Hey guys,
Can you please let me know how to set the CALCULATOR on the widget??
That was really important and useful widget but I can't find it.
I hope please I can't just find it. If not, I can't understand developers for this OS 😁
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
I hope it will come back one day, but it was already getting worse and worse: In the last OS versions it had no more memory when the sidebar was closed and reopened again. This was also very annoying.
Somebody here left the tipp to use spotlight instead and I'm bound to say that I still miss the GUI but this works very fine for me. Because the spotlight (just type in the calculation) works above every window even in full screen mode, like the sidebar was before. The calculator app doesn't.
Hope this helps.
You can also pin the calculator app to the dock.
Looks like there's a calculator app in the launchpad now that you can stick in the dock.
I just typed "calculator" in the spotlight search, and it popped up.
I thought the same thing, until I started using the new one. I just dragged it to the dock, where it stays front and center. No different really, except it's now either a click away or already on my desktop. Plus... when I add multiple lines (from several web page tabs as example) it won't erase my total as it slides away on me. So I actually find it MORE handy now.
I found a calculator in Launch Pad. It can be locked into the dock. When you click on it the calculator places itself on the desktop and it can be moved around. I find this more efficient to use than the widget.
rabidart wrote:
It was so easy to swipe form the right edge with two fingers and start typing on the calculator in pre-Big Sur. I hope they bring it back. I mean I could use my phone calculator shortcut, but it was very useful on the desktop.
Did you tell Apple you'd like to see them bring it back?
Mr. Plum Bum wrote:
I hope they'll change their mind on this and bring interactivity back as soon as possible. I also miss using – not just viewing – the calendar widget.
Did you tell Apple?
Honestly... without Calculator what is the point of Widgets? I don't have stocks & shares, I can (& do read) the news... & I can (& do) look out the window for the weather! 3rd party Widgets have been rendered useless (istat menus being a prime example - & no sign of a workaround according to bjango).
PCalc is a good solution, (although not Retina ready to my eyes)... but the new 11.1 Calculator is a big downgrade as far as I'm concerned... extremely disappointing from Apple, (& yes they do read these forums)...
F~L~E~X~I~S wrote:
extremely disappointing from Apple, (& yes they do read these forums)...
The Hosts read the forums but only to make sure everyone adheres to the terms of service. Engineers and developers are not, however, reading here for suggestions or feedback. If you want your feedback to go where it will do some actual good, use the proper method:
They do not as this is just a user forum, but you can go to https://www.apple.com/feedback/ and tell Apple about it.
Man its a shame they removed it. I hope they bring it back.
I've dropped the Calculator app on the Dock. Loved the widget, but this works for me :)
It is available as an app. Click on launchpad and you will see it. I agree it is very useful, so I have added it to the dock.
You can, but if you also use a virtual environment, means I have to switch back to OSX to use the calculator, where as the widgets are still accessible by pressing the top right corner.
Submitted feedback to bring the calculator app back to widgets.
It was so easy to swipe form the right edge with two fingers and start typing on the calculator in pre-Big Sur. I hope they bring it back. I mean I could use my phone calculator shortcut, but it was very useful on the desktop.
Where is the CALCULATOR widget on Big Sur???
