Mac Kindergarten

You walk out of the room and don’t want to leave your Mac accessible to anyone? The content on your hard drive are only meant for you to be seen?

Lock your screen - fast and easy with a widget. The widget is called Locker and only takes up a tiny bit of space on your Dashboard. You can download it here.

After the download is done, open the widget (in case it doesn’t open automatically) and place it somewhere convenient on your Dashboard.

Double click the widget to lock the screen of your Mac.

If you are not yet familiar with the dashboard, please read this post for more information.

Not too long ago, we were checking out Dashboard and were exploring widgets. Leopard introduces a cool, new feature called Web Clips. It allows you to create your own widgets from any content on the web.

(more…)

Previously we looked the Dashboard and how we can use it.  With this big number of widgets available, the Dashboard can get quite busy. Time to get rid of those you don’t need (or want).

To quickly remove a widget from your Dashboard, hold down the option key and move your mouse over the widget in question.

This will display the x-symbol to remove a widget in the upper left corner.

Click it and the widget is gone.

Previously we looked at Exposé and how it helps to quickly find running applications. Today, we will look at another great tool of Mac OS X .

The Dashboard is a space for a collection of mini applications serving one specific purpose, like showing you the time, weather forecasts, translate text, and so on. You will see, that there is something for everyone. Engage!

(more…)