How to Make Widgets Permanent on a Mac
Mac OS X places Dashboard widgets in their own separate screen. By default this is an overlay screen in versions of Mac OS X up through 10.6 Snow Leopard, and in a separate virtual screen, called a "Space," to the left of all others in 10.7 Lion. A change to a hidden system setting will allow you to drag widgets off of the Dashboard into your regular work areas.
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Instructions
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Open the Terminal application in /Applications/Utilities. Type exactly the following line:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
Press the Return key. Then close the Terminal window.
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Open the System Preferences from the Dock if you are using 10.7 Lion. Otherwise, skip this step. Click on the "Mission Control" icon, and then turn off "Show Dashboard as a space."
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Open your Dashboard by clicking on its Dock icon, or pressing the F12 key.
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Drag any widget to a new position, but do not let go of the mouse button. Press the F12 key. The Dashboard will disappear, but the mouse pointer will "hold on" to the widget you are dragging. Let go of the mouse button, and the widget will appear on your normal desktop. Repeat this step for each widget you wish to place on your desktop.
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