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For example, selecting a specific ticker symbol within the Stocks widget will automatically open its price chart in the Stocks app.

However, widgets are deep-linked to specific areas of the apps that they come with. Widgets that don’t have a dedicated app-such as the Weather widget-will open in your default web browser instead. Selecting a widget will only launch the relevant app on your Mac. Starting with Mac OS X 10. Widgets in macOS Big Sur are purely informative, so you can’t interact with them directly. Alternatively, the user can choose to make Dashboard open on moving the cursor into a preassigned hot corner or keyboard shortcut. You can then select it, preview all available widget types, switch between sizes, and add them to the Notification Center just like you would any other built-in stock widget. Once you’ve installed an app with widget support, you’ll find it listed within the Mac’s widgets gallery. The catch it’s often tricky to figure out apps that include widgets, but this macOS Big Sur widgets story from Apple is a good place to start. For example, the calendar and tasks app Fantastical comes with up to a dozen different widget types. But, there are third-party apps in the Mac App Store that feature widget support. If you just got a new Mac with macOS Big Sur installed, you’ll only see a list of native apps inside the widgets gallery. Click or tap a widget, and it will be added to the Dashboard.

This will display all of the Dashboard widgets installed on your Mac.

However, unless you’re looking to add new widgets, there’s no reason to go there just to rearrange them. Make sure you have the Dashboard environment open on your Mac, then click the plus (+) icon in the bottom left corner. You can also rearrange widgets inside the widgets gallery itself.