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TimeScroll for Mac

Private, searchable screen timeline for revisiting anything you've seen on your Mac.

By XInTheDark. Free and open source, GPL-3.0 licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

TimeScroll at a glance

Version
2.0.0
Released
8 October 2026
Download size
15 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
GPL-3.0
Category
Utilities
Developer
XInTheDark
GitHub stars
133

About TimeScroll

TimeScroll — Find anything you saw on your Mac

How to install TimeScroll on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for TimeScroll and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 2.0.0 from XInTheDark's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to TimeScroll show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: TimeScroll-2.0.0.zip (15 MB).

What is new in TimeScroll 2.0.0

v1 had a lot of issues, especially on macOS 27. This release fixes most of them and reworks storage, search and the encrypted vault.

## Major fixes

- Fixed the app freezing on launch (#16, #12).
- Fixed the encrypted vault locking people out (#15). If this happened to you, the vault turns itself off on first unlock and your data should still be there.
- Fixed HEVC recordings older than 7 days being deleted regardless of your retention setting.
- Fixed retention only running when the timeline window was open.

## Encrypted vault

The vault has been reworked and fully works on public builds now.

- You set a recovery passphrase when turning it on. Keep it somewhere safe, as it's the only way to get your data back if the keychain is reset.
- Unlock with Touch ID or your Mac password.
- Recording keeps going (and stays encrypted) while the vault is locked.
- Turning the vault off decrypts your data.

## Timeline

- You can scroll back through your whole history now. Before, only the last ~1000 captures (a few hours) were loaded.
- New captures show up without resetting your scroll position.
- The latest capture shows at full resolution instead of a blurry preview.
- Fixed the previous screenshot sometimes showing when a frame failed to load.

## Storage
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