askdavetaylor.com — With a simple terminal command you can turn on the ability to "pull" widgets out of Dashboard and onto your desktop? When you're through with the widget, you can easily place it back, conveniently out of your way.
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boogieSep 4, 2006
Guys, nice post, but "coincidentally" this was featured in the MacCast (www.maccast.com) of august 30th... Amazing coincidence ;-)
alexusSep 4, 2006
Last login: Mon Sep 4 11:04:03 on ttyp1Welcome to Darwin!ibg4:~ alexus$ pull-bash: pull: command not foundibg4:~ alexus$ there is no such command on my ibook g4
gdog05Sep 4, 2006
This is a feature in the new Vista Sidebar. Drag any Sidebar item onto the desktop. At least it works in my Beta version. I'm gonna guess it will be standard in OS X updates as well. I do wish the OS X widgets ran a bit faster. I use a new G5 at work with 2 gigs of RAM, and the widgets still take a while to draw. In contrast, the Adobe CS2 always loads fast. Maybe I just have a badly coded widget installed. Anyone else have slow draw times?
scubasteve03Sep 4, 2006
@ MikezillaKonfabulator had a feature identical to the way Dashboard functions called "Konsposé." I liked Konfabulator better because it was an either/or thing. You could have your widgets on the desktop or in Konsposé.
percussionlabSep 4, 2006
Yeah guys, asthmatic has a great point. Theres no terminal needed if you just want to drag a widget onto your normal desktop. Just add the widget to your dashboard like usual, but while dragging your desired widget onto the screen, push F12 again so your normal desktop reappears and you still have your widget in tow.
starmanjonesSep 4, 2006
um... no he doesn't try to make you think apple invented it. i think everyone knows where it came from. but as i said... he... apple figured out how to keep from being a pain in the ass.
ductionsSep 4, 2006
you cant drag the bouncy ball onto the desktop though :( <a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/gogoredball.html">http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/gogoredball.html</a>
skidogallardSep 9, 2006
It's more fun to do it this way.
os2guyJul 14, 2009
Ok, tried it, liked it. How to get rid of it tho'? While on your desktop left mouse on the widget and move it just a smidge, then still holding down the F12 (F4 for me on a mini-keyboard) you get the dashboard back. Move the widget and push F12 (F4). Presto the widget returns to the dashboard. Now, how to get these widgets to stay behind other apps like EyeTV, etc?