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Dashboard widgets don't respond to click

I have a 2011 MacBook Pro, which I ordered a few days before the release of Lion (I subsequently updated the OS).

I'm not sure when exactly, but one day I noticed that none of my widgets work. I can see their info, and if I, say, mouse over the world clock, the little "i" appears and everything. However, if I try to click on the "i," nothing happens–same for all of the widgets. The only widget that works properly is the Unit Conversion widget. The Apple Store Event widget only responds to scrolling, but no other clicks.

Does anyone w

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2011 13" Core i7

Posted on Dec 1, 2011 7:57 PM

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Carolyn Samit

Level 10

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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 10:13 PM

Go to ~/Library/Preferences

Move the com.apple.dashboard.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Trash.

See if your widgets work now.

If not, go to ~/Library/Widgets

Move all the Widgets from the Widgets folder to the Desktop except one then click the Dashboard icon to test.

Process of elimnation....

~ (Tilde) character represents the Home folder.

For Lion: To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library

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IdwIc

Level 1

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Feb 5, 2012 8:01 PM in response to cosmeticMUSiXXX

Do you have the app "magicprefs" installed on your mac. Because I have and when it is running I can click on the ℹ button with the midle of the magicmouse and then it works... I am just wondering whether it has to do anything with that.

Dashboard widgets don't respond to click