Where are widgets stored?

A clue?

Anatomy of a Widget

Dashboard widgets are stored in one of two places: user widgets are stored in ~/Library/Widgets, while system widgets are stored in /Library/Widgets. Widgets are stored in widget packages, which are just directories with a .wdgt extension. Each widget package has to have at least three files:

Info.plist, a properties list that has the setup information for a widget.

A default background image in the PNG format.

A default HTML page to load when the widget is run.

So, where are the Stickies Widget notes stored ?

I need to restore my old Tiger Stickies that have gone AWOL since my upgrade to Leopard... I have my Tiger back up still but can't find the dratted things.

Same problem-after somewhat troublesome upgrade to Leopard requiring an archive and reinstall I too lost my stickies widget (along with some important data stored there). Have you had any luck finding yours? I found a file called "stickies database"- but its a text edit file with some gibberish.

Thanks for the screen shot chap 🙂

I knew where the widgets are stored, it was the data I needed access too. All I've managed to do is scavenge the text out of the stickies database to manually re-create my notes.

cheers.

user/library/widgets

Good question. I'm on a quest now.

True, I've searched all the Safari files I can find. No luck. this is becoming a challenge.

Appears to be a secret. Something to do with national security.

[http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/06/dashboard.html?page=1]
this is where that came from.
Still greek to me.

I was hoping you would see something I didn't.
Life is a mystery and so are safari widgets!

Joemax,

All of the System Widgets are stored in Library/Widgets

Here is a screen shot of this folder and you will see the Stickies Widget: