How to add widgets to the Mac desktop | Apple Support

Starting in macOS Sonoma, you can add widgets to the Mac desktop, including widgets from your iPhone. You can get information at a glance and use interactive widgets to perform actions like checking off a reminder, playing a podcast, and more.

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[falcontomto]

Please let us add the iPhone/ipad’s battery widget to the screen. It would be nice to keep tracks on their battery statuses when I tuck them away while at work on my Mac.

[planetpog]

good video but the problem with my macbook is when i try to drag it to the desktop, it slides back

[lars]

Whenever I drop a widget onto the desktop, it immediately disappears

[djflmdlwqlf]

doesn't work. why?
keep telling me that it will continue the job after I open it from iphone
then what is the use of it?

[BenRagunton]

Unfortunately, if a person uses multiple Desktops (which I do), all of the widgets carry over from one Desktop to the next. I would like it if I could customize each Desktop to have its own unique widgets.

[shaikhaa]

for some reason when i drag the widget it goes back to the notification center and dosent appear on the homescreen

[richardc]

Apple revolutionizing the industry once again

[khaichow]

For myself and from what I've read of numerous users: when you try to use widgets added (Sonoma iOS) via iPhone it reads "open app on iPhone to continue"...looks like it needs fixing in next update?

[SavageGaming_]

This doesn't work for me not sure why,
I have more than 1 desktop as well but what i'd like to do is customize and dedicate one desktop jus for widgets only

Any tips ?

[MizukieRoBlox]

Hello I just bought a MacBook Air and I'm wondering how to change the picture of the widget please help!

[OliviaMartin-rt]

can you add widgets with a macbook air?

[tiktokn]

I have gotten a AirTag recently and I don’t see an option to share this AirTag and am on iOS 17 can you help me?

[Krishnendulaha]

Release your Journal app. It's been a month since iOS and Mac dropped still no Journal app

[mRelby]

Widgets from the iPhone don't work! You can add them, but they don't do anything. Instead, the widget asks to open an application on the iPhone?
What's the point of iPhone widgets in Mac if they don't work?

Is this a bug or is it by design that they can be added, but they don't function on Mac?

[mochasnoozx]

Hello! by any chance can you connect to your ipad insted of iphone? on the widget app

[anthony_bartolo]

Is Rosetta 2 still supported on macOS Sonoma? I didn't want to upgrade until I was sure.

[aaaaaa-qcot]

I think the best implementation was the one in OS X Leopard: you had both widgets and a clean desktop.

[marcspr]

Hi, How can I change the picture in the widget??

[artiati]

Ow, It doesn't look like that in my MacBook Air M1 :( No widget gallery after clicking the date... it's only limited to add widget to the pop-up part on the right side of my screen. What can I do?

[PuffyfishRBX]

I don’t have a Mac but I love Apple products and the simplicity of macs