In this guide, we will make you aware of a nifty workaround to rectify the issue of widgets overlapping the icons on the desktop on your Mac. The fourteenth iteration of the OS build has brought a slew of intriguing goodies and noteworthy features to the fore. One among them is the ability to directly add widgets to the desktop. Earlier, these widgets were only confined to the notification section, but now they could have a permanent abode on the desktop, similar to how is the case on iPhones and iPads.
However, carrying out this task on a Mac is proving to be easier said than done. Numerous Mac users have voiced their concern that whenever they place a widget on their desktop, it tends to overlap the app icons or the files already present there. By default, the files and folders present there automatically re-arrange themselves for the widget to adjust on the desktop [as is evident from the two attached images]. But that doesn’t seem to be the case now.
Since the rest of the icons aren’t giving any space to the widget, it has no option but to overlap on top of them, thereby making it extremely difficult to identify the file or folder that lies beneath it, apart from the fact that it spells out a poor UI/UX experience. With that said, there does exist a handy workaround that should help you rectify this issue. So without further ado, let’s check it out.
Fix Widgets Overlapping Icons on Mac Desktop
To resolve this bug, you just need to restart Finder once. Here’s how it could be done:
- Go to Launchpad > Others > Activity Monitor.
- Then select Finder and click the cross icon at the top.
- Now click on Force Quit from the menu that appears.
- Then wait for a few seconds and relaunch Finder.
That’s it. These were the steps to rectify the issue of widgets overlapping the icons on the desktop on Mac. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
