Download for Mac

Version 4.5 (build 4). Free. Requires macOS 14 or later. Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Signed and notarized by Apple.

Install

1. Open the file you downloaded.
2. In the window that appears, drag ClearScan onto the Applications folder.
3. Eject the ClearScan disk image, then open ClearScan from Applications.
4. Turn on your scanner. ClearScan finds it automatically. To use your iPhone instead, click Scan with iPhone.

What it does

Scanning

• Works with document scanners that have a macOS driver — USB, Wi‑Fi or shared — and connects to your scanner automatically
• Sheet-fed scanners scan as soon as you insert a page, and long receipts come through in one piece
• Scan with iPhone: use your iPhone or iPad camera to scan page after page until you're done
• Scan profiles for documents, black-and-white text, receipts and photos, or save your own
• Uses your scanner's own options when it has them, such as automatic paper size, punch-hole removal and descreening

Clean pages, automatically

• Finds the page edges, straightens it and turns it the right way up
• Trims dark scanner backgrounds and skips blank pages
• Document, grayscale, black-and-white and photo enhancement, plus crop, straighten, brightness and contrast
• Outputs pages at exactly US Letter, A4 or Legal size when you choose one

Searchable PDFs with smart names

• Recognizes the text on every page, so your PDFs are searchable and you can copy text from them
• Suggests a file name from the document itself: the date, the company and the invoice or receipt number, for example 2026-10-28 Capital Vision Care (#5010346S)
• Save as PDF (with an optional password), multi-page TIFF, JPEG, PNG, HEIC or plain text

Easy to work with

• Drag thumbnails to reorder, click to zoom, use the arrow keys and the space bar to move around
• Delete, rotate and edit pages, with undo if you change your mind
• Print with Fit to Page, Fill Paper or Actual Size, or share and email straight from the app
• Combine fronts and backs for two-sided documents on single-sided scanners
• Drag in images and PDFs you already have to clean them up the same way

Privacy

ClearScan does everything on your Mac, including text recognition. It has no account, no ads and sends no data anywhere. See the ClearScan privacy section.