10.4: Keep the old red Calendar widget from 10.4.3

Jan 16, '06 06:33:00AM

Contributed by: paulio

Tiger only hintSome people won't like the new black Calendar widget in 10.4.4. The color is a bit dark, but mostly it's way bigger than the old calendar. Here's how to keep the old calendar and have the new one, too.

Note: you have to do this on a machine that still has 10.4.3, before upgrading to 10.4.4

Open the folder /Library/Widgets at the root level of the hard drive. There will be a Calendar widget inside. Drag the Calendar widget to the desktop. It should copy to the desktop (there will appear a green plus as you drag it). Rename the widget; I changed it to CalendarOld. Control-click on CalendarOld and choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu. See the file named Info.plist, and leave this window open.

Now to to Applications and run TextEdit. The TextEdit icon will appear in the dock. Drag the file Info.plist onto the TextEdit icon in the dock. TextEdit will show the contents of the file. Change the string:

com.apple.widget.calendar
to
com.apple.widget.calendarold
Save the changes you've just made. Now use Software Update to update to 10.4.4. After the update, double-click on CalendarOld and choose Install then Keep. Now you have both the new and the old calendar available.

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