I don’t know if this is common knowledge, but I accidently stumbled upon this widget trick. If you double click your Calendar widget, it shows you your appointments for the next hour or so from the iCal. So, I just have to move the mouse to a hotkey to see my schedule instead of launching iCal.
Anyone experiencing full functioning widgets in Finder (Dashboard not activated!)? I do. One day was using widgets and repositioning them and suddenly found one shifted to the Finder and has there been ever since - more followed. And they’re fully functioning.
How did I do it? Don’t know, simply clicked on it, held mouse down and moved them. Can’t get rid of them now because even eliminating them from Dashboard still keeps them in the Finder (OS 10.5.1). Had to drag them to the bottom of the screen out of sight. Has anyone any suggestions or explanation. Even Apple Support can’t seem to help.
I found this handy little trick on macosxhints.com. Most people use Exposé quite frequently, I know I do. I have one of my hot corners set to “show desktop” which I like to do if I want to make sure something has downloaded correctly. However, all of my windows get shoved off the screen and there’s that annoying black border. So when I found this terminal command, I was delighted.
Open terminal and type in:
defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false
Then, restart the dock by typingkillall DockThis way, when you “show desktop” (default F11) all of your windows combine into a little window on your desktop.
Apple has released their largest software update to date: the highly anticipated version 10.5.2 of Leopard. The update addresses a sprawling variety of issues, including general operating system fixes, stability issues, compatibility adjustments and security enhancements. In other words, it is–as MacDailyNews puts it–the “mother of all Mac OS X updates.”
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By coincidence I figured that there is an easy way of deleting Widgets from your Dashboard.
Just go ahead and press the Alt/Option key and scroll over any widget. As you can see the white cross on the left hand side appears and you can delete a widget from your dashboard.
* note from James - This is an oldie but a goodie, I don’t recall if we’ve covered this already or not. I’m sure new mac users will appreciate.
Check out http://www.blocksoft.net/docker.html and download “Docker.” It’s a great little app to change your leopard dock from 2D to 3D. The new version lets you add spaces between your docks, so you can have application groups. You can even change the color of the dock. Check it out.
Moving around icons in the Dock is a breeze, because you can just drag them around and in and out of the Dock if necessary. The same can be done with the Menu Bar. You can remove and rearrange icons in the Menu Bar by holding down the Command key and clicking the icon you wish to remove or rearrange. Then, if you want to remove it, simply drag the icon off the Menu Bar. If you want to put it somewhere else on the Menu Bar, drag it around until its in your desired location, just like in the Dock.
(Note: I have Leopard 10.5.1, I have not tried this with any other build of Leopard or past OS’s)
* note from James - this also worked in Tiger, possibly Panther
If you want to simply rearrange your toolbar, there is a faster way than right-click -> Customize Toolbar. Simply Cmd-drag an item from the toolbar to a new position or outside to delete it.
Thanks to gary for accidentally stumbling upon this feature.
