Leopard Tricks Tips and Tools

Sarah E-mailed this one in:

To refresh a widget individually, click on the desired widget and hit “apple-R”.

Thanks Sarah…

written by James \\ tags: dashboard, widget, widgets

I found this widget called “CharacterPal”, it has an option that lets you drag the widget to the desktop. All you have to do is start dragging the widget as you press F12. The good thing is that once the option is enabled you don’t need to keep “CharacterPal” open in the dashboard, so you can close it an still drag your favorite widget to the desktop. Hope this is helpful, enjoy!

written by Caballoballo \\ tags: desktop, Leopard, Tiger, widget

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.

written by allmaya \\ tags: calendar, ical, sync, widget

Open the dashboard and show the Weather widget. Hold down Option + Command and click the widget. You will now see the Weather in Nowhere.

written by Cliko \\ tags: weather, widget

It appears the Leopard Tricks widget is getting rather popular, and I can see why. The widget is a really easy way to get all the latest information from the leopardtricks.com web site right into your dashboard.

You can download the widget directly from this site. It’s also available on:

Apple:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/blogs_forums/leopardtricks.html

Softpedia:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Dashboard-Widgets/Information/Leopard-Tricks.shtml

Macupdate:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26102/leopard-tricks

Download it from Apple’s official widget site (first link) to bump it up the popularity list! We’re at #18 today!

written by James \\ tags: Leopard, leopard tricks widget, widget