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Find anything you saw on your Mac.

TimeScroll makes your Mac’s past instantly searchable—private by design, free forever.

Designed for focus

🗓️ Timeline

See your day as a clean, scrollable timeline. Jump to any moment in time.

🔍 Search by text

Search any word that appeared on your screen. TimeScroll highlights matches directly in the snapshot.

⚡ Smart & lightweight

Optimizing power, memory and storage is top priority. Everything is built with efficiency in mind.

🔎 Take a closer look...

Pinch to zoom, pan, and copy or save snapshots with a click.

📊 App segments

Visually understand how your time was spent across apps.

🔒 Privacy.

Snapshots and search live entirely on your Mac. Nothing leaves your device.

Demo

Sample screenshot
Google Drive video

How it works

Snapshots (not video)

Your Mac periodically saves snapshots to help you revisit what you saw. By default, every 5 seconds.

Searchable text

Text in snapshots becomes indexed and searchable so you can find anything fast.

Browse by time or app

Jump by time, app, or search to get back to what matters.

Getting started

Install

Right‑click Open, allow Screen Recording when prompted, and you’re set.

Open install guide

Free forever

TimeScroll is free forever. If it helps you, consider supporting development! <3

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Download for macOS
macOS 13+, Universal
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