This tutorial will walk you through the steps required to move one or more of your Dashboard Widgets from the Dashboard, to your Desktop.
- Start by opening a Terminal and enter the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
killall Dock - Launch the Dashboard by hitting the F12 key
- Click on the widget you want to move to your Desktop, and while holding the mouse button down, click F12 again
- Now you can move the widget around on your desktop to the location of your choice. The widget will remain above all other windows, so place it in a location where that behavior is desirable.
- If you want to move the widget back to your Dashboard, simply click it and hold the mouse button down, click F12 and “release” it back to the Dashboard
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I followed the steps, but it didn’t work… My mac is Intel, OS V. 10.4.11. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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
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.
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/
Thanks Don! - I updated this post
Yes, it was correct in your screen shot. If I had paid attention…..
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