subject to payment of the applicable purchase price, compliance with these Terms, and Apple's applicable licence terms, you receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable right to install and use 59sek on compatible Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by Apple's Usage Rules, including applicable Family Sharing or volume-purchase rules.

The application is licensed, not sold.

Except where expressly permitted by mandatory law, an applicable open-source licence, or Apple's terms, you may not:

• reproduce or distribute the application;
• rent, lease, sublicense, sell, or commercially redistribute the application itself;
• circumvent technical protection mechanisms;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the application; or
• remove copyright, trademark, licence, or attribution notices.

5. Your Videos and Exported Clips

We do not claim ownership of videos you import or clips exported from them.

You may use exported clips, including for commercial purposes, to the extent that you hold all rights and permissions required for the source video, its audio, depicted or recorded persons, music, performances, trademarks, designs, and intended use.

Splitting a video does not create or transfer rights in the source material. You remain solely responsible for determining whether your use of a source video or exported clip is lawful.

6. Purchases and Pricing

Purchases are processed through Apple's Mac App Store.

59sek is offered as a one-time purchase. The price displayed by Apple at the time of acquisition applies and may differ by country or region. Apple is responsible for payment processing and may apply taxes, currency conversions, regional pricing, or other App Store conditions.

59sek does not require a recurring subscription or in-app purchase unless the current App Store listing expressly states otherwise for a future version.

Invoices, payment confirmations, billing questions, and App Store payment issues are generally handled through Apple. Statutory consumer rights remain unaffected.

7. Withdrawal, Refunds, and Consumer Rights

Where 59sek is acquired through the Mac App Store, cancellation and refund requests must generally be submitted through Apple and are handled in accordance with Apple's applicable rules and mandatory consumer-protection law.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits a statutory right of withdrawal, refund, repair, replacement, price reduction, termination, update, or damages where such a right applies.

8. Updates and Compatibility

We may provide updates to:

• fix errors;
• improve export reliability or performance;
• address security issues;
• maintain compatibility with macOS or Apple technologies;
• support additional containers or codecs; or
• add, change, or remove functionality where legally permitted.

Updates may require a newer version of macOS or compatible hardware.

Mandatory statutory obligations concerning updates for digital products, including required security updates, remain unaffected. We do not guarantee indefinite compatibility with operating-system versions, hardware, storage providers, video formats, codecs, or Apple technologies that are no longer supported by their providers.

9. Video Splitting and Technical Limitations

59sek uses Apple's media frameworks and attempts to export compatible streams without re-encoding. Video splitting and passthrough export are not error-free and are subject to the technical characteristics of the source file and the capabilities of macOS.

59sek does not guarantee that every file using a supported extension can be read or exported. A file extension such as MP4, MOV, or M4V does not by itself guarantee that the codecs, tracks, metadata, or internal container structure are compatible.

Depending on the media, output timing and segment boundaries may be affected by sample timing, keyframes, codec structure, or limitations of Apple's export frameworks. The last clip may be shorter than the selected maximum length. A source video shorter than the selected clip length may be exported as a single clip.

The application does not guarantee:

• compatibility with every video or audio codec;
• exact frame-level boundaries for every source format;
• acceptance of exported clips by a particular social-media service, broadcaster, editor, or platform;
• uninterrupted export when storage becomes unavailable or full;
• recovery of damaged or incomplete source files; or
• suitability of an exported clip for a particular purpose.

You must review exported clips, including timing, audio, orientation, completeness, and compatibility, before relying on, publishing, deleting, or replacing the source material.

10. Local Processing and Data Responsibility

59sek is designed to process selected videos locally on your Mac. Further details are provided in the Privacy Policy.

You are responsible for:

• securely storing source videos and exported clips;
• maintaining appropriate backups;
• protecting access to your Mac;
• ensuring sufficient free storage;
• selecting the correct destination before exporting;
• reviewing exported files before use or publication;
• protecting confidential or sensitive media; and
• deleting files that are no longer required.

We cannot recover source videos, clips, preferences, folder bookmarks, or application data that are lost, overwritten, corrupted, or deleted on your device.

11. Lawful and Acceptable Use

You may use 59sek only with content that you are legally permitted to access and process.

You are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws and third-party rights, including:

• privacy and data-protection law;
• personality and publicity rights;
• copyright, trademark, design, performance, and related rights;
• music and audiovisual licensing requirements;
• confidentiality obligations;
• employment and workplace rules; and
• contractual or platform restrictions.

You may not use 59sek:

• for unlawful purposes;
• to infringe intellectual-property or personality rights;
• to process or distribute videos obtained without required authorisation;
• to create or distribute unlawful content;
• to misrepresent edited or segmented media as authentic where doing so would be unlawful or deceptive;
• to interfere with the application's operation or security; or
• in a manner that violates Apple's applicable terms.

12. Apple Technologies and Third-Party Terms

59sek is built using Apple technologies, including Swift, SwiftUI, AppKit, AVFoundation, UserNotifications, and Service Management. Those technologies form part of Apple's platforms and are subject to Apple's applicable terms.

The current application does not include third-party analytics, advertising, cloud-processing, or crash-reporting SDKs.

Apple does not operate, sponsor, endorse, or provide 59sek merely because Apple frameworks, the Mac App Store, or Apple-branded terms are referenced or used. Apple names and trademarks remain the property of Apple Inc.

You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using 59sek, including terms that apply to source videos, music, storage locations, connected services, and platforms to which you upload exported clips.

13. Availability and Technical Limitations

We aim to provide a functional and reliable application but cannot guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation in every hardware, operating-system, media, codec, storage, and workflow configuration.

Temporary or permanent limitations may result from:

• software errors;
• operating-system updates;
• hardware, memory, or storage limitations;
• unsupported, protected, incomplete, or corrupted files;
• removable, network, or cloud-backed storage becoming unavailable; or
• changes made by Apple or other platform providers.

Mandatory rights relating to the conformity of digital products remain unaffected.

14. Statutory Warranty Rights

Consumers are entitled to the mandatory statutory warranty rights applicable to digital products. Nothing in these Terms limits those rights.

Any description of 59sek in the App Store, mandatory pre-contractual information, and expressly agreed product characteristics remain relevant when assessing conformity under applicable law.

15. Liability

We are liable without limitation:

• in cases of intent or gross negligence;
• for injury to life, body, or health;
• under applicable product-liability law;
• where a guarantee has expressly been given; and
• in other cases where liability cannot legally be excluded or limited.

In cases of slight negligence, we are liable only for the breach of an essential contractual obligation whose fulfilment is necessary for proper performance of the contract and on which the user may ordinarily rely. In such cases, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.

The above limitations also apply to our legal representatives and agents. Mandatory consumer rights and liability provisions remain unaffected.

16. No Professional or Platform-Specific Assessment

59sek is a technical video utility. An exported clip does not constitute verification of ownership, consent, authenticity, editorial accuracy, platform compliance, copyright clearance, advertising compliance, accessibility, or suitability for professional delivery.

Clip-length presets do not guarantee acceptance by a specific social-media service or other platform. Platform specifications can change and may include requirements beyond duration, including codec, aspect ratio, resolution, file size, audio, metadata, or content rules.

You remain responsible for reviewing the result and determining whether it is suitable for your intended purpose.

17. Termination

You may stop using and uninstall 59sek at any time.

Your licence may end if you materially violate these Terms or the applicable App Store licence conditions, subject to applicable law.

Provisions that by their nature should continue to apply after termination, including intellectual-property, liability, and governing-law provisions, remain applicable.

18. Apple-Specific Terms

You acknowledge that these Terms are concluded between you and the application provider, not Apple.

To the extent required by Apple's applicable terms:

• the application provider, rather than Apple, is responsible for 59sek and its content;
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support services for 59sek;
• the application provider is responsible for addressing product claims, except where applicable law provides otherwise;
• Apple is not responsible for third-party intellectual-property claims relating to 59sek, except where applicable law provides otherwise;
• you must comply with applicable third-party terms when using 59sek;
• you represent that you are not located in a country subject to a relevant United States Government embargo and are not listed on a relevant United States Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
• Apple and its subsidiaries may be third-party beneficiaries of the applicable licence terms; and
• Apple may enforce applicable licence provisions against you.

These provisions do not limit any rights you may have directly against Apple under Apple's own terms or applicable law.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms where reasonably necessary, for example because of:

• changes to 59sek;
• legal or regulatory requirements;
• security considerations;
• changes to Apple's platform; or
• clarification of existing provisions.

Changes will not retroactively remove rights already acquired by consumers. Where required, users will be informed of material changes in an appropriate manner.

20. Governing Law

The laws of the Federal Republic of Germany apply, excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

For consumers, this choice of law does not deprive them of mandatory protections provided by the law of the country in which they have their habitual residence. Mandatory rules regarding jurisdiction remain unaffected.

21. Consumer Dispute Resolution

We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute-resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board, unless a legal obligation to participate applies.

22. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain unaffected. The applicable statutory provision shall take the place of the invalid or unenforceable provision.

23. Contact

Questions concerning 59sek or these Terms may be sent to:

Max Anton Schneider
c/o MDC Management #1582
Welserstraße 3
87463 Dietmannsried
Germany

Email: info@maxantonschneider.com