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TreetopLights

TreetopLights - 2.0

desktop Christmas tree and animated lights

All Time: (3.7)
Version 2.0: (5.0)
Selected Version: 2.0
Release Date: 2005-12-20
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 2.0): 1,535
Downloads (all versions): 16,702

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Product Description:

TreetopLights is an application that places a Christmas tree on the desktop and holiday lights on the menubar or screen edges. The desktop tree can be decorated with blinking or fading lights, an assortment of ornaments, a treetop star, and perhaps some snow. A small assortment of lights are available, and custom lights can be designed and added for both the tree and screen lights. The ambient lighting can be controlled for the appearance of a dimly or brightly lit room, and the transparency and size of the tree can be set to keep it out of the way, or set the perfect holiday mood. The optional but festive menubar lights can blink or glow to decorate the menubar, or even go around the screen. A customizable countdown timer displaying days until Christmas and the twelve days of Christmas is included for display on the desktop tree and dock icon. There's also an option to send a Christmas greeting through Apple's Mail application. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

What's new in this version:

New in Version 2.0:
  • Added the following options for the desktop tree: gold ornaments, popcorn garland, tinsel garland (with tinting option)
  • Added the option to hide the desktop tree
  • Added option for addition of custom lights for both the desktop tree and screen lights
  • Also added the option for custom animations for both the desktop tree lights and screen lights
  • Added option to set the animation speed of both the desktop tree lights and screen lights 
  • Added option to show the countdown display on the dock icon
  • Added additional display options for the countdown display (striped text, transparency)
  • Improved spanning screen support for the screen lights... any 2 screen configuration should now work
  • Improved many of the graphics and increased the default resolution of the tree graphics
  • The Christmas email option now includes a single image with the current state of the desktop tree
  • Changed the application to a foreground process (now shows dock icon & menubar)
  • Reduced the cpu usage (about 50%)
  • Operating System Requirements:

    This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

    • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
    • Mac OS X 10.3.9
    • Mac OS X 10.3
    • Mac OS X 10.2

    Additional Requirements:

    • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
    • AppleScript 1.9

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    Feedback Summary:

    Version 2.0:
    Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (5.0)
    Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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    TreetopLights ReviewWhat a gift! - Version: 2.2, 12/24/2006 05:33PM PST

    Born Yesterday
    Works great for my old PPC running 10.4.8

    Thanks.

    And Merry Christmas to you too, Kevin Kelleher !
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    TreetopLights ReviewTreetopLights - Mac OS X - Version: 2.2, 12/24/2006 01:28PM PST

    Mark L. James
    Very nice program with lots of usable options. I would suggest more blinking options for the tree and screen.

    Noted bug: Program has issues with respect to selecting the sides of screen to display the lights. Frequently lights are displayed on a screen side that is not checked off. Only way to fix it is to deselect all sides and then select the one you want.
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    TreetopLights CommentaryMacLampsX - Version: 2.0, 12/21/2005 07:03AM PST

    (1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

    skywalker85
    If you need a program with more flexibility and less processor usage, try MacLampsX. It's based off of the old Holiday Lights from OS 9, and only uses 3-5% on my computer. Plus, the bulbs can be set to alternate, chase, or blink together, or simply to stay on all the time.
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