✨ Count the days ✨
🎂 Birthday
🏖️ Beach trip
🎆 New Year
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251d 3h 7m
70d 3h 7m
Countdown widget for your Mac desktop
To add a countdown widget to your Mac desktop, describe it in DesignMyMac — “A kawaii pastel countdown grid with emoji for my birthday on 14 March, a beach vacation on 1 July and New Year.” — and it designs the widget in any style, font and colour, then places it on your desktop behind your windows. You can resize it, move it, and edit it on its own later.
Prompt
“A kawaii pastel countdown grid with emoji for my birthday on 14 March, a beach vacation on 1 July and New Year.”
Design this widgetThree soft pastel countdown tiles sit together in one tidy grid, each with a cheerful emoji for your birthday, beach trip and New Year. Rounded corners and a bubbly font keep it sweet and easy to read.
What it's built from
- heading — a headline
- divider — a separator
- text — a line of text
- countdown — days, hours and minutes to a date
Make it yours
- Any style — fonts from handwritten to pixel, glass or solid cards, retro window and pixel frames.
- Painted art — describe a picture and DesignMyMac paints it into the widget.
- Edit one widget without touching the rest of your desktop.
- Live — clocks tick, weather updates, calendar and music read from your Mac.
Questions
How do I add a countdown widget to my Mac?
To add a countdown widget to your Mac desktop, describe it in DesignMyMac — “A kawaii pastel countdown grid with emoji for my birthday on 14 March, a beach vacation on 1 July and New Year.” — and it designs the widget in any style, font and colour, then places it on your desktop behind your windows. You can resize it, move it, and edit it on its own later.
Can I change the countdown widget's style?
Yes — any font (including pixel, handwritten and typewriter), colours, size, frame, glass effect and even painted artwork. Edit it by hand or ask the AI to restyle just that widget.
Does it work alongside macOS widgets?
Yes. DesignMyMac widgets sit on your desktop next to any macOS widgets you use.
Is DesignMyMac free?
You can start for free. Designing with AI has a daily limit per account.
Which Macs does it work on?
Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. You can also design in your browser at designmymac.com/studio.
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