How To Download And Use Mac Widget

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How To Download And Use Mac Widgets

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Widgets are small mini-applications designed to perform tasks that we otherwise perform by visiting web pages. For instance, instead of opening Safari and going to a weather website, you can access the weather-widget with a single click of your mouse.

Widgets are not viewed the same way as regular applications. Instead, they are shown in Dashboard. When opening Dashboard, your screen fades a bit and the widgets zoom in across the screen.

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It’s silly really. Just click the download button at a web page that offers a widget. When the widget is downloaded, your Mac will simply ask you if you wish to install the widget or not. Uninstall the widget. If you wish to uninstall a widget, open another widget called “Widgets”.
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Open Dashboard

In order to open Dashboard, just click it’s icon in the dock.

When you do so, Dashboard and the widgets will appear.

The widgets

What they are

Widgets are small applications used to perform smaller tasks or show data. Since they are programmed the same way as websites are it is easy for web developers to create widgets that display information from their websites.

Show/hide widgets

If you look at the lower left corner of Dashboard, you will see a plus button. If you click it, a bar containing all installed widgets will appear. From this bar, just drag the applications that you wish to use onto the Dashboard space.

If you wish to hide a widget, hold down the alt key and put the cursor over the widget. A button looking like a cross will appear in the widget’s upper left corner. Click it and the widget disappears. If you wish to use it again, just click the plus button in the lower left corner again.

Changing widget settings

Most widgets have some settings. When you put the cursor over a widget, a small i-symbol will appear somewhere on the widget (usually the lower right corner). Click this and the widget will flip over and settings will appear.

Close Dashboard

If you wish to close Dashboard, press the esc button or click the desktop but not on a widget. The widgets will disappear and the desktop will be as bright as always.

Download more widgets!

There are many great places for downloading new widgets. Here are some of them:

Install downloaded widgets

It’s silly really. Just click the download button at a web page that offers a widget. When the widget is downloaded, your Mac will simply ask you if you wish to install the widget or not.

Uninstall the widget

If you wish to uninstall a widget, open another widget called “Widgets”. From that one, you can delete others by pressing the minus next to their name.

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As of Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.2 installing Widgets has been a breeze thanks to the Widgets widget. It's also very easy to use in Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.x. The Widget widget was briefy described in the Configure and Customize Dashboard guide.

The Widget installation behavior will depend on two factors:

Your preferred web browser
Configuration of the web browser

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Safari is the default web browser for Mac OS X. Many Mac users also use the Firefox and Camino web browsers. This guide will focus on Safari.
Safari Configuration
Safari's default out-of-the-box configuration allows Mac OS X to open 'safe' files immediately after they are downloaded. This feature can be disabled to provide a more secure and safe web browsing experience.
If the 'Open safe files after downloading' option is enabled in Safari's preferences, and you perform the steps to download a Widget using the Widgets widget, Safari will begin to download the Widget after you confirm that you want to perform the download. Safari downloads the Widget (usually as .zip archive), decompresses it, opens it, and displays a window similar to the following. To continue with the installation press Install, otherwise click Cancel. The Widget Installer then displays a message asking if you want to install the Widget.
Click Install to complete the installation. The Widget will then be added to Dashboard but in a temporary state as evidenced by the white box surrounding it and the appearance of two buttons:
Test the Widget
While the Widget is in this state, you will be able to tes it's functionality and determine if you want to keep it. Click 'Keep' to save it to Dashboard and 'Delete' to prevent the installation.

Note

If the 'Open safe files after downloading' preference has been disabled, in Safari or if you are using web browser other than Safari, or that the download is not a .zip archive it will have to be downloaded and subsequently installed manually.

Updates

April 30, 2009 - content revision, updated images

Created: 7:13 PM on Jan 3, 2007
By: switchtoamac

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