Widget Manager is a Preference Pane for OSX 10.4 that allows you to inspect, remove, and disable Dashboard Widgets. Widget Manager is a convenient way to manage all the Widgets on your system, including the standard Apple Widgets. Since it handles removing the .wdgt file as well as restarting Dashboard, Widget Manager eliminates Dashboard display issues when you remove a Widget by hand, and is also a great defense against potentially harmful Widgets.

Widget Manager shows you Widget information, such as the version number, so you know when it’s time to look for updates. It can also disable Widgets you don’t want cluttering up the Widget bar, but don’t necessarily want to delete, either.

Widget Manager is free (donations are accepted) and requires Mac OSX 10.4. More info and download link (Disk Image, 48 KB) here.

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