Now don’t release the mouse button and press F12 and drag it to a preferred location on Dashboard. Once the widget is on desktop, release the mouse button.Īdditional Tip: You can always place the widgets back in Dashboard, for that: Click on widget and press mouse button. Keep the mouse button pressed and press F12 and drag the widget to the desktop.Select the widget and press the mouse button. Remove checkmark beside Show Dashboard as Space (in case of Mountain Lion or Mavericks)

Locate Dashboard, from the drop-down menu, select As Overlay instead of As Space (in case of Yosemite, El Capitan.

Go to System Preferences (locate it from Apple menu).

If you have a newer version of macOS than above, then follow these steps: Once the widget is placed, let go of the mouse button.

Press F12 again and drag the widget to desktop at any preferred location.

Keep pressing the mouse button until the next step is completed. Now select widget by clicking it and press the mouse button.

Press F12 or click Dashboard icon from Dock.

If you have OS X Mountain Lion or Earlier, then follow these steps: Now that you are done with Terminal commands, you need to follow some additional steps: Once done, you need to follow a few more steps:

Step 3: Now type the below command on your Terminal to end the current session: This will make your Dock vanish for a second. Note: Make sure the case of the text matches as the above. Step 2: Now type the below command into Terminal: Note: Please make sure you enter the command in a single line in the Terminal app. Step 1: Click on Go->Utilties-> Terminal. We need to enable Dashboard development mode using Terminal. You can get your widgets on your desktop using Terminal.

Mac dashboard widgets desktop