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Wallsaver, Simple Widget to Turn Your Screensaver into Moving Wallpaper
Screensavers are initially used for protecting our precious screens from burnt. Eventually, that function starts to fade away and now the one that got the most attention is the ability to make Screensaver as eye-candy.
If you haven't heard before, there is an application for Mac called Wallsaver which can transform your Screensaver into moving desktop wallpaper.
The fun thing is that, now you don't need to download the big application to turn your Screensaver into moving wallpapers, what you only need to do is Downloading 56K of Wallsaver widget here.
Whenever you want to start/stop your moving wallpaper, simply open your Dashboard with Wallsaver widget installed, click on the button once and you're set.
There are many interesting Screensavers that can be set as your moving desktop wallpaper, such as:
Google Widgets for Mac
Dashboard is one of the interesting things you can have in your Mac, and I think I've long forgotten it. However, thanks to James Powell on Mac Tricks and Tips, his discussion on Dashalytics (Dashboard widget for Google Analytics) reminds me that we actually have a lot of useful widgets.
And for today, I will add some more information regarding to Google widgets that are very useful, such as Dashalytics, Blogger Editor, Amazing Google, etc.
Mac Widget: The Hidden Region
When the first time you bought my Mac, I know you will be really amazed with those Dashboard Widgets, especially the weather widget. In my early days owning a Mac, I even gazed at my Widgets for thirty minutes every half an hour.
Let's make things more interesting, do you know the widget that display weather report of certain region? You can select which region you want to display the weather report, but there is one region that I bet you can't find: Nowhere!
Word Counter for Mac
Get Dashboard Widget
If you're having problem with counting words in your Mac, you can use this the Word Counter widget. This widget can be downloaded here.
You can also customize the counter by clicking on the i icon on the right hand corner of the widget.