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If you're willing to dabble with some code, there's a fantastic app called Ubersicht that adds custom stuff to your desktop. I know, you're probably thinking "That's not at ALL what I want!" but I bet you could use it to put an icon in the bottom left or right corner of your screen to show when your audio is connected to your AirPods instead of the speakers, or something like that. Source: 12 months ago
There is an app called Ubersicht that does some of what Rainmeter allows you to do on Windows. Source: about 1 year ago
Übersicht, an application that allows you to make your own desktop widgets (can execute system commands and see their output displayed in little containers). This can be used to virtually replace the default menu bar on mac. Source: about 1 year ago
Have you looked into Überschict? My current desktop has a calendar and a few other things displayed on it in semi-transparent windows. https://tracesof.net/uebersicht/. Source: about 1 year ago
Uebersicht (Free) Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5, which means they are easy to write and customize can show data in tables, charts, graphs ... You name it can react to different screen sizes (I did make an Evangelion (If you get where that's from ❤️) system monitor for it... Yeah really cool,... Source: about 1 year ago
BGinfo is one very simple approach to your basic premise. Source: about 1 year ago
Check out BGInfo. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/bginfo. Source: about 1 year ago
BGinfo runs on boot to overlay useful information on the wallpaper. Source: about 1 year ago
Microsoft has BGinfo @ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/bginfo that is free and can be pushed to machines to display relevant data like machine name and IP right on the desktop and its highly visible to end users. Source: over 1 year ago
But, I recommend taking a look at bginfo. A lot of places just use this to constantly display the system's info on the Desktop. It seems like a campy solution, but it's a popular campy solution that no one questions. Source: over 1 year ago
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