Dashboard Widgets

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Why Web Clip Widgets Captured the Best and Worst of Dashboard

19 Aug, ⏱ 10-min readSilas Montgomery

Dashboard Was Better as a Workshop Than as an App Platform

12 Aug, ⏱ 6-min readMadeline Hayes

Classic Mac OS X Dashboard Media Widgets: iTunes Buddy and Plasmatube

29 Apr, ⏱ 3-min readSilas Montgomery

A Beginner’s Guide to Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets

25 Feb, ⏱ 3-min readSilas Montgomery

The Most Useful Types of Dashboard Widgets for Older Macs

19 Feb, ⏱ 3-min readSilas Montgomery

RSS Dashboard Widgets: How Feed-Based Mini Apps Worked on Mac OS X

07 Feb, ⏱ 4-min readSilas Montgomery

This category treats Dashboard as a working layer of classic Mac OS X, not just a screenshot from the Aqua era. The focus is on installing, sorting, repairing, and evaluating widgets that still have some practical use on older Macs.