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Dashboard Feature Eliminated in macOS Catalina
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I would pay too, for the exact same experience to use on Catalina. The instant nature of dashboard, one key, or one movement towards the hot corner brings immediate access to multiple tool sets. I've always been amazed by Dashboard and appreciate it everyday. Never thought Apple would choose to remove it.
I never used this. I first experienced Windows’ version “gadgets” - never used them either. Won’t be missed. To be honest, I rarely use notification centre either. Mainly to open a notification occasionally, nothing else, like people are talking about here. Dashboard always seemed like a pointless thing.
I forgot all about this, personally I haven't used in this in years. To those who do use it though, tough break.
Dashboard was simply cashing in on the widgets fad of the mid-2000s, alongside RSS. Both were based on semi-live information and made use of then exciting technologies like AJAX and what not. That's not to say up-to-the-minute information isn't useful, but like anything else, there were simply other ways of doing the same thing that took hold later on and made Dashboard feel very much a product of its time.
Dashboard, a longtime Mac feature that Apple has been phasing out for the last few years, has been eliminated in macOS Catalina and it is no longer available for use.
The Dashboard option, first introduced in OS X 10.4 Tiger, used to be a prominent Mac feature, housing sticky notes, a weather interface, a clock, a calculator, and other customizable widgets.
It was disabled by default starting in macOS 10.10 Yosemite, and in the current version of macOS, Mojave, it's still disabled unless you seek it out, enabling it as part of Mission Control or adding it to the Dock.
In Catalina, there is no more Dashboard app at all, as pointed out by Appleosophy. It can't be enabled via Mission Control and there's no sign of it in the operating system, marking its official demise.
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That sucks. I use the weather app and the stocks app all day long. Can't fathom a reason to eliminate it.
Well now we know!!! A dev on the MacOS team has informed us. Code for discrete, stand-alone features cannot be refactored, so it MUST be 86'ed. A Trillion dollar company cannot spend a few man-days to refactor a feature beloved by power users. Thanks. Will never question again Apple's decisions to remove features.
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Did you miss the part where I said this was the top-left of my Dashboard screen. Given a large monitor, the information density for a 500ms quick look is tremendous - I just glance where ever I need to find the relevant info. If I want global times > "top left", yet there is much more. But of course, add to my 500ms by forcing me to scroll notifications (a guess on you screenshot since I do not use it). Yeah, it's all the same for Apple brand enthusiasts: Tim Apple can do no wrong. You, of course, have had the option to never use DB. Me, and apparently many others, no longer have the option to use DB because Tim Apple sees no need to invest in the few man days needed to keep it around (previous post).
Did you miss the part where I said this was the top-left of my Dashboard screen. Given a large monitor, the information density for a 500ms quick look is tremendous - I just glance where ever I need to find the relevant info. If I want global times > "top left", yet there is much more. But of course, add to my 500ms by forcing me to scroll notifications (a guess on you screenshot since I do not use it). Yeah, it's all the same for Apple brand enthusiasts: Tim Apple can do no wrong. You, of course, have had the option to never use DB. Me, and apparently many others, no longer have the option to use DB because Tim Apple sees no need to invest in the few man days needed to keep it around (previous post).
Can anyone suggest a replacement app that will show and hide a calendar at the tap of a single shortcut key and allow you to navigate forward and back with the keyboard?
That’s literally the only thing I use the dashboard for, and I cannot live without it...
That’s literally the only thing I use the dashboard for, and I cannot live without it...
“Widget making,” for lack of a better term, has probably been for as long as Jobs.I remember when I first experienced this in Snow Leopard, as a transparent fade into desktop view, how smooth and nice this was compared to the windows experience. It was a nice human touch that would sell a machine to a newbie.
Then Frontrow, that was really cool.
Less was more.
Now there is more. It's not the same in many respects.
Maybe someone will make an app to replace this.
I always liked the concept, but it seemed to lose support relatively quickly. Would to see if a developer can create an alternative.
And no, Notification Center is not the same and not all that similar. Stop.
Jobs did hype the bejesus out of it. At multiple events.
I always loved when he would be like “and now you can check out the skiing conditions with just a widget.”
All of us peasants who don’t have a second home or vacation in Vale would be looking on like “what..??”
Try ItsyCal, you might find it helpful. It's a menu bar-based calendar.
[doublepost=1559697461][/doublepost]There used to be a screensaver called Dashsaver, that let you turn Dashboard into a screensaver. I found it mighty useful.
no.... i am using it everyday, quick access and view on weather, calendar, stock market and currency rate. do hope there will be another app with similar easy-to-use features
Finally, now all the tools who harassed me over the weather widget have another thing to whine about. luddites.
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try notification center / today widgets -- pretty easy to convert
https://code.google.com/archive/p/solwidget/
I have been using this widget for ages. It useful to check sunrise and sunset at a glance.
I have been using this widget for ages. It useful to check sunrise and sunset at a glance.
Why didn’t they leave the option for people to turn on that use it? I don’t see any reason why they need to remove it completely?
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Cant agree more. They should leave the option for people that want to turn it on.
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Cant agree more. They should leave the option for people that want to turn it on.
Yep. I do a quick shortcut key to see the whole month in the calendar widget.