Apr 29, 2010

How to move widgets from dashboard to desktop


1. Open terminal ( on application/utilities/terminal.app )
2. Type : defaults write com.apple.Dashboard devmode YES
3. Press enter, log out, then log in
4. Open terminal again, type : killall Dock
5. Press enter, log out, then log in
6. Quit all running applications
7. Go to dashboard
8. Click '+' sign to add more widgets
9. Click a widget, hold on until you press F12 key to close the dashboard ( F12 is a default key on mac to close the dashboard )
10. Done!

If you want to remove widgets from desktop
1. Open terminal and type : defaults write com.apple.Dashboard devmode NO
2. Click a widget on the desktop that you want to remove, hold on, press F12 key, just put it back to the Dashboard
3. Done!

actually, there's a software to put widgets to the desktop, but this is the "terminal" way

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