mini applications that are hosted in the macOS Dashboard
Questions tagged [dashboard-widget]
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Which are the OS X Dashboard Widgets you can't live without?
I don't use widgets that much, but one particular widget makes the dashboard useful to me. That's iStat
iStat Pro is a highly configurable
widget that lets you monitor every
aspect of your Mac, including CPU,
memory, disks, network, battery,
…
Stephane
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Is there a widget for Mac OS X dashboard that has bigger sticky notes?
Is there a widget for Mac OS X dashboard to write down notes?
N.B. What I use now are yellow small sticky notes (I'm using 8 on several spots on the scren).
I really love them, but sometimes it would be useful to enlarge them and make them bigger…
aneuryzm
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A better dashboard dictionary widget
I find the default dictionary dashboard widget on my MacBook Pro to be very annoying. One, you type in a misspelled word and it says, ""x" could not be found" instead of being helpful and offering alternative spellings. Two, I can't copy and paste…
wdypdx22
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Can anyone recommend a decent free stop watch widget for MacOSX?
I would like something that is simple to use.
Casebash
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How to resize the widgets in the dashboard?
I wish to enlarge the widgets in my dashboard, because I find it quite uncomfortable to see the contents of the dictionary widget in that small box.
Is it possible to do that?
Sibbs Gambling
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Are there any way I can have a Dashboard Widget visible all the time on the desktop?
A thing that I like with Windows 7 is that I can have the gadgets (widgets) open and visible all the time, e.g. a small RSS reader in the corner of the desktop.
I would like to be able to have a small RSS reader in the corner of my Mac OS X desktop…
Jonas
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iChrono won't install
I have tried downloading iChrono, unzipping and installing, but I get the following error message:
You can't install the file "iChrono
3.wdgt" because it isn't a valid widget?
The requirements are Mac OS X 10.4 or later, but I have 10.6.4. When…
Casebash
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align widgets in the dashboard?
Is it possible to move a dashboard widget to a specific coordinate? I looked in google, and there's no specific answer to it.
I asume that there should be some plist file somewhere with the numeric coordinates of each widget that can be…
edgarator
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How to get rid of a widget stuck on the desktop instead of the dashboard?
A long time ago I installed the Art Directors Toolkit widget. Today, when I restarted my computer after a power outage, there were 2 instances of the widget. The first one is in the dashboard and a second appears on the desktop, like any other…
WaterBearer
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Can I install a widget on Monterrey?
I have an old .wdgt that I came across.
I'm wondering if there's a way to install it in Monterrey or am I out of luck?
Kramer
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What are some Weather Widgets I can use?
I really need some Weather Widgets to use on Dashboard. Please give me your best widgets I can use.
GummyArgyle
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How to move around with the mouse in a Web Clip Widget?
I have created a Clip Web dashboard with a selection of a web site that shows a google maps with special spots. How can I move the map around in that widget ?
The only thing I managed to do is to move the widget itself :-/
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