{"id":46545,"date":"2018-11-13T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=46545"},"modified":"2020-08-07T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:53:57","slug":"get-your-dashboard-working-again-in-macos-mojave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/46545-get-your-dashboard-working-again-in-macos-mojave\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Dashboard Up and Running Again in macOS Mojave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardIcon-284x284.jpg\" alt=\"Mac Dashboard icon\" class=\"wp-image-46549\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mac widgets not working?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dashboard, the secondary desktop introduced with OS X Tiger, is gone, vamoosed, kaput; it&#8217;s an ex-desktop. With the advent of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/45928-how-to-download-macos-mojave-and-avoid-common-problems\" target=\"_blank\">macOS Mojave<\/a>, the Dashboard and all of those productive widgets for Mac are gone. Such is the penalty paid for progress. Or is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re a fan of Dashboard and all of its funky Mac widgets, such as weather, an assortment of clocks, a calendar, local movie listings, stocks, and whatever else you may have loaded into the Dashboard environment, the good news is that the Dashboard isn\u2019t really gone, Mojave just turned it off by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, having Dashboard disabled by default may be an indication of what is in store for Dashboard down the road. Dashboard widgets, those mini-applications, haven\u2019t seen a lot of activity from developers in quite a while, and most of the widgets for Mac can be replaced with apps from the Mac App Store. And if rumors are to be believed, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/44944-whats-new-in-macos-mojave-a-first-look-at-the-developer-beta\" target=\"_blank\">some iOS apps, beyond those included with Mojave<\/a>, may in the future make the jump to macOS. In that case, the Dashboard environment may just not make a lot of sense anymore. But that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t still enjoy it for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Enabling the Dashboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an easy process to turn Dashboard back on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-52765 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Control preference pane\" class=\"wp-image-52765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1-151x120.jpg 151w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1-284x226.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1-190x151.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1-151x120@2x.jpg 302w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1-284x226@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DashboardAsSpaces640-1-190x151@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>(Use the Mission Control preference pane to enable Dashboard, as well as to select what mode it will operate in.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Launch System Preferences by clicking or tapping its icon in the Dock, or selecting System Preferences from the Apple menu.<\/li><li>Select the Mission Control preference pane.<\/li><li>Locate the dropdown menu next to the Dashboard text.<\/li><li>Use the dropdown menu to select one of the following:<ul><li><strong>Off:\u00a0<\/strong>The default state for Mojave. The Dashboard is turned off and can&#8217;t be used.<\/li><li><strong>As Space:\u00a0<\/strong>The Dashboard environment is treated as a separate desktop space. You can switch into and out of the Dashboard space using the Spaces bar, keyboard shortcuts, or gestures.<\/li><li><strong>As Overlay:\u00a0<\/strong>This is the classic method of displaying the Dashboard, as an overlay above your normal desktop.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Make your selection from the dropdown menu.<\/li><li>You can now quit the System Preferences.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accessing the Dashboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of ways to access the Dashboard, though the most common is to use the F12 or the Fn + F12 keys (depending on the keyboard type you\u2019re using). Pressing the F12 key will either display the Dashboard as a space that slides into place, replacing the current desktop or other active space, or as an overlay on top of the current desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are additional ways to access the Dashboard once you have turned the feature on:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Launch the Mission Control preference pane, as you did earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts section, you can <strong>assign keystrokes or mouse buttons<\/strong> to perform specific tasks. Look for the Show Dashboard text. Next to the text are two dropdown menus; the first can be used to assign any of the function keys, F1 through F19 (your keyboard may not have all 19 function keys). You can also use the Shift, Control, or Command keys in combination with the function keys to create up to 57 possible key combinations to access the Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would prefer to <strong>use your mouse<\/strong>, the second dropdown menu to the right allows you to select from up to seven different mouse buttons to use to access the Dashboard environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-52766 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Corners allows you to access the Dashboard\" class=\"wp-image-52766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1-118x120.jpg 118w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1-284x288.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1-187x190.jpg 187w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1-118x120@2x.jpg 236w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1-284x288@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HotCorners640-1-187x190@2x.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>(Hot Corners allows you to access the Dashboard by moving the cursor into the designated corner.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hot Corners<\/strong> are another way to access the Dashboard. With this method, simply moving the cursor to one of the corners of your display can cause the Dashboard to appear. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43497-seven-more-mac-features-you-should-take-for-a-spin\" target=\"_blank\">To set up Hot Corners<\/a>, click the Hot Corners button in the Mission Control preference pane. In the sheet that drops down, select the dropdown menu that corresponds to the display corner you wish to use, and then select Dashboard from the dropdown menu\u2019s list of options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/39477-tech-tips-mastering-the-macos-dock-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">use the Dock to work with Dashboard<\/a>. Click or tap the Dashboard icon in the Dock to go directly to the Dashboard. Chances are there\u2019s no Dashboard icon in your Dock under Mojave, but it\u2019s easy to put it back. In the Finder, open the Applications folder, and then drag the Dashboard app to the Dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prefer to use gestures? That\u2019s possible as well:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dashboard enabled as a space:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>You can use the standard two-finger swipe left or right to move between spaces.<\/li><li><strong>Dashboard set as an overlay:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>You can use a three-finger swipe up to open Mission control, and then select the Dashboard from the Spaces bar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quit Dashboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To quit the Dashboard and return to the desktop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Press the Escape key.<\/li><li>Press the arrow icon in the bottom right corner of the Dashboard.<\/li><li>When Dashboard is used as an overlay, click or tap in any empty space of the Dashboard.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adding Dashboard Widgets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make sure you have the Dashboard environment open on your Mac, then click the plus (+) icon in the bottom left corner.<\/li><li>This will display all of the Dashboard widgets installed on your Mac.<\/li><li>Click or tap a widget, and it will be added to the Dashboard.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Removing Dashboard Widgets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To remove a Dashboard widget, open the Dashboard.<\/li><li>Click or tap the minus (-) sign in the bottom left corner of the Dashboard.<\/li><li>After a moment, each widget will have an X appear next to it. Click or tap an X to remove the corresponding widget.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-52768 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1.jpg\" alt=\"Remove button causes all of your widgets to display an X\" class=\"wp-image-52768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1-239x120.jpg 239w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1-284x143.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1-190x96.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1-239x120@2x.jpg 478w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1-284x143@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetRemove640-1-190x96@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>(Using the Remove button causes all of your widgets to display an X. Click the X to remove a widget.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><i><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>Removing a Dashboard widget doesn\u2019t delete the widget from your Mac. The widget can be reinstalled into your Dashboard using the instructions above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Downloading New Widgets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple used to have a fully automated method to download and install Mac widgets. While the automatic aspect of the process is gone, you can still add additional widgets to your collection, using Apple&#8217;s old, and no longer supported, Dashboard download site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s how:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open a Finder window and browse to the ~\/Library folder.<\/li><li>Check to see if you have a Widgets folder present. If not, you can create a Widgets folder in the ~\/Library folder.<\/li><li>Go to Apple&#8217;s Widgets download center at<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/downloads\/dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\"> apple.com\/downloads\/dashboard\/<\/a><\/li><li>Browse the library of widgets. When you find one you like, click or tap the Download button.<\/li><li>The widget file will be downloaded to Safari&#8217;s default download location, usually the Downloads folder.<\/li><li>Make sure that the Dashboard isn\u2019t open.<\/li><li>Move the new widget file from the Downloads folder to the Widgets folder you created earlier.<\/li><li>Open the Dashboard environment and use the instructions in Adding Dashboard Widgets, above, to install the new widget onto your Dashboard.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-52769 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1.jpg\" alt=\"Apple's old website for downloading widgets is still accessible\" class=\"wp-image-52769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1-162x120.jpg 162w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1-284x211.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1-190x141.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1-162x120@2x.jpg 324w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1-284x211@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WidgetWebsite640-1-190x141@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>(Apple&#8217;s old website for downloading widgets is still accessible using the link provided above.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Create Your Own Widgets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can create your own Mac widgets using Safari. This type of widget is actually a mini-browser that will <strong>display a clipped section of a web page<\/strong>. Want to know the local news headlines? How about sports scores? Maybe you\u2019d like to know what new hardware is being featured on the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macsales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OWC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All you need to do is launch Safari and go to the website that contains the information you wish to track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Once the website loads, in Safari select &#8220;File > Open in Dashboard.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A small square outline will appear. Place the outline over the area of the website you wish to capture. Use the anchor points on the outline to expand or contract the size of the selection box until it covers the content you wish to capture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When you have the selection box set, click the Add button in the banner at the top of the browser.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The web clipping will be added to the Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-52770 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1.jpg\" alt=\"Use Safari to create a Dashboard web clipping widget\" class=\"wp-image-52770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-146x120.jpg 146w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-284x233.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-190x156.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-548x450.jpg 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-146x120@2x.jpg 292w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-284x233@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WebClipping640-1-190x156@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>(Use Safari to create a Dashboard web clipping widget. The web clipping widget will display the content of any selected website or portion of a website within the Dashboard.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dashboard Wrap Up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dashboard may have been disabled in Mojave, but almost all of its features and capabilities are still present, requiring only an easy change to one setting to turn the Dashboard back on again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only missing piece of the Dashboard environment was the easy way you could browse for widgets for Mac, download, and install them, all with just a click. Even though the easy install is gone, the method we described, of dragging and dropping a widget into a widgets folder, is pretty easy on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t used the Dashboard and widgets in the past, this is a good opportunity to give them a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><i><strong><em>Note: <\/em><\/strong><\/i>Some widgets available from the Apple widget download site haven\u2019t been updated in quite a while, and may no longer function correctly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, some Mac widgets make use of Java and require the use of a <strong>Java runtime environment<\/strong>. If you need to use Java, make sure you install <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.java.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">the most recent version available from Oracle<\/a>, and that you keep it up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#fff0f0\" class=\"has-background footnote\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Much to the dismay of many users, macOS Catalina 10.15 has permanently killed Dashboard, and as a result, Dashboard widgets for Mac. <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/48939-tips-for-using-the-macs-notification-center\/\">Notification Center<\/a> is now the place where macOS widgets reside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac widgets not working? Dashboard, the secondary desktop introduced with OS X Tiger, is gone, vamoosed, kaput; it&#8217;s an ex-desktop. With the advent of macOS Mojave, the Dashboard and all of those productive widgets for Mac are gone. 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