Good photo-displaying dashboard widget?

johnnyjibbs · Sep 17, 2005, 04:25 PM

Hey, does anyone know a good dashboard widget for simply displaying a picture or photo. I want to see my girlfriend at the touch of the F12 key!

A quick search on the Apple downloads website didn't reveal anything...

Cheers..

Camille · Sep 17, 2005, 04:37 PM

Try to download Modern moments...
its a great widget that lets u put whatever photo u want...
just start dragging the pic, hit F12, and continue dragging the pic until u put in on the widget

Just go here:
http://www.dashboardwidgets.com/show...s.php?wid=1054

johnnyjibbs · Sep 17, 2005, 04:53 PM

Thanks, that's great.

Camille · Sep 18, 2005, 05:36 AM

No prob

any time

Applespider · Sep 18, 2005, 05:53 AM

There's another one called Photo which you can set to choose from an iPhoto library so you get a different pic of your girlfriend each time.

johnnyjibbs · Sep 18, 2005, 06:25 AM

Cheers, I'm using both widgets now.

steelfist · Sep 18, 2005, 06:34 AM

one widget that i use is called "desk photo". it has 3 themes, and it works great for me.

Abstract · Sep 18, 2005, 08:22 AM

Just make a photo album of all your gf's photos in iPhoto and set your desktop to use photos from that album for the background wallpaper. You can make it pick a photo randomly from that album every 5 minutes so that your desktop photo changes often.

johnnyjibbs · Sep 18, 2005, 08:51 AM

Thanks for the replies. I am aware of the lovely rotating desktop feature of Mac OS X. I use it already, although I prefer to put landscape shots as my background picture as portraits are too much of a distraction! (And often dark in colour).

TJBall · Feb 4, 2013, 04:09 AM

Lovely widgets but I couldn't figure out why they weren't responding to the images I was dropping on them.

If anyone else encounters this problem I found opening the image in the browser first then dragging it from there gets these widgets behaving the way they should.

I also found modernmoments to be the best one!

Dave Braine · Feb 4, 2013, 03:52 PM

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Camille macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2005	Modern Moments Try to download Modern moments... its a great widget that lets u put whatever photo u want... just start dragging the pic, hit F12, and continue dragging the pic until u put in on the widget Just go here: http://www.dashboardwidgets.com/show...s.php?wid=1054
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johnnyjibbs Thread Starter macrumors 68030 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: London, UK	Thanks, that's great. __________________ johngriffithsapps.com - Scribblz for iPad \| Todooz \| Grocery Checkout
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Camille macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2005	no prob No prob any time
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Applespider macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: looking through rose-tinted spectacles...	There's another one called Photo which you can set to choose from an iPhoto library so you get a different pic of your girlfriend each time. __________________ Oops.... the cat killed the rabbit
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Abstract macrumors G3 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Location Location	Just make a photo album of all your gf's photos in iPhoto and set your desktop to use photos from that album for the background wallpaper. You can make it pick a photo randomly from that album every 5 minutes so that your desktop photo changes often. __________________ "Hard? It's supposed to be hard. Hard is what makes it great!" - Tom Hanks.
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johnnyjibbs Thread Starter macrumors 68030 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: London, UK	Thanks for the replies. I am aware of the lovely rotating desktop feature of Mac OS X. I use it already, although I prefer to put landscape shots as my background picture as portraits are too much of a distraction! (And often dark in colour). __________________ johngriffithsapps.com - Scribblz for iPad \| Todooz \| Grocery Checkout
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TJBall macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	Widgets not working in OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion? Lovely widgets but I couldn't figure out why they weren't responding to the images I was dropping on them. If anyone else encounters this problem I found opening the image in the browser first then dragging it from there gets these widgets behaving the way they should. I also found modernmoments to be the best one!
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