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How to take a scrolling screenshot on a Mac

macOS’s own screenshot tools cannot scroll: Cmd + Shift + 3, Cmd + Shift + 4 and the Cmd + Shift + 5 toolbar capture only what is on the screen. To take a scrolling screenshot of a web page on a Mac, use the browser instead. In Firefox, press Cmd + Shift + S and click Save full page. In Chrome, use the Capture full size screenshot command in DevTools. Or use an extension that captures the whole page and lets you edit it first.

Last updated 27 October 2026 · Checked on macOS 14 Sonoma.

A scrolling screenshot, a screenshot of the whole page and a full page screenshot are the same result: one image of the page from top to bottom, including everything below the fold. The same browser methods work on Windows and Linux with their own shortcuts, covered in scrolling screenshots on desktop.

What the Mac’s own screenshot tools do

• Cmd + Shift + 3 captures the entire screen.
• Cmd + Shift + 4 captures an area you drag. Press Space after it to capture a single window.
• Cmd + Shift + 5 opens a toolbar with the same choices — entire screen, a window, a selection — plus screen recording.

None of these takes a scrolling screenshot. A window capture is a picture of the window as it is now, so on a long page you get the part that fits on screen and nothing below it. By default the files land on the Desktop; Options in the Cmd + Shift + 5 toolbar changes the folder.

Scrolling screenshot on Mac in Firefox

1. Press Cmd + Shift + S, or right-click an empty part of the page and choose Take Screenshot.
2. Click Save full page at the top right.
3. Click Download. Firefox saves a PNG of the whole page into your Downloads folder.

This is the easiest built-in route on a Mac. Its limits — PNG only, no editing step, and pages whose lower part comes back blank — are in full page screenshot in Firefox.

Scrolling screenshot on Mac in Chrome

1. Press Cmd + Option + I to open DevTools.
2. Press Cmd + Shift + P to open the Command Menu.
3. Type screenshot and choose Capture full size screenshot. Chrome downloads a PNG of the whole page.

There is no preview and no way to edit it before it is saved. Where this command falls short on long pages and lazy-loaded images is in how to take a full page screenshot in Chrome.

Scrolling screenshot on Mac in Edge

Right-click the page, choose Web capture, then Capture full page. Edge saves the result as a JPEG, and its full-page mode renders dense pages slightly reduced. The details are in where Edge’s Web capture stops.

Safari

OpenCapture does not run in Safari. Safari’s File › Export as PDF saves the page as a PDF. For a full page screenshot as an image, open the same page in Firefox, Chrome or Edge and use one of the methods above.

Screenshot the whole page on a Mac, then edit it

The built-in methods give you a raw image. If the next step is cropping off a cookie banner, pointing at something, or blurring an email address before you send it, an extension saves the round trip through another app. OpenCapture works on a Mac in Chrome, Edge and Firefox:

1. Click the toolbar icon on the page you want.
2. Choose full page. The page is scrolled and stitched into one image, pixel-exact at the display’s pixel ratio, so a capture on a Retina screen keeps its full sharpness.
3. Crop, draw, add text or blur in the editor, with undo.
4. Export as PNG or PDF, or copy it to the clipboard.

It is free, needs no account, and nothing is uploaded: the capture runs on your Mac, and the source is on GitHub. To save a page as a PDF without page breaks, see webpage to PDF.

Questions

Can a Mac take a scrolling screenshot without an app?

Not with macOS’s own tools: Cmd + Shift + 3, Cmd + Shift + 4 and Cmd + Shift + 5 capture only what is on screen. For a web page, the browser can do it. In Firefox press Cmd + Shift + S and click Save full page; in Chrome use Capture full size screenshot in DevTools.

How do I screenshot an entire page on a Mac in Safari?

OpenCapture does not run in Safari. Safari can save the page with File › Export as PDF. For a full page screenshot as an image, open the page in Firefox, Chrome or Edge.

Where do scrolling screenshots go on a Mac?

Screenshots taken with Cmd + Shift + 3, 4 or 5 go to the Desktop unless you change the folder in the Cmd + Shift + 5 Options menu. Captures saved from Firefox, Chrome, Edge or an extension go to your browser’s download folder.