Here's a photo of the portion of the web page I just turned into a custom Mac dashboard widget:

Safari then takes you to your Mac dashboard screen, and in a few moments your new dashboard widget will appear.

Once you've selected and minimized the portion of the web page you want to turn into a Mac dashboard widget, click the Add button.

(This is nice, because on my first attempt, I created an enormous web page dashboard widget, lol.)

After clicking that main section, Safari lets you choose an even smaller portion of the web page.

In my case I wanted the large numbers and map shown in the middle of the page, so I moved the mouse cursor around until Safari highlighted that section.

Follow the instructions to 'Select part of the web page, then click Add'.

Go to this aurora borealis forecast web page.

I just created a Mac dashboard widget from an 'aurora borealis' forecast web page, and these are the steps I followed: Create a custom Mac dashboard widget from a web page The process of creating a Mac dashboard widget from a web page is fairly simple, and I thought I'd share the steps in a short tutorial here.

Some time back, I don't remember exactly when, Apple introduced the ability to create Mac dashboard widgets from web pages with their Safari web browser. Mac dashboard widgets FAQ: How can I create a Mac dashboard widget from a web page?

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