Snow that stays
Flakes settle on the tops of your windows and grow into soft little drifts. Where another window covers them, they stay out of sight.
A tiny menu bar app for macOS
Let it snow on your Mac.
Zaspa fills your screen with gently falling snow. The flakes drift with the wind and settle on your windows and your Dock, while your clicks go straight through.
Download for Mac
Free
Version 0.1.0 · 686 KB · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel
A little winter, everywhere you look
Zaspa lives in your menu bar. Click the snowflake to change how hard it snows, set the wind or switch on the extras.
Shake it off
Drag a window slowly and its snow rides along. Give it a yank and the whole drift tumbles off.
Roll a snowball
Rub your cursor along a drift and a snowball starts to grow. Let it go and it drops and rolls across the windows below.
Snow on the Dock
Let the snow pile up on your Dock and sweep it away with your cursor. Park three snowballs side by side and they become a snowman.
Santa drops by
Every now and then Santa's sleigh glides over the Dock and leaves a present behind. Click it to see what's inside.
A reindeer in the notch
On a MacBook with a notch, a curious reindeer peeks out from behind the camera every few minutes.
Twinkling lights
Hang a string of lights under the menu bar, on the Dock or on the window you're using. Five color sets and four ways to glow.
Weather with a mood
Light flurries, calm spells and heavy snowfall come and go by themselves. Or take the wind into your own hands.
Made to stay out of your way
Clicks go right through
The snow is only a picture over your screen. Click, drag and type as usual.
Easy on the battery
Zaspa draws on the graphics chip, slows down on battery and nearly rests when nothing moves.
Full screen stays clear
Watching a film or presenting? Santa, the lights and the Dock snow step aside for full-screen apps.
Every screen, every Space
Snow falls on all your displays, settles on desktop widgets and follows you between Spaces.
No internet. Not even once.
Zaspa never connects to the network. No account, no analytics, no tracking, no update checks. Everything happens on your Mac and stays there.
Snowing in under a minute
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Download
Click Download for Mac. Zaspa.dmg lands in your Downloads folder.
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Drag to Applications
Open Zaspa.dmg and drag Zaspa onto the Applications folder next to it.
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Open Zaspa
Start it from Applications. A snowflake appears in your menu bar, and the snow begins.
Early test build
This version isn't notarized by Apple yet, so the first time you open it macOS says it can't verify Zaspa. To open it anyway:
- Click Done (or OK) in that message.
- Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and scroll down to Security.
- Next to the note about Zaspa, click Open Anyway and confirm with your password or Touch ID.
You only need to do this once.
Snow on the Dock is optional. When you switch it on, macOS asks you to give Zaspa Accessibility access. Zaspa uses it only to read where your Dock is and how big it is, so the snow lies right on top of it. You can take the access back any time in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
Questions
Is Zaspa really free?
Yes. Download it and let it snow.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later, with Apple silicon or an Intel processor.
Will it slow down my Mac?
Zaspa is built to stay light. It draws on the graphics chip and lowers its frame rate on battery and when little is happening. If you want it even lighter, pick light snowfall in the menu.
Why would Zaspa ask for Accessibility access?
Only if you turn on snow on the Dock. Zaspa uses the access to find the position and size of your Dock so the snow sits exactly on it. Until you allow it, Zaspa guesses where the Dock is.
Can it start together with my Mac?
Yes. Turn on Launch at login in Zaspa's settings.
How do I quit or remove Zaspa?
Click the snowflake in the menu bar and choose Quit. To remove Zaspa, drag it from Applications to the Trash.
Does Zaspa collect any data?
No. It never connects to the internet, so nothing about you or your Mac leaves it.