What’s on Your Dashboard?

A couple of weeks ago we asked What’s on Your Desktop? This was a very popular post with over 130 screenshots uploaded.

MacTips viewer Matthew M. suggests we see What’s on Your Dashboard?

Open Dashboard
Take a screenshot with Command+Shift+3
This places a file called Picture 1 on your desktop.
Head over to the MacTips Uploader and upload Picture 1 from step #3.
Copy and paste the code inside the textarea into the comments field below

Here’s my Dashboard:

I have Weather, MAMP, Cyberduck, Google Pagerank, MacTips and Mint running on my Dashboard. How about you?

Also, I apologize for the lack of posting. New posts are coming soon. In the meantime if you have a tip you’d like to share head on over to Submit a Tip.

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Written by Brad Jasper on July 7, 2008 at 8:40 pm - What’s on Your Dashboard? has 169 comments - Categorized in Easy Tips, Wallpapers & Screensavers

169 Responses to “What’s on Your Dashboard?”

bob mes

July 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Jonathan S

July 7th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Matthew M.

Hey! I'm glad my tip got posted! Nice Dashboard Brad!
Here's mine:
http://www.mactips.org/archives/2008/07/07/whats-on-your-dashboard/#comments

I have MacTips, CarGurus, Uncle Sam, Sing That iTune!, MailWidget, and a few clips from IMBD's website.

I hope you like them!

Matthew July 7th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Oli Kenobi

Here's what I have an why.
- 2 World Clocks: My family lives in France, and a cousin lives in Australia
- Unit Converter: Always handy
- Organized (from islayer.com): I'm an organization freak
- Currency Converter: I frequently deal with different currencies
- Tax Calculator: A widget I made to calculate taxes
- Videotron Internet Usage: this helps me know how much data I've transfered monthly (I'm limited to 100GB/month) July 7th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
TracyS

I have Calculator, Telephone Directory, Dictionary, NOAA Weather, NOAA Hurricane Tracker, FreeComics, Mac Tips, and ICHC (icanhascheezburger)

July 7th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Aaron

July 7th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Wayne Bretski

iStat menus, phone book, weather, xCuts (shortcut reminder), iTunes sleep timer, Menu Butler. I keep Dashboard disabled most of the time, but Menu Butler is nice to keep the bar uncluttered. xCuts was invaluable while learning the shortcuts, and the sleep timer is nice for falling asleep to some jams but not waking up to them. July 7th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Juice

July 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
hckychmp10

July 7th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Dhaya

Here is mine.

I have Weather, iCal, Delivery Status (very useful, though it doesn't support French Postal service), Garnish, Currency converter, Screenshot Plus, Speedstat, World Clock and the Post-it thing. July 8th, 2008 at 12:48 am
hermetik

July 8th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Justin

I have MacTips, Screenshot Plus, Weather, iCal, Wikipedia, AlbumArt, Stickies, Stocks, killerAppLauncher, freeComics, QuickEntry, and iStat pro. July 8th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Bov

iStat Pro
Bible Gateway
Daily Verse
Amazon Album Art
Radar in Motion
TremorSkimmer
JiWire
iTunes (not sure why but it's there anyway)
Harmonic
Unit Converter
the standard Weather widget too, July 8th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Aseem

July 8th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Damian

July 8th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Tiago Ferreira

Here's mine:

July 8th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Lynn

July 8th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Matthew M.

Oops, I guess mine didn't work. Here it is:
July 8th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Chet

July 8th, 2008 at 9:44 am
QMB

My dashboard contains weather forecast, weather radar, Bush countdown clock, horoscope, dictionary/thesaurus, mactips, calculator and address book. July 8th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Gregory Zackim

July 8th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Levon

I am spoiled by a pair of 23" widescreen displays at high resolution. I have a little bit of everything on there. Weather, because I ride a motorbike. Search tools, converters, system monitors... July 8th, 2008 at 10:28 am
dr henceforth

July 8th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Doni

July 8th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Paula

July 8th, 2008 at 10:43 am
TJL

Movies, The apple is Garnish, Hula Girl, BibleGateway.com, Weather, and Stickies July 8th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Lindy

July 8th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Rishi

I've got a fairly packed dashboard with:

On mac to start with:

Unit Convertor
Weather
Translator
Calculator
Calendar (with iCal link cos i'm on leopard)
iTunes

Downloaded:

Screenshot Plus (amazing widget; i use it all the time)
Egg timer 2
Sing that iTune!
Now Playing
Time machine July 8th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
YoYo

Because of "What's On Your Desktop?" you can begin to post your desktops at the blog above. July 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
landon

July 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Joseph McLaughlin

Dashboard pwns in case anybody didn't know...

I have GMail, Digg, Weather, Calendar, iTunes, ESPN, Stocks, Clock, Calculator, and of course, iStat Pro

July 8th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
David

A bit of everything as well and I'v made this sweet Web Clip from Garfield.com (http://www.garfield.com/comics/comics_archives.html) July 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
David

July 8th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Willie

Here you go:

July 8th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Dotti

July 8th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Cogs

July 8th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Pottsc

From the Pottsdome !

July 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Rich Bianchini

Here is what keeps me up tio date with things at a glance.

July 8th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Brooke

weeeee I'm messy : /
July 8th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Gabriel

I'm suprised to see that I have the most disorganized dashbord around. And yes, I use most of it (even the two calculators). July 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Joe

July 8th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Stephen Fink

July 8th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Todd Mendez

July 8th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
jz

July 8th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Piotr

July 8th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Bruce

I love the wallpaper you have of the sky with the clouds and the planet. Do you have the link to it. I want to download. July 8th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Andres

July 8th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
S. Rizzle

July 9th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Marcus Thompson

July 9th, 2008 at 3:14 am
JuniHH

Usually i keep my Dashboard disabled with MainMenu but when i need some of them, this is what i get:

July 9th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Annee

I use Dashboard as a "Reference shelf" - Mactips (of course) , range of reference and organizing tools, a few games and other distractions, and the Weather so I can plan my day. July 9th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Jason T

July 9th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Luke

July 9th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Filip

July 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Travis Sadler

I JUST finished cleaning mine up so I could actually use some of the stuff on there. I can't wait to go through here and steal all of your ideas for widgets... so excited.
I have iStat Pro, People, Solitaire, Calculator, Clock, Google Search, Calendar, Garnish, Weather, Dictionary, Translator, Unit Converter, Plasma Tube, Stickiesss. Gotta get that sweet looking rainbow coloured circle clock and the Chuck Norris widget... and of course two 23 inch monitors... July 9th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Matthew M.

Wow, a lot of you have so many widgets that it might even slow down your computer! July 9th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
black_dragon

I have: Ministat2, Memorylist, Weater, Application update, gmail inbox, Rate it meta!, TV-program for Norwegain TV, Mac Tips, Facebook notifier, This Day in History and Adium status July 9th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Sarah

July 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Ken Pounders

July 9th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Steve Oliver

New to the Mac world and loving it! July 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Vincent O'Driscoll

July 9th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Diana

July 9th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Damion

I friggin rule. July 9th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Jordan

July 9th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Giorgio

July 10th, 2008 at 2:07 am
iCrater

every time I stand on my head to use my Dashboard I pass out...
tried to hold the Geee4 upside down, but that is kind of a hassle too. Thought widgets were suppose to make life easier.
Glad it's working for other folks.
Good to see you back, Brad — your readers have some interesting stuff.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
alicia

July 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Nio

I almost never use my dashboard, so it's bare...
July 10th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Mike

July 10th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Matthew M.

iCrater, what did you do to get that snapshot? July 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Justin

Jason T, what were some of those apps you had? July 11th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Phil

snowman! July 11th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Stephen R.

Matthew M. can i ask where you got your background from it's awesome. July 11th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Justin R

July 11th, 2008 at 11:27 am
meredith

July 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Cherokee Voice

July 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Hamish

July 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Nichole St. Arnold

July 11th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Nelly

July 12th, 2008 at 1:45 am
tim

July 12th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Jolea

July 12th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
ddubbyab

I tried to maximize the space but use apps that I would actually utlize.

-D

July 12th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
kayce.

i love the satellite weather widget i use it a lot, but my most used (of course) is the screenshot widget...

July 12th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Kathy

July 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Piotr

July 13th, 2008 at 7:03 am
brantley

1-mac tips
2-bluetooth text
3-maintidget
4-weather
5-istats
6-chuck norris July 13th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Adrianna

July 15th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Bhavya

/Users/Home/Desktop/Picture 1.png July 15th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Jamie

July 15th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Tom

July 15th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
David

From PUERTO RICO heres mine, to you world, dont copy boy, Transcend. July 15th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Wesley

I have Weather, Google Search, iStat Pro, MacTips, Calculator, Maintidget, Stock Ticker, and Logos Bible Widget running on my Dashboard. July 15th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
sabete

July 16th, 2008 at 4:37 am
sofia

July 16th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Dawn

July 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Jim Roche

I never used the dashboard until I read this thread. I love it now. Thanks for the ideas. July 16th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
drea

July 17th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Joe Benitez

I have 3 widgets:
- iStat - Very useful
- iOrganize - Very useful because it handles all my agenda, world clocks in one convenient widget.
- And the weather widget

I like organized, uncluttered dashboard with essential data, nothing more, nothing less. July 17th, 2008 at 8:53 am
iCrater

@ Matthew M. sorry for the delay - there was a disruption in my MacTips Force.
Glad Mr. Jasper acted on your tip suggestion.

anyway, i was just trying to "Think Different" in a herd sort of way.
nothing exotic, just some primitive (Tiger) Preview tomfoolery. July 17th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Chris

I've got 2 weathers; one for home, one for school.
-Quick translator (when you just can't figure out what those words in French exactly are)
-converter
-dictionary/thesaurus
-mactips, of course
-a fun little forklift game to pass the time
-calculator
and a world clock for my friend overseas

fairly simple, but it works July 18th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Laurie G

July 18th, 2008 at 7:08 am
drea

here's whats on my dashboard. I gotta check out the others. Lots of cool stuff that I want to add to mine. :) July 18th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Clint Bradford

Might be my advanced age...I just like it clean.... July 19th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Nathaniel

It's soo bland. July 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 am
K dub

July 22nd, 2008 at 10:04 am
Oliver

July 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Rick

Guys, I just want to tell that this is the most complete and AWESOME website about Mac that I ever found so far!!

Keep doin' this great job!!!

Rick July 23rd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Dani Larosee

July 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Bread

I just put in a bunch of widgets today. July 24th, 2008 at 11:28 am
patsy

July 24th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
PyrO_PrOfessOr

July 24th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Ozzy Dubbs

July 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Nadim

July 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
SMQ

July 25th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Jason S.

July 25th, 2008 at 6:39 am
JP

istat pro, Buoy report from Narragansett bay in RI, Weather, Calendar , unit converter, old apple logo, translator, dictionary bar google bar clock and calculator. recently took down my Christmas lights and chia pet! July 25th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Anon

July 26th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Jonas Nilsson

July 26th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Isodsernide

Hey! friend! In yourthis July 27th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Hamed Masoumi

July 28th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Candra

July 28th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Crodrig1

July 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
julie

July 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Drim

I have Dictionary, 6 Sticky Notes, TV Forecast, World Clock (set to Kuwait for a friend who is in the army), Calculator, Calendar, Weather, iChrono, This Day In History, emitSMS, Callwave, Codebreaker, iStat Pro, MacTips (way down in the corner...) July 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
James

My Dashboard has the good ol' stock weather widget, the Sports Fan widget so I can keep track of the Cubs, the Weather Channel widget (for the radar) Clock, Calendar, Calculator, MacTips, and no Dashboard is complete without Dilbert and Chuck!

I accidently posted this in the "What's On Your Desktop?" page, so if it looks familiar, you know why... July 28th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Bobert

here's mine July 28th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Bobert

Whoops. :P
NOW heres mine
July 28th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Charlie

July 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Poncianux

My Dashboard, not the best, but it's mine July 29th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Jessica

July 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Brett M

July 29th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Roberto

These is my dashboard: first I keep tabs on the weather for my area and radar imaging; as well as the movie listing; and how many days until the next Heroes; I like my Mactips and OSX tutorials; I like to see my battery strength as well as my last successful backup (using the 1TB wireless Time Capsule); I need to remember when my anniversary approaches; and lastly, any new widgets.

July 30th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Damien M

I've got the default iCal and iTunes widgets with Pear Lyrics. I've found that Pear is a lot easier to use than Sing That iTune. iStat Pro, and mac tips.org for functionality. And to confirm that I am truly a nerd. ICHC, a periodic table of the elements and a binary clock. July 30th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Dawn

July 31st, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Scardia

July 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm