A big winter update! NEW * Gentle breeze: the snow now drifts softly back and forth * Wind: the new Wind slider brings gusts that sweep across all the falling snow - set it to Calm for perfectly still snow * Realistic depth: nearer snowflakes are larger, brighter and fall faster * Snowflakes now drift and tumble as they fall * Pause Snow from the menu bar * Pro: choose Classic, Crystal, Star or Plate snowflakes, or a Mixed snowfall * Pro: Pastel or Festive multicoloured snow IMPROVED * A brand new, far more efficient snow engine - much lighter on your Mac * Snow pauses automatically while your Mac sleeps or is locked, for better battery life * Smoother Wind and Flurries sliders * A tidier Settings window * More reliable in-app purchase and Restore FIXED * Settings and About windows sometimes opening behind other windows * Festive lights and hat appearing on menus and the menu bar

* Gust & Flurry Improvements * Instant settings response: Changing the Gusts or Flurries slider now takes effect immediately without requiring an app restart * Enhanced gust frequency: Improved gust timing with better variation at all slider levels * Increased gust density: Doubled the number of gust snowflakes per wind event for more dramatic visual impact * More realistic gust angles: Gust snowflakes now follow natural trajectories limited to approximately 30 degrees from vertical, preventing unrealistic horizontal paths * User Interface Improvements: * Improved settings layout: Slider min/max labels (Lighter/Heavier, Smaller/Bigger, etc.) are now positioned closer to the sliders for better visual grouping * Bug Fixes: * Fixed Gusts slider not responding: Changing the Gusts slider now takes effect immediately instead of requiring an app restart * Fixed Flurries slider not responding: Changing the Flurries slider now takes effect immediately instead of requiring an app restart

* Updated for macOS 26 (Tahoe) * Festive lights on active window (new pro feature unlocked via in-app purchase) * Festive hat on active window (new pro feature unlocked via in-app purchase)

Fix for macOS 15.4.

Improved compatibility with later versions of macOS.

* Tweaked gusts/flurries of snow to increase realism. * Fixed "Snow Behind Active Window" setting. * Ensured snow flake opacity setting is not applied to snowdrift on desktop.

* Vastly reduced CPU usage, energy impact and memory usage * Lots more snow! * Improved rendering * Snow flake opacity setting (Pro only feature)

* Let It Snow is now a Universal build and so will run natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel hardware. * A 50% reduction in CPU usage on Apple M1 (compared to previous version of Let It Snow with default preferences).

* Support for up to 4 displays. * Significant reduction in CPU usage. * Miscellaneous rendering improvements. * Various bug fixes.

PRO FEATURES (unlocked via in-app purchase): * Display snow on: primary, secondary or both screens * Display a permanent snow drift at the bottom of the screen * Snow only on the desktop image * Change the snowflake image * Even more snow

* New Feature: Let It Snow now lives in the status bar (near to the volume control) freeing up dock space * New Feature: Gusts of wind * Enhancement: Added more realism to the snow that settles on the active window * Enhancement: A little more snow

· OS X Lion Sandbox support · Improved thawing realism · Reduced CPU usage under certain conditions · Added more snow · Better settling of snow on active window · Removed white flash from start of app

· Better consistency of snow · Less memory consumption · Less CPU usage (under certain conditions)

· New Feature: Option to have snow escape from the sides of the screen · New Feature: Option to not have the snow build up at the bottom of the screen · New Feature: Option to not have the snow settle on the active window · New Feature: Option to have multicolored snow · Improvement: Improved realism of snow when falling from the active window · Improvement: Added more realism to the snow when it hits the sides of the desktop

· New Preference: Amount - Decide how much snow you want · New Preference: Size - Pick bigger or smaller snow flakes · New Preference: Speed - Select faster or slower snow · New Preference: Flurries - Choose if you more or less flurries of snow · New Preference: Thaw - Set how quickly you want the snow to thaw · Performance Improvement: Making realistic snow takes quite a few CPU cycles, however in this release we've tried to be more CPU friendly