However, the macOS isnt perfect and adding iPhone widgets might not work for you sometimes.

you could follow these troubleshooting steps below to fix iPhone widgets if they arent working on macOS Sonoma.

1. verify if Your Mac Supports Widgets

Before proceeding, ensure that your Mac supports widgets.

Select System Settings from the Apple menu

Proceed with the next troubleshooting methods to fix the problem.

Check Widget tweaks of The Desktop

Apple enables widget tweaks by default on macOS Sonoma.

2.SelectDesktop & Dockon the left pane.

Click Desktop Dock from the left pane

4.Scroll down further and selectAutomaticnext toWidget Style, and enable theUse iPhone widgetsoption under the Widgets section.

Once youve enabled everything mentioned above, you should be able to use iPhone widgets on your Mac desktop.

If the issue still persists, go through the next troubleshooting methods.

Enable show items show widgets and set click wallpaper to show desktop items as allow in Desktop Dock settings on macOS

2.Right-choose blank area of your Mac desktop, and clickEdit Widgets.

Once you add the widget again, it should be working without any problem.

If youre still facing the iPhone widgets not working issue on your Mac, try the following methods below.

Set Widget style to automatic and enable use iPhone widgets option in Desktop Dock settings in macOS

Heres how you might reboot your Mac:

1.Click theApple menu() on the top-left of your screen.

2.SelectRestartoption from the list.

3.Deselect theReopen windows when logging back inoption when you see a confirmation prompt and clickRestartagain.

Mac and iPhone connected to the same Wi Fi

Reset the Notification Center

1.OpenTerminalfrom Spotlight or Launchpad.

2.Copy and paste the following command in the Terminal and press theReturnkey:

3.ClickAllowwhen Terminal asks for permission.

Low Power Mode disables many background activities to prolong the battery life of your Mac or iPhone.

Right click widget to remove and select Remove widget option from the desktop

2.SelectBatteryfrom the left pane.

3.punch thedropdown menunext toLow Power Modeand selectNever.

1.Open theSettingsapp on your iPhone.

Right click on the blank area and select Edit Widgets option

3.Turn off the toggle next toLow Power Mode.

Once disabled, the iPhone widgets and other widgets should work as usual on your Mac without any problems.

Update macOS and iOS

1.Open theApple menu() on the top-left of the display and selectSystem controls.

Restart option in the Apple menu

2.Navigate toGeneral > Software Update.

3.Click theUpdate Nowoption after you receive an update.

Your Mac will restart once the update finishes.

Restart confirmation prompt on macOS

2.Go toGeneral > Software Update.

3.Click theUpdate Nowoption after you receive an update.

Your iPhone will restart once the update finishes.

Search and open Terminal from Spotlight search

Once updated to the latest iOS and macOS versions, check whether the iPhone widgets are working or not.

If not, theres only one resort left.

Theyll take your Mac or iPhone, diagnose the problem, and fix it.

Enter the command to remove all widgets from the desktop

Widgets will be cleared from the desktop after pressing the return key after the remove widgets from desktop command in Terminal

Go to battery settings in macOS and set Low Power Mode to Never

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