Dashboard - Widgets have changed typography!

The typography is now outlined - and I do not know how to change it!! The widgets are hard to read - so please help!
designkim

This is a common problem usually due to a third-party installed version of the "Helvetica Neue" font. Is it possible you are either missing or have installed another copy of this font (perhaps in ~/Library/Fonts)?

Similar Messages

  • Can't find i button for World Clock of Dashboard widget

    Can't find i button for World Clock of Dashboard widget to change the City.

    Hi ogawam,
    in my clock there is no i nor sydney.
    Sydney is my city (Time Zone). What city does your clock show?
    Try this:
    System Preferences > Language and Text > Region
    What does it show?
    Regards,
    Ian.
    Message was edited by: Yellowbox. I am using MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3

  • Back in the days of leopard, the dashboard widgets would come to the foreground but you could still see what you were working on.  Now I've updated to mountain lion and the work is no longer visible when I activate dashboard.  Can I change that back?

    back in the days of leopard, the dashboard widgets would come to the foreground but you could still see what you were working on.  Now I've updated to mountain lion and the work is no longer visible when I activate dashboard.  Can I change that back? 

    Go to system preferences, mission control, and unselect "Show Dashboard as a Space".  While you're there, you may want to make dashboard set to a hot corner "Hot Corners" button at the bottom.

  • My iMac all of the sudden started going in and out of the dashboard, then started changing all files on the desktop to 2's. It also did this when having another window open. Do I have a virus?

    My iMac all of the sudden started going in and out of the dashboard, then started changing all files on the desktop to 2's. It also did this when having another window open. Do I have a virus?

    There are no viruses that can affect Apple OS X.
    What files do you keep on the Desktop? How many?
    Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
    Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
    Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
    Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
    And it is why Apple invented 'Stacks' for Leopard.
    Here is Apple's take on the subject:
    http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/immaculate_desktop.html

  • I have a macbook pro and some of the original widgets have been removed by mistake and I can't find them torestore them. I wanted the original one back on the dashboard but I have't been able to do that. HELP !!! Thanks...

    I have a macbook pro and some of the original widgets have been removed from the dashboard dock by mistake. I can't seen to find them to restore tham. HELP!!!

    Widgets are located in the folder, users/"user name"/library/widgets/
    Whilst holding down the option key in finder, and selecting the library under the "go" menu, you can access your library within Lion.
    If you have a working Time Machine backup, you can restore those missing files back to the widgets folder. If you don't, and your widgets folder is empty, then they are indeed gone (unless they are still in the trash). You would then have to re-download them from where they came.
    If everything is there, then just click the "+" symbol at the lower left corner of the dashboard screen to add them back to the window.

  • Change Subviews in a Dashboard Widget

    I am trying to make a Dashboard widget, but the way I am trying to make it would involve using more than two subviews. The two that are already there by default are the front and the back, and I already know how to create more. The problem is that I can't find any way to get the widget to show any subviews. I need to know how to make it so that the user can click on a button and there will be a transition to a new view, similar to how the info icon takes you to the back. It seems like a simple process, but I need a lot of help here. I tried using the same code (slightly modified) that was used to make the info icon take you to the back, but it doesn't work. A lot of help or a good tutorial would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks

    Try this resource - search on subview...

  • Dashboard widget with streaming video breaks after upgrade to Mountain Lion

    Hi.  I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion.  Under SL, I had an OS X widget that was a web clipping of a streaming mpeg image being produced by a Linksys/Cisco WVC54GCA web camera.  When I brought up the dashboard, the OS would start streaming the data from the mpeg filename, which looks like "hostname.com/img/video.mjpeg". 
    After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I noted that the widget never fully loads, indefinitely displaying a "Loading Clip..." mesasge.  After deleting and re-adding, I can still get as far as adding the web clipping to the dashboard at the right dimensions, but there's no content.
    Unfortunately the camera unit doesn't provide for the display of HTTP access logs, so I can't see if there's an issue there, but my understanding is that if I can display the image in a Safari browser, it should work just fine in Dashboard too.  (I did make sure that, where needed, the username/password for accessing the video are included in the URL.) 
    I did sniff the network traffic between my system and the camera host, and show that video traffic starts flowing between the two as soon as the widget is brought up.  So, it's almost like the widget doesn't know when to stop "loading" and start "displaying," perhaps because the HTTP request is never truly "done."
    Can anyone speculate if something may have changed in Mountain Lion affecting the ability of web clipping widgets to display streaming video?
    Thanks,
    Chris

    Hi James
    I have exactly the same problem with the same "Loading clip" then blank.  I have been trying a lot of stuff to get this working, but haven't had the chance of sniffing the network traffic as you have done.  By reading what you said about the traffic seems to be flowing without the picure being displayed makes me even more puzzled by this.  I never had a streaming video while  I were using Snow Leopard, but I had a still-image, as I also do now in Mountain Lion.  I recently began to research for a way to display the video.cgi MIME image that my camera produces, and I've also concluded that this should be an easy task for the dashboard web clip function; the video does display in safari after all.
    I suspect that our cameras uses the same built in webserver solution written by a "Steven Wu".  Cheap webcameras frequently uses his script with MJPEG (stream of JPEG pictures) to avoid the expensive licenses of using other video codecs.
    I read this a bit down at this site: http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Everyone-Loves-Babies-Webcams-and-M otion-Detection
    Have you come any closer in your research?
    I have started to think that maybe I have to write a dashboard widget on my own to accomplish this.
    trelements

  • Dashboard Widgets and Opening Apps

    Hi, I'm having a hard time with my Dashboard Widgets and opening applications.
    With my Dashboard Widgets, I can't click on the "more info" button. So if I put a clock Widget on my Dashboard, I can't change the region since I can't click on the "i" button. Is there anything you can think of as to why this would happen?
    Also, whenever I open an application, it always loads in the background, keeping my current app in the foreground. Usually when I open an app, it loads in the foreground over my current app. For example, if I have Finder active and I click on Safari, Finder is still active and Safari loads in the background (inactive). I have to click on Safari to make it appear in the foreground and it's kind of annoying.
    I really don't want to do a clean installation of Snow Leopard since that takes a good chuck of time to do. I tried repairing my disk permissions and reinstalled Snow Leopard using the installation disc to see if it would fix important system files but even after that my Dashboard Widgets and app opening problems exist.
    Thanks for any suggestions and help you guys can provide.

    Does anyone else have this problem? I've done a virus scan using Sophos Anti-Virus and nothing comes up.

  • Dashboard widgets can't connect to internet

    Recently, my dashboard widgets can't connect to the internet. I've tried restarting, clearing the preference files for the dashboard and turning littlesnitch off. Any other ideas? All widgets affected, not just 3rd party ones.

    Please read this whole message before doing anything.
    This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
    The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches. 
    Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
    Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and  Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
    The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

  • Dashboard widgets not rendering correct for second user account

    Hi - on my macbook I have two user accounts. My problem here is that the dashboard widgets do not render correct on the second account.
    This goes for most widgets - the typical effect is that the text is not show, as in the unit converter - text is not shown in weather widget - and so on.
    If I switch to the other (Admin) account then everything seems to work perfectly. I have tried removing the .plist files and changing the second account to an Admin account but with no luck.
    Is there anything else I ought to try?
    regards
    Christian
    MacBook (black)   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

    So - solved - conflicting Helvetica font.

  • Flash in Mac OSX dashboard widgets

    We're at a dead-end!
    We've successfully integrated remote flash into a dashboard
    widget. Actualy, making the flash remote, and changing all click
    events to onRollOver is the only way to do it (that we've found).
    And this works *great* for navigation inside a flash movie.
    The problems come when trying to link out of that movie to launch a
    Safari broswer page -- the same way Dashboard's custom java call
    does. We've tried sending a java call back to a function in
    dashboard's local HTML that triggers the appropriate
    widget/javascript function -- and that's what throws the security
    error.
    Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

    are you trying to simply get a safari page to open or are you
    trying to get a page to appear inside the dashboard?
    If you just want safari to load in OSX, why not use getURL???
    If you want it to always use the java callback as it does in
    most widgets, it may be more of an OSX issue. You may want to check
    on security issues on apple's developer site to see what rights or
    privledges you need to grant flash access to the same rights or
    privs other widgets already have.

  • Why don't dashboard widgets work in 10.7?

    I've been googling around, looking for an answer to this question--I've downloaded several useful widgets only to discover OSX 10.7.5 Lion won't open them.  I get the error message:  "You can't install *.wdgt because it is not a valid widget."  After some searching, I have managed to find widgets that do work, but they never have the extension .wdgt, and when I look in my library folder, the active widgets I'm able to find have a .plist extension.  Are there any good sites for finding working widgets?  Are there ways to convert older widgets?
    Most of the ones on the Apple Dashboard widget page say they'll work on any version after 10.4 or so, and I'm assuming, as are many, that Apple's just abandoning the Dashboard interface.  The weird thing is that there are still two different ways to access a "Dashboard" or people seem to think that they're both called a "Dashboard"--the first Dashboard that I get with a three-finger sideswipe--and then the other one accessed by F4 that more resembles the iPad OS.
    Basically, I don't care how I access widgets or apps or gadgets or whatever, via a Dashboard or dock, but it's pretty crazy that there's less functionality for a MacBook Pro than for your most basic smartphone.

    .plist folders are not widget files. They're just preference files for those widgets. All widgets have a .wdgt extension and will reside in the Library/Widgets folder either at the root of the hard drive or in your Home directory.
    As to the problem, it's possible that the widgets you're trying to use may just be too old and not have been updated for the later versions of Dashboard. If you'll post the names of the widgets you wish to use, someone may be able to check them and see if it's indeed such a problem.
    Finally, there is only one Dashboard, though there may be more than one command or activity that will open it. A three-finger sideswipe, I believe, changes Spaces and does not activate Dashboard per se, though Dashboard may open in a space.
    Regards.

  • My info for battery charging says "Not Charging" when it is charging as per dashboard widget.

    My info for battery charging says "Not Charging" when it is charging as per dashboard widget. Since change to lion all slowed down do I need more ram ( have 2 gig). Lost  some icons in web site icons and other random icons. So far SL better.

    Yeah, it was purchased in August 2008. I'm not really sure what a charge cycle is, but I do plug it in and unplug it a lot to a power source. Mainly because I keep my computer on most of the time (either on or on sleep). So between taking it to classes and stuff, I'll recharge in between and when it's really low, otherwise I run it off the battery most of the time.
    On a sidenote, I have went to that information thing about about the battery after letting it sit plug in for a few hours, and now it has this information:
    Battery Information:
    Model Information:
    Serial Number: DP-ASMB016-38ea-4762
    Manufacturer: DP
    Device name: ASMB016
    Pack Lot Code: 0002
    PCB Lot Code: 0000
    Firmware Version: 0110
    Hardware Revision: 0500
    Cell Revision: 0200
    Charge Information:
    Charge remaining (mAh): 61993
    Fully charged: No
    Charging: No
    Full charge capacity (mAh): 61993
    Health Information:
    Cycle count: 324
    Condition: Good
    Battery Installed: Yes
    Amperage (mA): -1208
    Voltage (mV): 12129
    System Power Settings:
    AC Power:
    System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
    Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
    Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60
    Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
    Wake On AC Change: No
    Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
    Wake On LAN: Yes
    Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
    Battery Power:
    System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
    Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
    Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 2
    Wake On AC Change: No
    Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
    Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
    Reduce Brightness: Yes
    Hardware Configuration:
    UPS Installed: No
    AC Charger Information:
    Connected: No
    Charging: No
    Message was edited by: Akalboy
    Oh, forgot to note. Now the time remaining is 10 hours, which is DEFINITELY wrong.

  • Dashboard widgets vanish after recent security update

    I just updated my 12" iBook G4 with the most recent security update, and now my Dashboard widgets vanish on load. I've tried repairing permissions and deleting both the dashboard prefs and DashboardCache. I've killed and rekilled the Dock process which handles Dashboard, and rebooted, and the darn widgets still vanish.
    I don't want to have to reinstall OS X. Is there some way to fix this?

    Some games lately can push graphic cards further and harder.
    Check PC graphic/game forums to see if you can find a relationship.
    No way in Mac OS to regulate or control gpu fan, monitor temp (?) or other things all taken for granted on PC and Windows.
    SmcFanControl 2.2.x - at least you can boost 3 of the system fans and change the default and set profiles for work loads. Try a "game profile" of 1500 rpm.
    If - and I assume the 8800GT is probably starting to stress and strain and slow death - it would happen in Windows also, if you have it installed.
    8800GT: people blamed 10.6 and other updates as if it caused their card to fail. Unlikely though maybe with a card that was marginal or had trouble to begin with.
    There weren't nvidia drivers in security update, but were in 10.6.4; in SL Graphics Update 1.0; and there is/was Mac OS X CUDA 3.x patch/update also you should be using. There were updates for GTX 285 that should have included the 8800GT as well probably.
    When you system crashes, or before there is a software update, by all means ---
    CLONE YOUR SYSTEM / RUN DISK WARRIOR (don't rely on just Apple DU First Aid)
    Easy to blame an update for a pre-existing issue that was present.
    And always have a backup you can boot from of older version of OS X (even 10.6.3).
    Some people have gone back to 10.6.0 and then only up to 10.6.3.
    Try a clean system install on a newly zeroed hard drive and test everything.
    Wait for new graphic drivers.
    Plan on ATI 5870 or 5770.
    GTX 285 vs GT120 / 4870 / 8800 / 3870
    http://www.barefeats.com/nehal14.html 3D and Core Image
    Radeon HD 5870 + 5770 2006 Mac Pro versus older GPUs
    http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g5.html
    5870 + 5770 versus older GPUs
    http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g6.html

  • Force-Quitting Dashboard Widgets

    Hello,
    I have a problem. I have a widget, a single widget open on my dashboard and whenever it loads, it freezes. Not only does it freeze though, it causes my computer to start running v e r y s l o w l y. I need to find a way to close this widget, none of the traditional ways have worked so far. Is there a way to wipe the dashboard clean so there are no widgets open so I can start back with a clean plate? And never open this widget again...
    Thanks!
    Jason

    ..."The problematic widget is actually the widget management widget"...
    That particular widget is located inside the Dock.app bundle itself so it might be hard to locate, but removing it wouldn't be recommended.
    Since the "Widgets" widget isn't a part of the default set, it shouldn't be present after deleting the "com.apple.dashboard.plist" file in the affected user's "~/Library/Preferences" folder. Since you mentioned that "none of the traditional ways [to "close" that widget] have worked" (btw. it would help if you stated what methods were actually tried), it could be that that file is corrupt. To make the change take effect, it will probably be necessary to restart the "Dock" eg. by quitting it using "Activity Monitor.app".

Maybe you are looking for