KakuchiTurn it on for a widget
- 1Add the widget to your desktop from the Widget Gallery.
- 2Right-click it and choose Show on Lock Screen. A tick shows it's on.
- 3Lock your Mac (Control-Command-Q) to see it.
Think about who can see it
Anything on the lock screen is visible to anyone at your Mac, which is why it's off for every widget until you turn it on.
Good choices: a clock, the weather, a countdown, now playing. Less good: your calendar at work, your to-do list, market positions.
Turn it off
Right-click the widget on the desktop and choose Show on Lock Screen again to remove the tick.
Questions
- Do lock screen widgets work on every Mac?
- Kakuchi supports macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
- Why isn't Kakuchi on the Mac App Store?
- The lock screen and keep on top use system capabilities the App Store doesn't allow, so Kakuchi is downloaded from its website.
Related guides
- How to add widgets to your Mac desktop
On macOS 14 or later, right-click the desktop and choose Edit Widgets for Apple's widgets. For more widgets, free sizing and other places on screen, install Kakuchi and add them from its Widget Gallery.
- How to add widgets to the Mac menu bar
In Kakuchi, right-click a widget and choose Add to Menu Bar. It gets its own item in the menu bar; click it and the full widget drops down.