Glenn S

Q: Weather Widget

Again I am having a problem where of the 5 or so weather widgets that I have on my iMac, El Capitan, I am able to plug in the weather for another country but not for here in Canada. Has anyone had the same problem and found the problem/solution?

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Posted on Feb 29, 2016 10:06 PM

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Q: Weather Widget

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  • by alex_h1,

    alex_h1 alex_h1 Mar 2, 2016 9:23 AM in response to Glenn S
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    Mar 2, 2016 9:23 AM in response to Glenn S

    Hi Glenn S,

    If I understand your question, you live in Canada, and want to use weather widgets on your iMac.  However, none of the widgets you are using allow you to add Canada to them, is that correct?

    Glenn, take a look at the resource below about adding widgets to your Dashboard.   When I added a widget, and chose Category - Information, I found the Canadian Weather & Weather Forecast From Environmental Canada.  Is this what you are looking for?

     

    Mac Basics: Dashboard gives you quick access to frequently used info

     

    Adding Dashboard widgets

    To see all the widgets on your Mac, click the add (+) button in the lower-left corner of the screen. This enters the widget browser. It shows you all the widgets installed on your Mac.

    Widget Add button

    To add a widget to Dashboard, click an icon in the widget browser. Or start typing the name of the widget in the search field and click the widget to add it to your Dashboard. You can even add more than one copy of the same widget. This can be useful if you need to track time in multiple time zones, or want to create multiple Stickies.

    Download and install more widgets by clicking the More Widgets button. This takes you to the Apple Dashboard downloads webpage.

     

    Hope that helps ...

  • by Glenn S,

    Glenn S Glenn S Mar 2, 2016 9:35 AM in response to alex_h1
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    Mar 2, 2016 9:35 AM in response to alex_h1

    Thanks Alex. I do live in Canada and previously I had 3 of my 5 weather widgets set to places in Canada and it was great. I have tried deleting them and then recreating them and they won't go to a Canadian city. I then tried London, Bangkok etc. and I had the same problem. I am thinking that it is not just because the places are in Canada. I am getting the same thing on my MBP. I am using the widget that is the default weather widget. At this point I am thinking that it is a problem with El Capitan but I am not positive about that.