Google Gadgets Come To Mac, Finally

Om Malik | Wednesday, November 28, 2007 | 3:30 PM PT | 5 comments

Google is expected to release a new Google Desktop for Mac, which will allow you to run Google Gadgets (thus far available on Windows OS only) on OS X-based Apple computers. The application needs 10.4 or higher versions of OS X. The gadgets — widgets, in plain speak — will run inside of Apple Dashboard, adding more utility to the Apple widget platform. Here are some of the same Google Gadgets, in case you want to try them out: YouTube ( to search and watch YouTube videos from Dashboard) and Weather Globe. This is where you find many different Google Gadgets.

It is a pretty simple install process. You download the latest build of Google Desktop for Mac. Install the application and once you are done installing, a window opens and offers you many different widgets. You click on the ones you like, and the widget is installed inside your Dashboard. My favorite Google Gadget: Google SMS. Easy way to get local information.

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November 28th, 2007
9:45 PM PT

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4 comments so far

November 28th, 2007
5:00 PM PT
PXLated said:

Man their widgets/gadgets are just plain Jane ugly. Was anyone really waiting for these?

November 28th, 2007
5:04 PM PT
Libby said:

It should be noted that Google Gadgets have been running in Dashboard for over a year, via the lightweight and free Amnesty Generator. This of course is a still an option for those Mac users who aren’t in the mood to install the bulky Google Desktop.

November 28th, 2007
5:09 PM PT
jb said:

Seems like they’re just converting the gadgets into widgets, as opposed to adding a new runtime.

November 28th, 2007
7:05 PM PT
Jason Burns said:

Other than the adsense one I run on my desktop I can’t think of any I couldn’t live without on my laptop, but it’s always good to spread them around and give some flexibility right?

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