Festivitas — Mac download

Festivitas is for Mac users who want a subtle seasonal lift without fiddling with system settings. It strings a row of lights across the Dock and the menu bar, and it does so the moment the app opens.

What's steady in 1.9.4

• The Dock and menu bar get the same automatic decoration on launch.
• You control the light appearance — colour, glow, density — from a single panel.
• The app sits quietly; no Dock icon clutter once it's running.

Lightweight Cheer Across Apple Silicon and Intel

It's a lightweight companion for December, or any month you decide needs a bit of cheer. Since it supports both Apple Silicon and Intel hardware on macOS 14.6, there's no architecture friction. Simon Støvring also builds the companion versions for iPhone and iPad, so the look carries across devices.

Deliberately Docked, Not a Full-Screen Overlay

Festivitas is not the only way to decorate macOS, but it occupies a narrow, deliberate lane. Lightscreen and older menu bar ornament apps often lean on screensavers or full-screen overlays — Festivitas stays in the Dock and menu bar, which keeps the effect visible without covering work. Übersicht widgets can mimic a similar look, but they require scripting and manual placement; Festivitas handles the stringing on its own.

• Lightscreen — replaces the Lock Screen with a decorative frame; no Dock or menu bar treatment.
• Übersicht — powerful widget engine, but you build the decoration yourself.
• Festivitas — one purpose, no setup beyond choosing a look.

For a quick seasonal touch, Festivitas wins on time-to-cheer. For system-wide theming, the other tools do more — but with more setup.

Your Glow Settings Now Survive a Relaunch

The 1.9.4 fix tightened the everyday experience without adding surface area. The light panel remembers your choices more reliably between launches, so returning to the Mac doesn't mean re-tuning the glow. The menu bar strand also behaves better when multiple menu bar apps shift their icons — the lights hold their placement instead of bunching at one end.

For users who run the app on both an Apple Silicon desktop and an older Intel laptop, the fix keeps the decoration consistent across architectures. A small but practical detail: the lights now fade in after login rather than popping, which suits the otherwise quiet nature of the app.

• macOS 14.6 or later
• Apple Silicon and Intel 64-bit