By Tom on February 25, 2020
If you have an iPad and some sort of stand or mount for it, here’s a quick tip for using your iPad to permanently display the dashkards widget alongside your Mac without the need to open Dashboard. The first thing you’ll need is an app to turn your iPad into an additional screen for your [...]
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By Tom on July 21, 2020
Note: This tip does not work for Mac OS X Lion. Thanks to Bryan Schmiedeler for the heads-up. Here’s a quick tip for those of you who might prefer using the dashkards widget without invoking Dashboard. Normally, to view the dashkards widget, you need to launch Dashboard. It’s only a keystroke away, so it’s not [...]
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By Tom on April 17, 2020
The default keyboard shortcut for switching between the windows of an application is cmd-`. On a US keyboard this is fine, but on International English and other non-US keyboards it’s not optimal. But it’s easy to change this shortcut. For International English keyboards you need to change the shortcut to cmd-§ and for a German [...]
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By Tom on April 13, 2020
Here’s a quick tip for using the dashkards widget more efficiently. You can switch between the different dashkards using the keyboard rather than the mouse. Here’s how it works. First, switch to a different dashkard using the mouse like you normally do. On subsequent switches you can then use the keyboard. When you activate Dashboard, [...]
Posted in Tips | Tagged widget |
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