Desktop info

ace2109 · 8 Dec 2008 at 16:10

I have seen a few posts on here about mac desktops, a lot of them had information about their machine like CPU, memory, HDD etc, how do i go about getting this installed on my mac?

Kemik · 8 Dec 2008 at 16:25

I'm going to guess you're referring to the iStat Pro widget. Press F4 and click the + sign. It should be in there.

Will_3rd · 8 Dec 2008 at 16:29

System Profiler can you tell you this info as well.

ace2109 · 8 Dec 2008 at 16:31

i dont think its a widget, as it appears on the desktop all the time?

Scythe · 8 Dec 2008 at 16:42

Apple logo -> About this mac.

ace2109 · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:12

Scythe said:
Apple logo -> About this mac.

I know about this mate, but if you have a look at the "show me your desktop" thread you will see what i mean.

It looks to me as if it is embeded in the actual desktop

keogh · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:55

Think you are refering to GeekTool (http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/) right?

Deleted member 651465 · 8 Dec 2008 at 18:54

Widgets can be run on the desktop via a Terminal hack.

Or via some clever use of the Terminal & dashboard..

Just open up Terminal and type "defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES" (without the quotes). After you logout and log back in you can drag a widget from the Dashboard by pressing F12 while dragging. It should stay on your desktop full time, which comes in handy for that Midnight widget among other things.

ace2109 · 8 Dec 2008 at 23:26

keogh said:
Think you are refering to GeekTool (http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/) right?

thats it thanks

Desktop info

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