Please, add a standard calculator in widgets in Mac OS Big Sur
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.0
andre_duarte wrote:
Yes, please add it, it was very useful. I would say that you could even improve it to do some more complex operations like exponentials
Apple is not reading here for suggestions. Use the feedback page if you want Apple to know your thoughts:
kris_wlcpl wrote:
Well, it was very handy and I used it multiple times a day. Apple why?
This is a user-to-user technical support forum. No one here can answer why Apple does a particular thing. And, Apple doesn't answer that sort of question here.
You can let Apple know you'd like to see it back here:
Meanwhile, considers some of the workarounds posted in this thread.
I have opened a software bug ID8905925. I am sure developers forgot to turn it on in production.
It was the only and most useful widget albite crippled in Catalina as it did not hold results for long as it did in previous OS versions.
axeltato wrote:
I don't understand why this widget is gone. I want it back immediately.
Even if anyone here could make that happen (and no one here can), it wouldn't happen "immediately".
Submit your request to Apple here:
enlightcreative wrote:
I agree! I used it daily for invoicing and even calculations for measurement! Please add it back :)
No one reading your post can add anything back. Use the feedback page to let Apple know what you'd like to see:
Apple is not here. You can send feedback
I was missing it, too, so I used Automator to create a simple Open Calculator quick action:
It adds a menu item to my Services menu and launches the standard Calculator app that comes with macOS. Then I selected Services Preferences from the Services menu (which opens System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services) to assign a keyboard shortcut. Now I can press F19 to launch the calculator:
I wanted to add another Quick Action to quit Calculator, but the Calculator app doesn't support Services, so I still use Cmd-Q when I want to quit. Not a big deal, but not as convenient as pressing F19 a second time to quit.
At least now from any app that supports Services, I can press F19, perform my simple calculations, and Cmd Q to quit. It's even better than the Notification Center widget I was using in Mojave or the Dashboard widget I used before, because as soon as I press F19, the Calculator app has focus and I can begin typing on my number pad. Previously, I often had to use the mouse to give the calculator widgets focus before I could enter numbers.
With a macro app like Keyboard Maestro you can set key combinations to open apps, If you have your keyboard setup so the F keys are not active, i.e. you need to use the Fn key with the F key to get the desired feature to work, you can setup an F key to open the Calculator app.
Go to the App Store and search for "keyboard shortcuts" for a list of potential candidates. It'll be much quicker than going to the widgets.
Unfortunately, I do not see that happening. These widgets are not interactable, so having a calculator widget would be useless. That is definitely unfortunate, but I've been using spotlight search most of the time anyways since it is faster for me.
sportsman800 wrote:
Same here. Really miss having the calculator on the side bar to slide out and use. Big disappointment it is not there.
I really hate to see someone be disappointed. So, I would recommend looking at PCalc in the App Store. It no longer has a Notification Widget because of the changes Apple imposed. However, it does have a popup from the Menu Bar and I think is the best calculator available for Macs. Plus it's not buggy like the Mac calculator.
I agree. The best solution I found is to download any calculator you like from the App Store and then once the app is open select to Keep in Dock. That way it is always there visible and easily accessible.
Completely agree, Apple has gone on a streak of removing functionalities that were nothing but convenient in the name of .. I'm honestly not even sure.
If I can customize the control menu on my iPhone to have access to calculator, for example, why wouldn't I be able to on Mac? Why update it if you're not going meet the standards you've set yourself!? So annoying.
I haven't upgraded to Big Sur yet, but if there is no widget and you use the calculator a lot can't you just put it on your dock or put an alias on your desktop? Either of these methods would be fewer strokes than Spotlight or Launchpad.
Ok, I realize I was not clear about it, but in Catalina, if you would slide left to get the Calculator, it just pops the simple one and, I may be wrong, but you cant configure it to always show as the cientific or programming one.
First thing I looked for - how to put my calculator back? Oh - I can't :(
Please bring this back @Apple.
There are some things you got right very early on - please keep a hold of those little things that make life easier
Calculator widget
