You should now be able to drop the widget onto your Desktop. Without releasing the widget, move it slightly and then use the вЂњfn + F12вЂќ keyboard shortcut to switch back to the Desktop.Find the widget that you want to relocate, and then click and hold that widget.Switch to your Dashboard, either by clicking the вЂњDashboardвЂќ icon in your Dock, launching the Dashboard from your вЂњApplicationsвЂќ folder, or using the вЂњfn + F12вЂќ keyboard shortcut.Now that your Desktop is capable of supporting widgets, youвЂ™re ready to start relocating all of your favourite Dashboard widgets: Open the вЂњDashboardвЂќ dropdown menu and select вЂњAs overlay.вЂќ.

Deselect the вЂњShow Dashboard as SpaceвЂќ item.Navigate to вЂњSystem Preferences > Mission Control.вЂќ.Select the вЂњAppleвЂќ icon in your MacвЂ™s menu bar.If youвЂ™re on one of these newer versions of macOS, then youвЂ™ll also need to setup Mission Control so that it doesnвЂ™t move the Dashboard into a Space: If youвЂ™re running macOS Mountain Lion or later, then the Dashboard is considered part of Mission Control and is treated as a Space. The Dock will disappear for a moment, and then relaunch.Copy/paste the following into the Terminal:.Next, press the вЂњEnterвЂќ key on your keyboard.

Copy/paste the following command into the Terminal window:Дefaults write devmode YES.

Navigate to вЂњApplications > UtilitiesвЂќ and launch the Terminal application.

By enabling this mode, you can place any Dashboard widget directly on your own Desktop. With this mode enabled, developers were able to place their work-in-progress widgets on their Desktop, where they could more easily test and debug them. To place widgets on the Desktop, youвЂ™ll need to enable a hidden dashboard development mode, which was originally designed to make life easier for widget developers. Enable macOSвЂ™ hidden Dashboard Development Mode

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