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Step 1
Locate the Dashboard icon on your Mac's desktop view. A list of icons for different programs and applications should likely run across the bottom or side of your monitor. The Dashboard icon, a black circle filled with white symbols, resembles a car's speedometer. Click this icon to launch the Dashboard application.
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Step 2
Know that the basic Dashboard elements equipped on a new Mac include tools that can come in handy in a variety of daily situations. These include a convenient calculator, the weather, a calendar and a clock. Because you can so easily bring up, or take away, these items with one click of the mouse, they're convenient to use and don't require an additional window or program.
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Step 3
Add more widgets at any time. Open Dashboard and click the plus sign in the lower left corner of the screen. Dashboard then launches a Widget Bar that displays all the available widgets. A few of the options include an address book, a dictionary, a Google link, and stickies--little notes and reminders that you can create for yourself that will display on the dashboard screen.
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Step 4
Drag a widget from the Widget Bar to the Dashboard once you've found what you're interested in. Play with the different widget options to explore the features of each.
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Step 5
Close the Widget Bar with just a click after you've chosen the widgets you want and placed them where you want them. Use another click to remove the Dashboard view entirely from your monitor.
