If you download new Dashboard widgets, you have to install them to your Dashboard before you can run them. This is counter intuitive because it might transpire that the widget isn’t much use, in which case you have to go through the work of uninstalling it.
However, if you double-click a downloaded widget to open it and then hold down Option+Command when the installation dialog box appears, you’ll see that the Install button changes to Run. Clicking this button will then run the widget from its current location in your Downloads folder, without actually installing it.
After trying the widget in Dashboard using this technique—regardless of whether you want to keep it—you must close the widget by holding down Option and clicking the close button at the top left of the widget. Then, if you want to install the widget, you can do so in the usual way by double-clicking it and choosing the Install option. If you decide you don’t want the widget, drag it to the trash like you would any other file you want to delete.
However, if you double-click a downloaded widget to open it and then hold down Option+Command when the installation dialog box appears, you’ll see that the Install button changes to Run. Clicking this button will then run the widget from its current location in your Downloads folder, without actually installing it.
After trying the widget in Dashboard using this technique—regardless of whether you want to keep it—you must close the widget by holding down Option and clicking the close button at the top left of the widget. Then, if you want to install the widget, you can do so in the usual way by double-clicking it and choosing the Install option. If you decide you don’t want the widget, drag it to the trash like you would any other file you want to delete.
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