As soon as you are able to update your district-assigned MacBook Air laptop to macOS version 14, also known as "Sonoma," you will have access to all the operating system’s new features. One new feature you might find useful in the classroom is Widgets that are available all the time on the macOS Desktop in Sonoma.
Widgets are small, specific-feature apps that give you information or can perform a task with just one click. My favorite Widget is Weather, but I also use the Clock widget for 1-click access to timers, the Notes widget to get quick access to notes from my Notes app, and a few others.
After updating to macOS Sonoma, setting up Widgets on your Desktop is easy. Just click the time in the upper-tight corner of your Desktop screen, and then click Edit Widgets at the bottom of the Notification Center. You can still add Widgets in the Notification Center, but now you can drag them on to your Desktop and see them all the time.
The Widgets you add on the Desktop appear dimmed and out of the way until you click them to interact with them. For example:
- Add a Clock widget and click it once to set a timer.
- Add a News widget to see headlines on a curricular topic and click a story to open it.
- Add a Weather widget for Barrington and/or the village where you live to see the current weather conditions and click it to see the extended forecast and more information.
- Add a Notes widget with a to-do list and click it once to access the note.
If the Apple ID you are using on your district-assigned laptop is also being used on your district-assigned iPad (and/or other devices), the selection of Widgets you can choose will allow you to see information across all your devices.
To learn more about Widgets in macOS Sonoma using Apple’s resources, check out this Apple Support article:
Use widgets on your Mac desktop
If you want to learn more about using the Notification Center (also mentioned in this article), check out this resource from Apple:
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