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54 lines
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# Copy Guidelines
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## Tone
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- Calm
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- Direct
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- Reassuring
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- Technical only when necessary
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## Product Voice
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- Explain what happened first.
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- Explain impact second.
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- Offer a next step every time.
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- Avoid fear-based maintenance language.
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## Good Patterns
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- `Results may be incomplete without Full Disk Access.`
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- `You can keep using limited mode and grant access later.`
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- `Most selected actions are recoverable.`
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## Avoid
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- `Critical error`
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- `Illegal operation`
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- `You must allow this`
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- `Your Mac is at risk`
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## CTA Style
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- Use clear verbs: `Retry`, `Open System Settings`, `Review Plan`, `Restore`
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- Avoid generic CTA labels such as `OK` and `Continue`
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## Glossary
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- `Scan` — read-only analysis that collects findings; it never removes anything by itself.
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- `Cleanup Plan` / `Uninstall Plan` — the actionable set of reviewed steps Atlas proposes from current findings.
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- `Review` — the user checks the plan before it runs. Avoid using `preview` as the primary noun when the UI is really showing a plan.
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- `Run Plan` / `Run Uninstall` — apply a reviewed plan. Use this for the action that changes the system.
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- `Reclaimable Space` — the estimated space the current plan can free. Make it explicit when the value recalculates after execution.
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- `Recoverable` — Atlas can restore the result from History while the retention window is still open.
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- `App Footprint` — the current disk space an app uses.
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- `Leftover Files` — extra support files, caches, or launch items related to an app uninstall.
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- `Limited Mode` — Atlas works with partial permissions and asks for more access only when a specific workflow needs it.
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## Consistency Rules
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- Prefer `plan` over `preview` when referring to the actionable object the user can run.
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- Use `review` for the decision step before execution, not for the execution step itself.
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- If a button opens macOS settings, label it `Open System Settings` instead of implying Atlas grants access directly.
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- Distinguish `current plan` from `remaining items after execution` whenever reclaimable-space values can change.
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- Keep permission language calm and reversible: explain what access unlocks, whether it can wait, and what the next step is.
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