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LotsaWater 1.7

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Screensaver renders water effect over your desktop. Free

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LotsaWater renders a fairly realistic water effect over your desktop, showing it distorted through the wavy surface of the water as raindrops fall on the surface.

It uses quite a bit of CPU power. There are configuration options to vary the accuracy of the simulation to fit the processing power available.

What's New

New in 1.7:

Better screen capturing, especially on multi-monitor systems.

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later

Raindrops

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Free

Raindrop screen saver.

LotsaWater User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 1.x:

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+45

Goldyn Chyld reviewed on 19 May 2012

It just DOESN'T work. Never worked on Snow Leopard and now still doesn't work on Lion. All I get is a black screen with water. :(

[Version 1.7]

-1

Batdan reviewed on 15 May 2012

Fantastic screensaver. Great work!
With all the options, I've been able to watch the processor icon in Activity Monitor and adjust accordingly to minimize memory and CPU use.
Thanks!

[Version 1.7]

-193

Sir-Sixty-Nine reviewed on 04 Dec 2011

NICE

[Version 1.7]

Claod reviewed on 14 Nov 2011

Hey I found a little "bug"... it's not really a problem but that's strange Oo. When you're in launchpad and if Lotsawater launches ... move to stop it and it continues. You need to click, that closes the launchpad, and in the same time lotsawater stops. It's just to let you know ... it's still the best screen saver of the world ! I really love it!

[Version 1.7]

+338

Cowicide reviewed on 16 Sep 2011

This is great with lots of options. Very realistic and fun to watch.

[Version 1.7]

+10

Genis commented on 15 Sep 2011

Thanks! Works great again with dual-monitor setup!

[Version 1.7]

Claod reviewed on 15 Sep 2011

THX SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE !!!!! < 3 It's now working perfectly on my mac os 10.7.1.

[Version 1.7]

Kliere reviewed on 15 Sep 2011

Great - dual-monitor setup works again. THX!

[Version 1.7]

+94

Ean reviewed on 14 Sep 2011

Great update. The new screen capture is super.

[Version 1.7]

Sleek reviewed on 14 Sep 2011

Just one amazing Screensaver!!

[Version 1.7]

Macspresso had trouble on 14 Dec 2011

i really love this simple but beautiful screensaver.
but i get a black screen. i'm on 10.7.2 on a 2008 MBP. no desktop screenshot anymore. but custom image works fine.

[Version 1.7]

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Macspresso replied on 14 Dec 2011

one or the other way, it started working again.. no idea what i have done..

+20

Almar had trouble on 15 Sep 2011

Doesn't work, with dual screen I have dark screens and tiny images

[Version 1.7]

Josue64 had trouble on 08 Oct 2010

This is my favourite screensaver. I did have the problem where, if you hit a hot corner the screensaver works but with a black background. It was driving me nuts because I wanted it to show the desktop. The fix is to go to your Security settings in System Preferences and then to the General tab. Uncheck "Require password after sleep or screen saver begins. Then it will work.

[Version 1.5]

+45

Goldyn Chyld had trouble on 26 Jul 2010

It doesn't work! (OS X 10.6.4 here) - it's as though I had the Dimming option set to "Dark", though I actually set it to "Normal." Anything that could be done about this? :/

[Version 1.5]

Dimsum101 had trouble on 08 Jan 2010

same problem, the desktop screenshot doesn't work when activates from hot corner or when the screen saver starts automatically, but custom image works fine. I am using Snow Leopard as well. 10.6.2, iMac 8,1

[Version 1.5]

+28

Fdog had trouble on 08 Jan 2010

Desktop Snapshot Bug:

When Lotsawater starts from a hot corner, or after the time specified in the Screen Saver Preferences, Lotsawater will not use a “Desktop Snapshot”-it will use a blank, black screen. Lotsawater will only work with a “Desktop snapshot” when invoked using the “Test” button of the Screen Saver Preferences.

The “Custom Image” works fine.

2.26 GHz MBP 13" OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard

[Version 1.5]

1 Reply

David Segarra commented on 16 Jul 2010

It only woks when you don't have to enter your password after the screensaver

Yaba_daba_do had trouble on 02 Jan 2010

Anyone out there have trouble launching lotsawater from a hot corner?
lotsaglass and lotsaescher work fine from a hot corner.
i am using a 20"imac/intel.

[Version 1.5]

Wormwood had trouble on 14 Jan 2006

1.2 worked fine on my system, but 1.3 has a glitch. Both the Preview pane and Test mode in System Preferences works, but when using the hot corner to trigger the screen saver, I just get a blank screen. This bug is also present in LotsaEscher 1.2. Running 10.3.9 on a iMac G4 700mhz.

I still think that the author needs to bundle a read me file or have a hot link in the options sheet to link back to his homepage.

[Version 1.3]

1 Reply

Wormwood commented on 14 Jan 2006

A clarification... 1.3 will still work with hot corners if "Desktop Snapshot" is used. The blank screen only seems to occur when using a custom backdrop.