Today’s Gem falls under the category of “simple functionality that should be a part of Mac OS X.” If you’re a frequent user of Dashboard, you know that the first time you use it—after restarting, ...

Dashboard has been variously described as the return of Desk Accessories, the return of HyperCard, and a rip-off of Konfabulator. But the real point is that Dashboard is supposed to make basic ...

Though Apple discontinued the Dashboard feature on Mac computers with its recent macOS Catalina update, those who have Macs running macOS Mojave or earlier still have the feature and may want to do ...

Mac: Widgets? Old and busted. Filling your Notification Center full of apps and services? The more stuffed it gets, the less useful it is. At least, I don’t like having to scroll up and down through ...

One of the promises regularly made by apps transitioning to a subscription model is that they’ll be able to deliver more regular, incremental updates rather than going untouched for extended periods ...

When Apple introduced Notification Center in iOS 5 last summer, jailbreak developers immediately started creating third-party widgets to enhance certain functionalities and create shortcuts for iOS.