Usage, Load, Temperature, Thermal state, Fan-Speed, Applications, Uptime. Widgets were re-introduced in November 2020 with macOS 11 'Big Sur' in a Control Center that resembles iOS and iPadOS. Monitor the following performance indicators: CPU.
Widgets were first introduced in April 2005 as part of the Dashboard in Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger' and were discontinued with the release of macOS 10.15 'Catalina' in October 2019. To put the widgets back, simply hold the widget and use the shortcut again. Use the keyboard shortcut Fn + F12 again to move to your desktop, and release your widget. Click and hold a widget you want transferred. If you still use Dashboard, the good news is that Apple appears content to let it silently live on, even in the latest developer builds of OS X Yosemite. A widget is an applet that is a feature of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. To move a widget into your desktop: Pull up your Dashboard with the keyboard shortcut Fn + F12. Most of the information that was once so impressively obtained via Dashboard - stock prices, sports scores, weather updates - is now usually delivered via smartphones, tablets, and new OS X features like Notification Center. The app’s competitor, Konfabulator, is long gone, and Apple has neglected its widget download page. Now 10 years later, Dashboard is an afterthought for most OS X users.
Mac fans marveled at the slick interface for displaying useful widgets, and the company quickly opened widget development to third parties. Dashboard applications supplied with macOS include a stock ticker, weather report, calculator and notepad users can create or download their own. S macOS operating systems, used as a secondary desktop for hosting mini-applications known as widgets.These are intended to be simple applications that do not take time to launch. When Apple introduced OS X 10.4 Tiger during WWDC 2004, a major selling point of the new operating system was Dashboard. Dashboard was an application for Apple Inc.