In that context, a few strategically placed widgets can make the desktop far more useful without making it feel cluttered.

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Using KDE Plasma Widgets is another fantastic way to display desktop widgets on your Ubuntu desktop. However, you need to ...

Apple's updated widgets in macOS Sonoma are not only now available on the Mac's desktop, they're also interactive instead of solely displaying information. Here's how to use them. A headline feature ...

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You may not realize it, but your macOS desktop can be more than just a place for files and folders — it can be a powerful hub of widgets. These miniature apps sit right on your screen, letting you ...

In an otherwise incremental update, one of macOS Sonoma’s marquee features is interactive desktop widgets. Although Apple now lets you add widgets to the Notification Center on older versions of macOS ...

Widgets are no strangers to macOS users. First introduced with Mojave in 2018, Apple has revamped this piece of software so users can always have helpful information with macOS Sonoma. During the WWDC ...

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Apple’s macOS Sonoma has brought a bunch of interesting new features for Mac users, and desktop widgets are among the most useful. As the name implies, you can now drag and drop widgets right onto ...

Right on my Mac desktop, I can check my mouse battery (38% and dropping), see where my son Ian is (at work), get the latest weather update (hello, sunny Phoenix!), and even keep track of time with a ...