When clicking on iPhone widgets added on macOS Sonoma, a message saying "open app on iPhone to continue" appears on the widgets. When opening the corresponding app on iPhone nothing happens. This does not occur with native mac widgets (clock, news, calendar, etc).
MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)
I fixed it with turning off/on Use iPhone widgets switch in System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Widgets.
Turn it off, wait a minute, and then turn it back on again.
During this process, all of the iPhone widgets disappear from my desktop and then reappear and start to show what they are supposed to show.
Of course, not all of the iOS widgets are ready to be used on MacOS. Some of them that are capable of interacting with the user can't do so on MacOS. Others, like Spotify, don't even show up in the widget chooser. For example, I can view my note list on the Simplenote widget, but I can't edit it without the iPhone. The Google Search widget also does not work for this reason.
Some widgets you add on MacOS that weren't previously added on iPhone won't work until you give them permission: open your iPhone, wait for a prompt, and confirm.
VPN was never turned on on my iPhone so not sure why it worked for you. No none apple widgets are working on my macbook pro. always says open on iPhone which i do and still nothing happens on the macbook pro...... this isn't making sense why they would even offer this. will keep following conversation to see if there is ever a solution or update that fixes this.
I opened the app on my iPhone and it still doesn't work. I've started / re-started, turned off widgets, edited widgets, made sure the VPN was off - nothing works.
I concur that this functionality is worthless.
I have done both. It seems that this is a common issue. Have you been able to add non-macOS widgets 9the ones from your iPhone such as possibly Google, Bing, Spotify, etc.) and gotten them to work?
I see It must be the same for the widget displaying the remaining time for my parking
My settings show the iPhone option also enabled. This is very strange. I have still not found a single iPhone widget which works on the desktop. Has anyone else? Someone above suggested MyRadar ….
Same for me... I didn't know how to avoid this message. Any advice?
Find My is one widget that works for me. Otherwise, my troubles are the same
I have never found one that works either. This "feature" is useless.
May I ask where to get the Facebook widget or any widget for the iPhone?
where did you find the widgets in settings? it isn't on my iPhone or macbook pro
I got this message for youtube music and also youtube. Been opening the apps on the iphone and it makes no difference.
I agree!!!
I've just tried this and it worked! Thank you!
That's disgusting. Even the Google Translator app asks to open on iPhone. Apple usually don't deliver unfinished features, but it is how it looks like now.
Widgets added on Sonoma saying "open app on iPhone to continue"
