How to add widgets to your Mac desktop

On macOS Sonoma and later, right-click the desktop and choose Edit Widgets to add widgets from your apps. Their look is fixed by each app. DesignMyMac lets you design your own desktop widgets in any style — clocks, weather, calendars, habit trackers, countdowns, music, system stats and more — from one sentence.

The built-in way

1. Right-click an empty area of your desktop and choose Edit Widgets.
2. Pick a widget and size, then drag it onto the desktop.
3. Click Done. Right-click a widget to change its size or remove it.

What it can't do

• Each widget looks however its app designed it — you can't change fonts, colours or layout.
• Combining several pieces of information in one card isn't possible.
• Only apps that ship widgets appear.

With DesignMyMac

1. Describe a widget — “a big black flip clock with the date”, “a habit tracker for gym and reading”.
2. DesignMyMac builds it from 28 building blocks with any font, colour, frame, size and even painted artwork.
3. Edit any single widget on its own, or let the AI restyle one without touching the rest.
4. Apply › Widgets puts them on your desktop; they stay behind your windows like real desktop widgets.

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