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Pumpkin lights is a nifty little Mac menu bar app that lets you quickly switch between light and dark modes with a ray-traced jack-o-lantern that drops from the top of the screen. It is completely free and very fun to use.
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If you remember the Festivas menu bar app from the Mac, Pumpkin Lights is very similar in concept.
Pumpkin Lights brings the jack-o-lantern to your menu, just in time for Halloween. It’s a nice decoration and there are lots of different ways to customize it. You can “grow” many different pumpkin designs and also choose between four different color variants.
When you click or drag on the pumpkin, your Mac will switch between light and dark mode—at least by default. Pumpkin Lights also has the ability to open an app/web page, wake up your Mac, mute the sound, run a command, or run a shortcut of your choice.
The lantern has the right physics so you can actually throw it around a bit and move it in new ways. You can customize the rope it hangs on and much more. There is also the option of having a hanging bulb that serves a similar purpose.
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Why Pumpkin Lights? Here’s what the developer has to say:
The idea came from something most of us do every day without thinking: switching between light and dark mode. It’s always a toggle buried in Control Center or System Settings and nothing ever seems to happen. I wanted it to feel like touching the real thing. So instead of a flat icon, the pumpkin and bulb are actual 3D models, ray-traced in real-time, suspended on cords that you can swing and spin. When the candle is lit, its glow passes through the carved face. I spent most of my time on small details like the movement of the strings and how the light hits the pumpkin, because I wanted it to feel good the hundredth time you use it, not just the first time.
Download the app
Pumpkin lights is a completely free tool. You can download it from developer website hereand is available for any Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. You can also follow the developers at Twitter.
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