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Control a Home accessory from Notification Center or your Mac desktop
You can use Home widgets to access, monitor, and control accessories, without needing to open the Home app. You can add Home widgets to Notification Center or your Mac desktop.
Add a Home widget to Notification Center
On your Mac, open Notification Center.
At the bottom of Notification Center, click Edit Widgets.
In the widget browser, click Home in the sidebar to view its available widgets.
To add widgets to Notification Center, do any of the following:
Drag the widget to the upper-right corner of the desktop.
Click the widget (or click the widget’s Add button
).
To change the new widget’s location in Notification Center, drag it up or down. If you decide you don’t want the new widget, click its Remove button
.
When you’re finished adding widgets, click Done at the bottom-right corner of the widget browser.
Add a Home widget to the desktop
On your Mac, Control-click the wallpaper, then choose Edit Widgets.
In the widget browser, click Home in the sidebar.
Drag a widget to any position on the desktop.
Click Done at the bottom-right corner of the widget browser.