How do I see more stocks in the stocks widget, in Big sur?

Neb519 wrote:

Prior to Big Sur, I had a very convenient setup where, with just a two finger left-swipe, I'd see updated stock prices for a list of about 20 stocks. In Big Sur, I can't get the widget to show more than just 6 stocks. Obviously I can open the stocks app to check em, but that's not nearly as convenient as a two-finger swipe. Is there any way for me to view more than six stocks in the widget, in Big Sur?

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Neb15, good advice. Thanks! Nice keyboard shortcut, for those of us who find it too slow to have to point-and-click all the time.

Personally, I'm more a command line guy. I write one-line Unix shell scripts and run them on macOS and Linux. To open the Stocks app, I use:

• http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac/astocks

So, I just type "ast", hit Tab for auto-completion to "astocks" and hit Return.

If you're a command line guy like me, running macOS or Linux, feel free to download any of my scripts from:

• http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix
• http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac
• http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac/Unix

Also, see my other Tips (Mac, Unix, Windows, Internet, Finance, etc.) at:

• http://bristle.com/invite

--Fred

Tackes, good advice. Thanks! I also prefer Google Finance for quick efficient lookups of stock prices and graphs, with links to news articles.

As I said, in a comment above, I'm more of a command line guy, finding it too slow to have to point-and-click all the time.

I write one-line Unix shell scripts and run them on macOS and Linux. To open Google Finance, I use:

• http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac/Unix/fin

So, I can type commands like the following to open Google Finance for Vanguard Index 500 or Tesla:

• fin vfiax
• fin tesla

But I don't have an easy way to see all of my stocks at once at Google Finance, other than to create another script that contains a series of lines like:

• fin amzn
• fin goog
• fin crm
• fin fb
• fin gbtc
• fin lyft
• fin uber
• fin nflx
• fin team
• fin tsla
• etc...

But that opens a separate browser tab for each stock. Do you have a way to see your whole portfolio in one page at Google Finance? If not, I may stay with my scripts that do so as Morningstar, Vanguard, and Fidelity.

If you're a command line guy like me, running macOS or Linux, feel free to download any of my scripts from:

http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix

http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac

http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac/Unix

Also, see my other Tips (Mac, Unix, Windows, Internet, Finance, etc.) at:

http://bristle.com/invite

--Fred

As others have stated, 6 is the limit in Big Sur. I can't believe that Apple somehow thinks that it's a good idea to decrease the functionality of what was a very useful widget. What are these developers thinking? Or are they thinking?

This is one of the most disappointing features in Big Sur. It's like Apple designers only care about the tidy appearance of a block of 6 stocks at most and not the convenience and value of glancing at an entire portfolio. I have plenty of display space, too.

Yes, going backwards was a very bad idea, I'd say. Like Neb519, I had a dozen or more stocks that I could see with a single click or swipe. Now I have to click on date/time in the menu bar, see only 6 stocks, click one of them to open Apple Stocks, then scroll a lot. A simple display in a more compact format, showing more stocks at once, is what I was used to for several years. Why take it away from me now? Only to force me to open the Apple Stocks app and see ads? Instead, I'm going to other financial sources like Google Finance, Vanguard, Fidelity, and Morningstar. Disappointing... --Fred

6 is the limit in Big Sur.

I have the same question too. Can someone please help? thanks!

You're welcome.

Terrible.

I gave up using Apple Notifications to see my stocks. Google Finance is better. I simply pin the Google Finance tab in my browser and with one click I can see everything.