Seeing widgets while working

[Hitman1717]

I'm still a Mac novice and want to use some widgets. Is it possible to have a widget or two open (on one side of the screen), while working in Word or other programs? I'm able to bring the widgets up but when I work, they have to disappear.

 

[spinnerlys]

• 1. Open Terminal
• 2. Enter the following:
  

  defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

• 3. Press ENTER
• 4. Log out or Force Quit the Dock process via Activity Monitor
• 5. Activate Dashboard via the F4 key
• 6. Grab the widget you want to have on your Desktop and drag it around
• 7. Keep the primary mouse button pressed
• 8. Deactivate Dashboard via the F4 key
• 9. Voilà
• 10. To get the widget back into Dashboard, grab the widget and move it around and activate Dashboard.

 

[Hitman1717]

• 1. Open Terminal
• 2. Enter the following:
  

  defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

• 3. Press ENTER
• 4. Log out or Force Quit the Dock process via Activity Monitor
• 5. Activate Dashboard via the F4 key
• 6. Grab the widget you want to have on your Desktop and drag it around
• 7. Keep the primary mouse button pressed
• 8. Deactivate Dashboard via the F4 key
• 9. Voilà
• 10. To get the widget back into Dashboard, grab the widget and move it around and activate Dashboard.

Thanks! I apologize for asking, but where does this get typed in. What do you mean "open terminal."

 

[spinnerlys]

Thanks! I apologize for asking, but where does this get typed in. What do you mean "open terminal."

Terminal, an application located in the Macintosh HD / Applications / Utilities folder, found via Spotlight (Command+Space).

Activity Monitor, see Terminal.

 

[Hitman1717]

thanks! I think I got it to work.