Mac OS X 10.4 Help
Downloading and installing additional widgets
Mac OS X comes with a number of widgets already installed. If you are connected to the Internet, you can download additional widgets.
- Click the Dashboard icon in the Dock or press the F12 key to open Dashboard.
- Click the Open (+) button to reveal the widget bar.
- Click Manage Widgets to open the Widgets Dashboard widget.
- Click More Widgets to go to the Dashboard Widgets website.
- Follow the instructions on the website to select and download the widget you want.
- When the Widget Installer opens, click Install.
- Click Keep to keep the widget.
If the installer doesn't open automatically, go to where you download files on your computer and open the widget. If the file is archived (for example, the name includes the ".zip" extension), you'll first need to open the archive to retrieve the widget.
You can use the widget before you decide whether to keep it. If you decide not to keep the widget, click Delete to delete the widget from Dashboard and move the widget to the Trash.
You can also access the Dashboard Widgets website by Control-clicking the Dashboard icon in the Dock and choosing More Widgets from the contextual menu that appears.
When you install a widget you've downloaded, the widget is moved to the Widgets folder in your home Library folder.
If the Widget Installer doesn't open automatically when you download a widget, you may want to change your browser preferences. For more information about making this change in Safari, choose Help > Safari Help, and search for "downloading files."
If you close Dashboard without choosing Keep or Delete, Dashboard keeps the widgets for you.
You can find even more Dashboard widgets by searching the Internet. As with any software available on the Internet, make sure you trust the source before you download and install a widget on your computer.