Comments on: How to run Dashboard Widgets on your OS X Desktop

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:19:46 +0000

Now that I can put widgets on my desktop (Intel Macbook Pro), can I minimize them or have them recede to the background?

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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:47:09 +0000

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By: Don

Don — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:57:04 +0000

Yes, it was correct in your screen shot. If I had paid attention…..

By: Ross McKillop

Ross McKillop — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:26:16 +0000

Thanks Don! – I updated this post

By: Don

Don — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:47:34 +0000

Ross-

I found the correct string

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

There is no . between dashboard and devmode. I put that in, killed the dock and it works perfectly now.

I found it here:

http://piyusharyan.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/terminal-commands-part-1/

By: Ross McKillop

Ross McKillop — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:23:41 +0000

Don -

I just tried again and got the nearly identical error message as you (actually exactly the same except my “number” was “[2490:10b] “.

It worked in 10.5.4 (or .3) – I would have been running one of those two when I wrote this. I’ll research it a bit and see if I can figure out the new command.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:17:11 +0000

I tried the same thing but get this in the terminal screen:

MacBook:~…..$ defaults write com.apple.dashboard.devmode YES
2008-09-16 06:15:45.817 defaults[1901:10b]
Rep argument is not a dictionary
Defaults have not been changed.

Running 10.5.5

By: Y

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:16:45 +0000

I followed the steps, but it didn’t work… My mac is Intel, OS V. 10.4.11. Any suggestions? Thanks!