Dashboard Widgets are small applications that run within the application Dashboard in Mac OS X. By default, you get a calculator, calendar, clock widget time, but you can add more. You can view these by clicking the Dashboard icon in your Dock on the bottom of the screen. You can also run the desktop folder Applications. While these four players only appear when you first run the dashboard actually have many more installed. These can be visible through the implementation of desktop and then clicking the + button to be in the bottom left corner of the screen. The bottom of the screen displays all players installed.

Often you will have more than one page of widgets available. In this case there will be a small arrow to the right of the widget last sample. Click the arrow to go to the next set of widgets. You can then use an arrow to the left to go back.

To add a widget, click on the list. Appears in the center of the screen. To remove, click the X button that appears in the upper left corner of the widget. This does not remove the widget on my desktop completely, but simply removed from view. Remain on the list of widgets installed. You can also click and drag any type of device around the screen, while in Add mode or in normal viewing mode. To exit the Add mode, locate and click the lower X all the way to the left, just above the horizontal list of widgets that can be added.

You can also install more widgets from the Internet. Click the button + As if it were to add new widgets. Then click the button 'Manage large. This will bring a special widget widgets management. This is where Players can completely uninstall if you wish. You can also click the More button widgets that will open the Web browser and take you to href = "http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard"> http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard where Apple maintains a directory of widgets available. You can browse or search widgets here. When you find something you like, just download to your Mac If the widget is packaged properly by the developer, will be installed to moment when the download is complete. You will receive a message asking you to install the widget. Then be taken to the Dashboard widget, which appear, along with a set of buttons that let you decide whether to keep or discard the new widget.

It's a good idea to limit your players visible to those used often. Some widgets can have memory and slow down your Mac, so they want no more than a handful running on the Dashboard at any time.

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