Where to find dashboard plist preference files?

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Where to find dashboard plist preference files?

Hi There,

My calculator widget is duplicating numbers. I have done some research, and it all leads to deleting the dashboard preference plist files.

Now, ive read I need to go to User/Library/Preferences, and the files are called com.apple.dashboard.plist, however, I cannot find them, even using spotlight.

Does anybody know where I can perhaps

A. Reset the calculator widget? (Need to re-install. Removing it from dashboard and adding again does not work)

or

B. Where to find the plist files?

PS: I like the apple calculator dashboard so please dont suggest adding a 3rd party one.

Many thanks

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 2, 2012 12:43 PM

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captfred

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Sep 2, 2012 12:47 PM in response to manu55

Go to the Finder menubar, Finder > Go > Hold the option key down > Select Library.

It's in the Preferences folder

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manu55 Author

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Sep 2, 2012 1:21 PM in response to captfred

Thanks for the help!

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Answer 3

Feb 14, 2013 8:10 AM in response to captfred

Thanks!

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Answer 4

Jul 14, 2014 6:33 AM in response to captfred

I'm running OS X 10.9.4 and the clock widget (second hand no longer ticking) and the weather widget are frozen.

I tried deleting these files (com.apple.dashboard.client and com.apple.dashboard.plist) but I can't locate them on my Mac. They seem to have disappeared with Mavericks.

The only thing I find online is this archived discussion, which appears to be be obsolete: Re: dashboard widgets frozen

Any ideas? Thanks!

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Answer 5

Jul 16, 2014 6:19 AM in response to Fulgurite

Ok, the problem is solved now.

I tried a PRAM reset, but that did not solve anything for me.

What I did next was run Disk Utility and select "repair permissions." A long list of repairs was carried out, and I spotted that numerous .plist files were missing or damaged.

Restarted my iMac and now everything is working again.

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