{"id":176,"date":"2005-05-03T17:39:36","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/05\/03\/dashboard-widgets-anywhere-on-the-desktop\/"},"modified":"2005-05-03T17:45:20","modified_gmt":"2005-05-03T22:45:20","slug":"dashboard-widgets-anywhere-on-the-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/03\/dashboard-widgets-anywhere-on-the-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dashboard Widgets Anywhere on the Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTiger (Macintosh OS X 10.4) Dashboard Widgets can be displayed anywhere on the desktop, it only requires a simple command to be run in the Terminal (don’t fear the terminal!)
\ndefaults write com.apple.Dashboard devmode YES;killall Dock<\/p>\n

This command does two things
\n1. It changes the preferences of Dashboard to development mode (simple enough)
\n2. It restarts the Dock<\/p>\n

To get the widget onto your desktop, press F12 to show your widgets, click the plus sign at the bottom of the screen, drag a widget up out of the bottom area and press F12 before you release the mouse button.<\/p>\n

To get rid of them again, hold option and mouse over them. You’ll see the X show up in the corner. Just click it. Simple enough. There’s also a piece of software<\/a> that does this, currently it’s in Beta and free, but they’ll be charging for it after July.
\n<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: dashboard<\/a>, macintosh<\/a>, os x<\/a>, software<\/a><\/p>\n

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