When I click on the dropdown menu on Mac's dictionary widget, nothing happens. I like to use the thesaurus and want that back. How can I fix this? (I am not interested in a different widget, I have a habit of using Mac's and I'd like not to change it, thanks!)
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), iOS 10.3.3
I too had experienced this issue after updating my Mac OS, I was frustrated in the extreme as I used the Widget Dictionary and Thesaurus a lot. I pretty much never used the Dictionary app. Not sure why, force of habit I guess.
BUT - one day I launched the Apple Dictionary app (Note: App NOT widget.) Apparently it was the first time I had launched the app since I updated Mac OS. It asked me to download dictionary content - after seeing that I had a hunch that the app and widget might share the dictionary resources - I went and checked, and discovered that the widget had regained full functionality! Yay!! (^_^)
I too had experienced this issue after updating my Mac OS, I was frustrated in the extreme as I used the Widget Dictionary and Thesaurus a lot. I pretty much never used the Dictionary app. Not sure why, force of habit I guess.
BUT - one day I launched the Apple Dictionary app (Note: App NOT widget.) Apparently it was the first time I had launched the app since I updated Mac OS. It asked me to download dictionary content - after seeing that I had a hunch that the app and widget might share the dictionary resources - I went and checked, and discovered that the widget had regained full functionality! Yay!! (^_^)
The fix for me was simply to delete and re-add the widget. It works fine now.
You failed to note that the writer is having trouble with the dictionary WIDGET. As a consequence, your remedy is irrelevant and nonresponsive.
Yes that was the first thing that I had tried also - unfortunately that didn't resolve the problem for me.
I had resigned myself to the thought that the widget was just broken/outdated.
thesaurus on dictionary widget doesn't work
