On your windows
It settles where it lands.
Snow gathers on the tops of your windows and the Dock, following their rounded corners. Drag a window and its snow slides off; close or minimize it and the snow falls to the drift below.
What the snow does
- Falls
- Every flake keeps its own pace and sways in a slow breeze. Intensity sets how much falls, and Opacity fades it on the way down.
- Settles
- It piles up and slumps to a natural slope along the bottom of the screen, on any window with room above it, and on the Dock.
- Moves
- Push the cursor through a drift and it parts and sprays. Drag or shake a window and its snow slides off and lands below.
- Drops
- Close or minimize a window and its snow drops at once, in lumps that burst into powder where they land. Switch Spaces and the snow rides along with the window.
- Melts
- With Melt Snow on, the drift thaws slowly, so it never takes over your screen.
- Hides
- Screenshots and screen sharing show your desktop without it, unless you turn on Show in Screenshots.
- Turns
- Switch the Mode to Autumn Leaves, Rain or Cherry Blossom. Leaves and petals tumble down and heap up like the snow, and wither with time. Rain runs down your windows and hangs in drops from their edges.
- Rests
- About 6% of one processor core and 65 MB of memory, and less on battery or in Low Power Mode. It pauses while your screen sleeps, locks or is covered.