Apple Company released the final build of the Mac desktop platform OS X Yosemite last month, continuing the direction set by the previous OS X Mavericks.
OS X Yosemite offers users an even cleaner design and even more features. One of which is the ability of the sidebar to be extended with third-party widgets downloaded from the Mac App Store App Store.
We tried to select the most popular and interesting widgets for the OS X Yosemite notification center:
With Deliveries you can very conveniently track postal items. All you need to do is run the program and specify the tracking number ( reference number departures). Nowadays tracking is assigned to parcels using almost any shipping method. The widget can track parcels from all major courier services.
Airmail is innovative mail client, supporting Gmail, Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo!, AOL and IMAP services. The application has been in beta testing for a long time and has recently been available for download on the Mac App Store. When creating the Airmail design, the developers were inspired by the official Twitter client for Mac.
PCalc is a powerful calculator for Mac that allows you to add a widget to your Notification Center. Combines the advantages of a regular calculator (sequential calculations, quick execution of functions from the keyboard) and a calculator that calculates expressions. The program has an original appearance, fully customizable interface and various types registration iOS version available.
iStat Mini is a simple and convenient widget for the Notification Center. A small mini-application allows you to monitor CPU load in real time, RAM, storage and network bandwidth. All data is conveniently displayed in the OS sidebar in the form of pie charts.
Monity is an advanced version of iStat Mini. Allows you to control the load on the processor, memory, battery, disk drive usage, computer uptime and a number of other system parameters. The widget displays system statistics in the sidebar, which saves space on the desktop and looks concise and aesthetically pleasing.
PhotoDesk for Instagram allows you to view, receive news and notifications, save images and videos, tag and even download photos and videos from the social network. You can upload content using simple drag and drop. You can save beautiful photos in albums or set the images to automatically sync to a selected folder. The widget allows you to view a feed of photos with the number of likes and publication date.
Chronicle makes it easy to track your expenses. The program is designed to become a reliable assistant. Thanks to the reminder function and widget for the Notification Center, the user will not forget to pay bills and will always know when, how much and for what he paid. There is synchronization with the version of the application for iPhone and iPad.
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite introduced new Center notifications. It's similar to the notification center in iOS, bringing widgets and notifications together in one place.
The Notification Center usually offers widgets and a list of previous notifications. You can also extend it with powerful scripts thanks to a third-party application.
Access Notification Center
To access the notification center, simply press the button in the top right corner of the screen - the one on the right side of the top menu bar. You can also swipe with right side your Mac's trackpad with two fingers. Tap outside the notification center and it will be hidden automatically.
There's no keyboard shortcut that opens the Action Center, at least not by default. If you want to set a custom keyboard shortcut for this, open System Preferences (Apple menu > System Preferences), click Keyboard, select the Shortcuts tab, and create a shortcut for Show Action Center under Flight Control".
Today View, aka widgets
By default, Action Center displays the Today view, similar to the Today view you'll see when you swipe down from top to bottom. iPhone screen or iPad. You'll see a variety of widgets, including Today, Social (for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Messages), Calendar, Stocks, Weather, Calculator, World Clock, and iTunes.
Technically, these are not widgets. These are "Today Extensions" because they expand the Today view in Action Center with more information. That's why you'll find them in the list of extensions in the System Preferences window.
To customize a widget, hover your mouse over it and you'll see an "i" icon. Click on it to change widget settings. For example, here's how you can edit the list of locations shown in the Weather widget, or how you can select the list of stocks shown in the Stocks widget. (This should be done while you are in the "normal" widget view, not the "edit" view.)
To choose which widgets to display, click the Edit button at the bottom of the screen. Drag widgets back and forth, or click the minus and plus buttons to add or remove them. You can also drag widgets up and down to arrange them in the list.
You'll find Apple's own widgets in the list of available widgets, as well as widgets installed by third-party apps you use on your Mac. Going forward, more Mac apps will include Today extensions.
Notifications
Click the Notifications tab and you'll see a list of notifications that have appeared on your Mac, sorted by the app that displayed them. It's an easy way to check notifications you might have messed up - messages, emails, and whatever apps notify you.
To customize the notifications that appear here, click the gear icon at the bottom of the notification list, or open the System Preferences window and click Notifications. You will find a list installed applications, which can display notifications, and you can sort by their order in the list, the types of notifications they can display, and the number of notifications shown in the Action Center. These options are a bit like managing notifications on an iPhone or iPad.
You can set Do Not Disturb mode to prevent notifications from bothering you. For example, you can set notifications to automatically turn off after business hours, preventing business emails from popping up at you.
You'll also see a Do Not Disturb switch at the top of Today View, allowing you to quickly turn it on or off.
Advanced Scenarios with Today's Scenarios
You can do a lot with the Notification Center. For example, the Today Scripts app allows you to use scripts that display their output as widgets in the Today panel. You can use this app to display items from an RSS feed, check if a server is online, show the top processes using resources on your Mac, display available storage, and much more - from online information to system statistics from your Mac .
To get started, visit the Today Scripts page on GitHub. Once installed, check out the list of sample scripts for inspiration and some useful scripts that you can simply copy and paste.
The widgets in the notification center are certainly more useful than the toolbar, which displayed widgets in a full-screen interface. That's why Mac OS X Yosemite began hiding the old toolbar interface by default.
A widget is a mini-program for quick access to key application features. In 2014 Apple presented its vision of widgets - and not only for mobile iOS, but also for desktop OS X. In this article we will talk about five widgets that are really worth trying on your Mas.
Battery Diag
The latest version of the utility received a widget - and learned to display Notification Center useful information: Battery charge level, time to discharge and power source used (wall or battery). As in the standard indicator, it is possible to display the status when the laptop is running from the network, but the device is not charging.
Countdowns
Widget for creating a countdown. What is this for? For example, you need to submit an essay by tomorrow - and the system will inexorably remind you exactly how much time you have at your disposal. You can download the application absolutely free, if you like it, purchase it using an in-app purchase.
Monity
And another useful utility for those who need to know everything about their hardware. The Notification Center widget displays information about CPU, RAM, network and hard drive usage.
PhotoDesk
Everyone loves Instagram! Just what do “Insta” and MacBook have in common? It would seem like nothing, but just look at this program to change your mind. PhotoDesk is convenient for two reasons: it is both a client for Mac and an application with a widget for the Notification Center. The program will always tell you who posted which photo and commented on which one. Two more bonuses are the ability to enjoy Instagram photos on the big screen and study detailed user statistics.
AirMail 2.0
A program for those who are not entirely satisfied functionality and appearance. Here is a modern, even somewhat unusual interface. However, it’s not so much interesting as it is a practical widget for the Notification Center. It shows the last five emails. You can immediately reply to them, delete unnecessary ones and go to the letter in the application.
What widgets for Mac do you use (and do you use them at all), dear readers? Share your experience in the comments!
This time we will learn useful tricks that will make your life much easier. Let's go!
Trick #1. Don't disturb!
Everyone knows very well that the “ Do not disturb» is enabled in System Settings from the Notifications section. However, with OS X Yosemite on board, this can be done much easier. To do this, press the key Alt and with a targeted mouse click we will hit the Notification Center icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Its color will change to gray. Once we open it, we will see that Do Not Disturb mode is indeed enabled.
Another way to do this if the Notification Center is already open: scroll down and the treasured switch will appear. Both methods will activate do not disturb mode for the rest of the day.
Trick #2. Open Notification Center for me. Fast!
If clicking on the small Notification Center icon in the far upper right corner is an overwhelming task, this item is for you. You can make the control center appear automatically when you hover your mouse over a corner of the screen. Same with Mission Control.
To do this, go to System Settings -> Mission Control. And select “Active corners”, where we configure everything at our personal discretion. And if, when selecting the desired action, you hold down the Cmd, Alt, Ctrl and Shift keys, then the selected one will be performed only when it hits the desired corner with the previously held keys.
Trick #3. More widgets
In addition to our previous one, revealing the essence Widgets, you can see for yourself the list of all applications that support Notification Center and widgets for it. To do this, open the control center, click on “Change” and, at the bottom, on “ App Store" As a result, a branded application store will open, where a variety of software products with widget support will be offered.
Trick #4. We customize the control center for ourselves
OS X provides unlimited space for creativity and a variety of settings to suit the needs of the end user. The Notification Center works the same way. In addition to many options for displaying notifications in " System settings-> Notifications", each application can be configured individually.
For example, in a standard email client Mail you can configure lists of contacts, notifications about letters from which will displayed. And in Messages There is an item responsible for displaying notifications coming from unknown numbers.
To view your own application settings, just press Cmd + “B” while the program is running.
Trick #5. Search notifications by date
Opening the tab Notifications in the control center, you can avoid scrolling down the list for a long time. To do this, just use the numbers on your keyboard. Clicking on any number will cause the list of notifications to move and the first of the events that took place on the selected date will be highlighted days ago.
A very interesting feature, but when it works, flaws often arise: navigation does not work the first time, notifications that are not selected are exactly what you expect. In general, Apple has some work to do, and I recommend that you try to find the notification you need yourself. Maybe you'll like the method.
Trick #6. Disable Notification Center
If you don’t like all of the above, and you don’t like the Notification Center itself, turn it off. To do this you need to open Terminal and run the following command:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
This will completely disable the control center, including pop-up notifications. Restart your computer and the changes will take effect. Even though the icon in the corner of the screen will remain, you will no longer be able to open the Notification Center using it. To bring the control unit back to life, use this command:
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
Trick #7. Pin pop-up notifications
Banners that pop up in the corner of the screen disappear within just a few seconds. This can be changed using the terminal. We insert the following command, and notifications will “hang” in the corner for 30 seconds. In the same way, by changing the number 30 to something larger, you can make toast notifications freeze in the corner for an indefinite amount of time until you click on them.
defaults write com.apple.notificationcenterui bannerTime 30
You can return the default settings like this:
defaults delete com.apple.notificationcenterui bannerTime
The last trick. Create your own notifications
With additional software You can create your own unique notifications that will pop up in the corner of the screen. To do this you need to download the following program:
sudo gem install terminal-notifier
After entering the password and completing the installation, the command for creating notifications will become available to you:
terminal-notifier -message "My notification text!"
On the official git of the project you can see the full list of available commands.
Became the most important release in the line of desktop operating systems Apple. The platform continues the direction set with last year's launch of OS X Mavericks, offering users an even cleaner design and even more iOS-inspired features.
A worthy successor to this tradition is the updated Notification Center in OS X Yosemite, which has been expanded with a “Today View” mode for the calendar, reminders, weather, promotions, and social networks. At the same time, the sidebar functions can easily be expanded with third-party widgets that are downloaded from the Mac App Store. TO at this moment developers have proposed dozens of useful widgets for OS X. MacDigger offers best solutions, using a useful feature of the new Apple operating system.
Wunderlist
Deliveries
With this you can very conveniently track postal items. All you need to do is launch the program and indicate the tracking number (reference number of the shipment). Nowadays tracking is assigned to parcels using almost any shipping method. The widget can track parcels from all major courier services.
Airmail
is an innovative email client that supports Gmail, Google Apps, iCloud, Yahoo!, AOL and IMAP services. The application has been in beta testing for a long time and has recently been available for download in the Mac App Store. When creating the Airmail design, the developers were inspired by the official Twitter client for Mac.
PCalc
is a powerful calculator for Mac that allows you to add a widget to the Notification Center. Combines the advantages of a regular calculator (sequential calculations, quick execution of functions from the keyboard) and a calculator that calculates expressions. The program has an original appearance, a fully customizable interface and various types of design. iOS version available.
iStat Mini
It is a simple and convenient widget for the Notification Center. A small mini-application allows you to monitor CPU, RAM, storage, and network bandwidth in real time. All data is conveniently displayed in the OS sidebar in the form of pie charts.
Monity
is an advanced version of iStat Mini. Allows you to control processor load, memory, battery, disk drive usage, computer continuous operation time and a number of other system parameters. The widget displays system statistics in the sidebar, which saves space on the desktop and looks concise and aesthetically pleasing.
PhotoDesk
For Instagram, it allows you to view, receive news and notifications, save images and videos, tag and even download photos and videos from the social network. You can upload content using simple drag and drop. You can save beautiful photos in albums or set the images to automatically sync to a selected folder. The widget allows you to view a feed of photos with the number of likes and publication date.
Chronicle
It makes it easy to keep track of your expenses. The program is designed to become a reliable assistant. Thanks to the reminder function and widget for the Notification Center, the user will not forget to pay bills and will always know when, how much and for what he paid. There is synchronization with the version of the application for iPhone and iPad.
