Here are the best ways to take scrolling screenshots on a Mac.

To get into the feature, you first need to turn on the Developer controls in Safari.

Go to Safari > prefs > Advanced and click “Show Features for Web Developers”.

A MacBook Air under a wooden table with the MacOS home screen and an illustration representing the scrolling screenshot, in the center

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Now load up the web page you want to screenshot and go to Develop > Show Web Inspector.

A panel will open at the bottom of the screen.

To take your screenshot, see to it the Elements tab is selected at the top of the panel.

The Show Features for Web Developers setting in Safari.

From the dialog box that opens, click “Capture Screenshot.”

You’ll now be prompted to choose where to back up your image.

Click “Save” and you’re done.

The Inspect Element screen in Safari showing the Capture Screenshot option.

For Safari, you caninstall an extensionto capture scrolling screenshots.

Head toFireShoton the Mac App Store and download it by clicking “Get” followed by “Install.”

Now open Safari and go to Safari > configs > Extensions and locate FireShot in the Installed pane.

The FireShot page in the Mac App Store.

Check the box alongside the name to activate the extension.

For security reasons, it’s better not to do this.

Now load up the page you want to screenshot in Safari.

The FireShot settings page in Safari.

You’ll see that a FireShot icon has been added to the toolbar alongside the address bar.

smack the icon again, followed by “Capture Entire Page.”

There are many web services that can capture full-screen screenshots of websites.

Screenshot showing the permission option in FireShot.

FullPageScreenCapture.com is as good as any.

It takes a few seconds to process.

Once it’s done, you’ll see the image displayed on the site.

The Capture Entire Page option in FireShot.

you could use the app for free for as long as you like.

After 30 days, it will occasionally ask you if you want to pay for it.

The app isn’t available through the Mac App Store.

The Full Page Screen Capture website.

Instead, download it from the officialShottrwebsite andinstall it to get started.

Your mouse pointer will turn into a crosshair.

Click in the top-left corner of the area you want to screenshot, then drag to the bottom-right.

Saving a full page screenshot in Safari.

When you let go of the mouse button, the screen will begin to scroll up.

Your screenshot will open in a preview window.

you’re free to annotate or crop it, or smack the Save icon to save it.

The Scrolling Capture setting in Shottr.

If you wrap up the preview accidentally, poke the Shottr icon and select “Reopen Shottr.”

It’s easy to take scrolling screenshots on a Mac.