Is there a widget you cant live without?

[SpooledupRacing]

I am new to Macs, and I have only added one of the widgets to my stock setup (movie list) and I am just trying to find out if any of you have a widget you use daily something that you can not live without..

I am just trying to find some interesting free widgets to try out..

THX guys please share.. maybe a pic as well

[Bonsai1214]

pretty much weather and istatpro. i use a post it to list stuff i need to do.

but weather and istatpro are definitely recommended. weather for obviously the weather, and istat because its your entire computer at a glance.

[amd4me]

Weather for sure. And the calendar.

[DJAKO]

istatpro

[SpooledupRacing]

Glad I asked because I just DL'ed istatpro 4.5 and wow this is very informative..

anything else guys

[doubleohseven]

Definitely iStat Pro like what others were saying, but I also find the unit converter very handy:

[Schnebar]

Unit Converter, Weather, Calculator.

I use stickies too but I could live without it.

[MarlboroLite]

hmmm istat nano is good enough for me

[letswastetime]

i definitely look at calendar and weather most often throughout the day.

[DJAKO]

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/information/radarinmotion.html is one I like a lot too

[AlexH]

The Bush countdown widget... ;)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/2245248675_eecf4edfc1_o.png

[vicious7]

Yep, +1 on iStat Pro and Air Traffic Control 2.0.

[danidoll521]

Weather and Calculator

And by the way, I love the Bush Countdown Widget

[Markleshark]

Convertor.

[iBlue]

I don't know about "live without" but a handy one I thought I'd mention is CharacterPal (http://www.tacowidgets.com/widgets/characterpal/).

I use conversion widget a lot and webclips for the BBC weather and TFL live updates for The Tube status.

screenshot:

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[miniConvert]

Well there's not one I couldn't live without, but this is a really good widget for sms text messaging (http://www.cardboardfish.com/products/personal/osxwidget.html). It covers about 200 countries (about 198 more than I need!) for a couple of pennies a pop. Plus it looks nice :D

[elmo151]

DoBeDo...to do manager
iCal...future events

weather channel
iStat Pro
Unit Converter
air trafficcontrol

[Kamera RAWr]

Hmmm... not sure how I feel about the weather widget. My iPhone and the weather widget on my computer don't often agree :confused:

[UMHurricanes34]

It used to be Sing That iTune but I found that it pretty much sucks at finding the right songs and gives up way too easily. So I downloaded DesktopLyrics and manually added lyrics to my songs and it works much better and I dont have to be in the dashboard to see the lyrics.

Plus it automatically disappears when you pause iTunes and it's extremely unobtrusive. No icon in the dock, no icon on the menu bar, nothing. Just the floating text. I love it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/2243442154_256f302d4a_o.png

[Zwhaler]

Basically only the Dictionary. My school work makes me use it a lot, and it sure beats the hell out of a paper dictionary (time saver like a mofo.)

[UMHurricanes34]

Basically only the Dictionary. My school work makes me use it a lot, and it sure beats the hell out of a paper dictionary (time saver like a mofo.)

Ahhh yes, definitely a very handy tool. I also find that the calculator comes in handy when I need a quick answer with no calculator nearby.

Although the calculator always seems to be the slowest widget to initialize when Dashboard starts up.

[puckhead193]

i use the weather, dictionary, and the calculator in that order.

[bwiissofly]

Definitely use the weather every night when picking out my clothes at night and in the morning before I head out.

[SpooledupRacing]

I am going to play with other widgets tonight if I find any other interesting.. (maybe the dictionary one)

I normally use:
weather
calculator
and now istatpro

[richard.mac]

cant live without:

Unit Convertor

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iCal Events (usually has events listed but i dont have any ATM)

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Ice TV (Aussieland TV Guide)

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iStat Pro

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TheBom (as weather on AccuWeather is inaccurate for Aussieland)

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time to go to bed im tired...

[Stratification]

Delivery status is great, I use it whenever I've got a package I'm waiting for.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/shopping/deliverystatus.html