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I'd like to introduce you to BetterMacWidgets so you can add some cool widgets to your desktop instead of the standard Apple stuff.

What problem it solves and a comparison: macOS finally has desktop widgets like Color Widgets, but let’s be honest they still have the same old and easy designs, bad Liquid Glas and features. I wanted my desktop to look nicer, so I…

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What problem it solves and a comparison: macOS finally has desktop widgets like Color Widgets, but let’s be honest they still have the same old and easy designs, bad Liquid Glas and features. I wanted my desktop to look nicer, so I…
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What problem it solves and a comparison:

macOS finally has desktop widgets like Color Widgets, but let’s be honest they still have the same old and easy designs, bad Liquid Glas and features.

I wanted my desktop to look nicer, so I developed BetterMacWidgets: vibrant, live animated widgets with a glass like appearance that sit right on your desktop you can place them anywhere and arrange them however you like.

You can customize the look with “Liquid Glass” you can adjust it from crystal clear (your wallpaper shows through) to a soft, frosted veil, and recolor everything to match your decor. It’s your desktop, so it should look the way you want it to.

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Name: Nico Sagolla Company Name: Nico Sagolla

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nico-sagolla-6a8872350/

Email: Nico.Sagolla@gmx.de

Privacy Policy: https://bettermacwidgets.de/privacy

Terms of Service: https://bettermacwidgets.de/terms

Available at: https://bettermacwidgets.de/

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Pro Version 9,99€ Lifetime

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Features:

A true drag and drop desktop grid pick any widget, drag it anywhere, resize it, and it snaps neatly into place next to your other tiles. Spread them across multiple pages if you like. It feels just like Apple’s own widgets, except here you’re actually in control

About 20 widgets to mix and match: Clock & World Clock, Calendar, Reminders, Weather, “Now Playing” with full media controls, Battery, a system monitor (CPU / GPU / RAM / hard drive with live graphs), battery levels for Bluetooth devices (AirPods, mouse, keyboard…), timer, stopwatch, countdown, unit converter, a photo frame, sticky notes, and more

Widgets that are truly dynamic the weather widget actually shows rain, snow, and clear skies depending on the sky, there’s a streaming field of stars, and “Now Playing” subtly tints your widgets in the color of the app currently playing (Spotify green, Apple Music red, etc.)

“Now Playing” right on your desktop see what’s playing and skip or pause tracks without interrupting what you’re doing

25 designs plus a glass intensity slider, so you can switch from nearly invisible glass to heavy frost and recolor the whole thing to match your wallpaper

Built from the ground up to be battery friendly there’s a power saving mode that animates only the widget you’re currently viewing, so it consumes virtually no power when idle. (Or crank the setting all the way up to enjoy buttery smooth 60 fps if you don’t care about battery life that day)

Privacy comes first no account, no sign in, no telemetry, nothing. Everything stays on your Mac; a network connection is only established when a widget actually needs it (for example, for the weather)

Write Something like "Code" for a Discount Code for the Pro Version of this Widgets App 🫶

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u/Magicelk235

looks like a nice addon to the desktop, how did you make the rainy background?

u/Minute-Rip-1401OPReply

It's displayed as a rendered animation. Of course, I don't want to reveal exactly how it works, since I'm very proud of this feature I hope you understand. And Thank you!

u/gromvar

Nice app, I replaced my default widgets with them. I just can't figure out how to get the calendar widget from the sample version. Everything else works great.

u/yevhenh

Cool idea. The color change reminded me of the color change in NFS Underground 2, where I changed the color of the speedometer as a kid😁

u/maq50

Awesome app mate but how to add my local calendar??no idea how to do it lol

u/Minute-Rip-1401OPReply

It’ll be included in the next update, along with a few other bug fixes!