Manage Widgets dashboard widget won't close

I'm slow this morning, sorry.

From your users account...

/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Scroll down to where you see your widgets .plist files. Drag those to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. See if that unlocks your Manage Widgets window.

Also, Repair Disk Permissions. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select FirstAid, then click: Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished and reboot.

If that doesn't help, select the Manage Widgets window then press Command + R.

I found that suggestion here: http://www.macinstruct.com/node/104



Carolyn 🙂

You can't delete widgets from Dashboard. Open a Finder window. Follow this path:
MacintoshHD/Library/Widgets Drag the widget you want to delete to the trash, empty the trash.
You will be prompted for your admin password in order to delete a widget.


Carolyn 🙂

Of course, thank you. Been using it so long it didn't click. LOL

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Removing Dashboard widgets
You can remove a widget from your computer if you installed it yourself.

You can’t remove widgets that came with Mac OS X from your computer, but you can remove them from the widget bar.

To remove a widget:
Press the F12 key to open Dashboard. (Might not be F12 on your MacBook, try F4)
Click the Open + button to open the widget bar.
Click Manage Widgets.
To remove a widget from the widget bar, deselect its name in the list.
To remove a widget you installed yourself, click its Remove - button, and click OK.


Carolyn 🙂

Where did you download this "manage widgets application"?

Try this path instead: /Users/YourName/Library/Widgets


Carolyn 🙂