Hi Steven Thank you. Yes you are no doubt correct in suggesting I delete some widgets. First to go will be the weather widget which does indeed take a long time to load.
How do I find the Unit Converter to use with Calculator? I tried searching with Spotlight but all that comes up is today's emails to the List. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 3:25 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've found slow loading can be a problem if you have too many widgets on display than you need. Great that you can have any number of clocks showing different times around the world, or any number of Unit Converters so as not to have to change settings each time, but if you go overboard with the number of widgets which rely on the internet to pull data, dashboard loading can slow to a crawl. I imagine a data hungry widget or two would have the same effect. For instance, I had a widget from the Bureau of Meteorology. I noticed it always took a while longer than the others to load. So I deleted it, and the whole dashboard loading process increased in speed substantially. The preinstalled Calculator and Unit Converter widget combination are hard to beat for convenience, although the Calculator has only basic functionality. No doubt there's a fancier calculator widget out there though. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 4:28 AM, Laura Webb wrote: > > Thanks Steven. > > I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow > to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc > to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick > currency conversion. > > Regards > Laura > > > On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: > > > Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit > Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that > exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look > up and amend exchange rates. > > The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your > Mac. > > Cheers, Steven > > > On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: > >> >> Good morning all >> >> A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! >> >> I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting >> currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason >> when I press "update" nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know >> there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to >> work as they should!! >> >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. >> >> Regards >> Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
