Living Earth - Weather & Clock
Live Wallpaper & Screen Saver
Only for Mac
USD 14.99
Living Earth is a beautiful world clock and weather app for your Mac! The award winning app for iPhone and iPad is now available with a single click from your Mac menu bar offering easily accessible world times and weather for millions of cities around the world. Real-time global cloud cover, live wallpaper, and screensaver features turns your desktop into a window in space.
Apple Editors' Choice!
Featured in the Best of the Mac App Store.
"Living Earth is proof that a world clock and weather app can be beautiful" - Apple @AppStore
"A stunning app that shows the Earth in real time, based on global weather reports. " - WIRED
FEATURES
• World clock and weather with a single click on the menu bar or customizable shortcut from anywhere in your Mac.
• Live clouds from near real-time satellite cloud data - updated every 3 hours. View global cloud patterns, hurricanes and tropical storms around the world.
• World clock and weather for over 3 million cities. 10 day and 2-hour forecasts.
• Live Desktop wallpaper and screensaver. Updates continuously while you work.
• Observe sunrise and sunset borders around the world live as they are happening. Watch the day and night shadow line progress across the globe through the day.
• Stars, constellations, and the Milky Way are displayed accurately in time and space.
• High resolution live 3D simulation. Enhanced for Retina display.
Quality detailed weather information provided by CustomWeather. CustomWeather is the world's best source of the most reliable and accurate weather data available.
EMAIL US: support-mac@radiantlabs.io
FOLLOW US: http://x.com/livingearthapp
more ∙ This is a maintenance release with bug fixes and improvements. Please email support@radiantlabs.io for any issues.
App Store reviews are very helpful to us. If you could take a moment to leave a quick review, we'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks for using Living Earth!
1.31 14/09/2025
∙ Fixed the Menu Window not appearing correctly in some circumstances
∙ Add or remove Living Earth Desktop appropriately from System Login Items
∙ Improved behavior for when Screensaver should start
∙ Fix display names in app preferences
∙ Fix city search result layout issues
∙ Many bug fixes and improvements, please email support@radiantlabs.io for any issues.
App Store reviews are very helpful to us. If you could take a moment to leave a quick review, we'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks for using Living Earth!
1.30 22/04/2025
1.29
- Fix issue with reordering cities
1.28
- Fix issue with cloud updates
1.27
- Updated to support macOS Big Sur
- Support for Apple Silicon
- Fix launch issues under macOS 10.12
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1.29 24/11/2020
1.28
- Fix issue with cloud updates
1.27
- Updated to support macOS Big Sur
- Support for Apple Silicon
- Fix launch issues under macOS 10.12
App Store reviews are very helpful to us. If you love Living Earth would you mind rating Living Earth in the App Store? We'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for using Living Earth!
1.28 16/11/2020
- Updated to support macOS Big Sur
- Support for Apple Silicon
- Fix launch issues under macOS 10.12
App Store reviews are very helpful to us. If you love Living Earth would you mind rating Living Earth in the App Store? We'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for using Living Earth!
1.27 11/11/2020
- Support for Dark Mode
- Disable Screen Saver when Facetime or Zoom is running in the foreground
- Various fixes and improvements
App Store reviews are very helpful to us. If you think Living Earth is worthy, would you mind taking a moment to write a nice review? We'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for using Living Earth!
1.26 03/11/2020
- Center icon and temperature on menu bar for MacOS 10.12.
- Increase text contrast and legibility.
- Fix issues with connecting and disconnecting external displays.
1.25 08/12/2016
- Visual improvements: Oceans reflect sunlight and more accurate sunset shading for better visual depth.
- Rain percentages are blue for better visibility.
- Fix issues launching for 10.7 users.
- Fix truncation with long city names.
1.24 01/12/2015
- Fix issue with occasional screen flashing with desktop wallpaper.
- Fix screensaver activating when watching video with VLC.
- Enabling 24 hour clock in system preferences will also enable 24 hour in app.
- Fix crash when searching for city when network access is unavailable.
If you have issues or want to leave a comment please reach out to us at support@radiantlabs.io or @livingearthapp on Twitter. Because ratings are reset on every update we'd greatly appreciate taking a spare moment to rate us in the App Store. It definitely keeps us motivated in making more free updates!
1.22 04/06/2015
1.21
- New option to disable the star background for the desktop wallpaper. We've heard your feedback and many of you like the Earth with a completely black desktop background.
- Fixed performance issues with the screensaver on Yosemite. Things should be much smoother now.
- Thanks for all of the support. If you have issues or want to leave a comment please reach out to us at support@radiantlabs.io or @livingearthapp on Twitter. Because ratings are reset on every update we'd greatly appreciate taking a spare moment to rate us in the App Store. It definitely keeps us motivated in making more free updates!
1.20
- We've added our universe in the backdrop, rendered with stunning precision and beauty. Constellations, star brightness, color, nebula and the Milky Way are all displayed accurately in space.
- We've refreshed the interface for a more modern look and added support for Dark Mode.
- We've fixed compatibility issues for OSX Yosemite 10.10.
1.21 03/12/2014
- We've added our universe in the backdrop, rendered with stunning precision and beauty. Constellations, star brightness, color, nebula and the Milky Way are all displayed accurately in space.
- We've refreshed the interface for a more modern look and added support for Dark Mode.
- We've fixed compatibility issues for OSX Yosemite 10.10.
- If you have any issues or want to leave a comment please don't hesitate to reach us at support-mac@radiantlabs.io or @livingearthapp on Twitter.
- Ratings are reset in the App Store with every update. If you love Living Earth please take a moment to rate us so we can work on delivering more free updates!
1.20 15/10/2014
1.18
● Fix discrete GPU requirement for some users.
1.17
● Fix screensaver issue with 10.9 Mavericks (body movements in front of laptop can cause the light sensor to kill the screensaver).
● Resolve issues with graphics compatibility when updating.
● Fix crash with DST.
1.16
● Now fully compatible with 10.9 Mavericks.
● New Current Location feature will update the first city in the city list with your current location. Great for travelers. Enable the feature in the Add City section of the menu bar drop down.
● Improved trackpad pinch, zoom and swipe gestures.
● Menu app no longer takes away focus from currently focused app when the menu bar drop down is activated.
● Improvements to wallpaper date and time design.
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1.18 26/11/2013
1.17
● Fix screensaver issue with 10.9 Mavericks (body movements in front of laptop can cause the light sensor to kill the screensaver).
● Resolve issues with graphics compatibility when updating.
● Fix crash with DST.
1.16
● Now fully compatible with 10.9 Mavericks.
● New Current Location feature will update the first city in the city list with your current location. Great for travelers. Enable the feature in the Add City section of the menu bar drop down.
● Improved trackpad pinch, zoom and swipe gestures.
● Menu app no longer takes away focus from currently focused app when the menu bar drop down is activated.
● Improvements to wallpaper date and time design.
1.17 12/11/2013
1.16
● NOTE: You may get an 'unsupported graphics hardware' error when attempting to update. We're aware of this issue and have submitted an update to Apple.
● Now fully compatible with 10.9 Mavericks.
● New Current Location feature will update the first city in the city list with your current location. Great for travelers. Enable the feature in the Add City section of the menu bar drop down.
● Improved trackpad pinch, zoom and swipe gestures.
● Menu app no longer takes away focus from currently focused app when the menu bar drop down is activated.
● Improvements to wallpaper date and time design.
1.16 29/10/2013
● NOTE: You may get an 'unsupported graphics hardware' error when attempting to update. We're aware of this issue and have submitted an update to Apple.
● Now fully compatible with 10.9 Mavericks.
● New Current Location feature will update the first city in the city list with your current location. Great for travelers. Enable the feature in the Add City section of the menu bar drop down.
● Improved trackpad pinch, zoom and swipe gestures.
● Menu app no longer takes away focus from currently focused app when the menu bar drop down is activated.
● Improvements to wallpaper date and time design.
1.15 21/10/2013
Bug Fix Release:
● Fix occasional failure to update weather when app is open for a long period of time.
● Fix occasional menu bar sizing issues on app open when iCloud city sync is enabled.
● Fix wallpaper Bright Night Cloud preference not saving correctly.
● Fix issue where wallpaper rendered over India instead of chosen city.
1.12 23/04/2013
NEW FEATURES:
• iCloud sync. Sync your cities between different devices, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Enable in Preferences.
• Keyboard navigation in menu bar drop down.
• Latest planet night imagery from NASA Earth Observatory.
• More realistic night cloud rendering.
• Mouse hover over city name in forecast view will reveal weather station name.
BUG FIXES:
• Fix for large number of cities freezing.
• Fix for copy and paste in search box.
• Fix for visuals in city list when hitting locate button.
• Fix for weather cache growth from screen saver POI.
• Fix for desktop city switching when using a second monitor set to fill with black
• Fix for clicking on same day slot in second city would show first city's day graph.
• Fix issue with Earth rendering on desktop wallpaper on Snow Leopard.
1.11 15/02/2013
* 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard Users) do not update yet! We're working on an issue that 10.6.8 users have experienced. This does not effect 10.7 or 10.8. *
NEW FEATURES:
• iCloud sync. Sync your cities between different devices, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Enable in Preferences.
• Keyboard navigation in menu bar drop down.
• Latest planet night imagery from NASA Earth Observatory.
• More realistic night cloud rendering.
• Mouse hover over city name in forecast view will reveal weather station name.
BUG FIXES:
• Fix for large number of cities freezing.
• Fix for copy and paste in search box.
• Fix for visuals in city list when hitting locate button.
• Fix for weather cache growth from screen saver POI.
• Fix for desktop city switching when using a second monitor set to fill with black
• Fix for clicking on same day slot in second city would show first city's day graph.
• Fix issue with Earth rendering on desktop wallpaper on Snow Leopard.
1.10 13/02/2013
● Global hotkey option to enable screen saver
● Option for Enabling/Disabling Dock icon
● Add wind direction in current conditions
● Rotation speed slider for screen saver in preferences
● Smoother transitions on wallpaper when switching cities
● Improved visuals of menu window border
● Improved cloud rendering and visuals on dark side of the Earth
● Screen Saver will not activate when playing iTunes movie
● Default temperature unit to metric when appropriate
● Many bug fixes
We're working hard on more updates to make this the BEST World Clock & Weather app for Mac. Please help support the app and rate us in the App Store!
1.03 12/11/2012
● Allow use of integrated GPU for power savings.
● Reduced memory usage. Memory use will vary depending on if the Live Wallpaper feature is enabled. More improvements here are coming.
● Screen saver no longer activates while watching movies in VLC.
● Quicker access to start screen saver - Open Living Earth, then use Command-S.
● Improved track pad pinch/zoom/rotate feel and functionality.
● Bug fixes.
● We're working hard on more updates to make this the BEST World Clock & Weather app for Mac. Please help support the app and rate us in the App Store!
1.02 04/10/2012
• Fix for users experiencing stability and launch issues
• We're dedicated to bringing you more updates and features. We listen to all of your feedback and suggestions in making this the best world clock and weather app for your desktop! Thanks for your support!
1.01 29/08/2012
∙ This is a maintenance release with bug fixes and improvements. Please email support@radiantlabs.io for any issues.
App Store reviews are very helpful to us. If you could take a moment to leave a quick review, we'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks for using Living Earth!
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