How to put Dashboard wigets on the Desktop in MacOSX

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– July 23, 2011Posted in: MACOSX, TIPS & TRICKS

Dashboard widgets in MacOSX is separated in its own workspace, and it’s convenient to keep them their. But if you like to put your widgets on the desktop, there’s still a way to do it

 

If you are running Lion, you have to complete the first 2 steps, otherwise, please start from step 3

 

Step 1 (For Lion only):

Open System Preferences -> Mission Control

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Step 2 (For Lion only):

Disable "Show Dashboard as a space", and close the preferences

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Step 3:

- Open Terminal (in Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)

- In the Terminal window console, enter

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

- Next, kill the Dock

killall Dock

 

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Now, it’s time to add your widget to the desktop

 

- Press F4 to open Dashboard

- Click and hold the widget you want to add to the desktop. While still holding the widget, press F4 again, you will be able to put it anywhere on the desktop, the widget will be on top of all other application.

 

If you want to remove the widget, do as followings:

- Click and hold the widget with your mouse

- While holding the widget, press F4, now drag the widget around on Dashboard Canvas and it will be removed from the desktop

 

It’s fun, isn’t it :)

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