Instantly convert dozens of
different units
With qwikCONVERT, simply enter the amount you want to convert and the units (e.g. Meters) and you will instantly see conversions into other units.
Most converters make you select the unit type, then the units your conversing from, then the units you are converting to. qwikConnvert gives you your answer in a fraction of the time.
qwikCONVERT has a built-in calculator, a feature we call Live Maths, type numbers with +-*/ signs to calculate a number to convert, whether your adding sales tax or postage to a foreign currency, turning cooking time for meat into hours or totaling a list of meaurements ready for conversion into another unit.
qwikCONVERT has a fixed currency rate feature - you will get a live currency rate, but when travelling fix the conversion to the rate you actually paid - always know exactly what you paying!
qwikCONVERT also knows where you live (via your system settings); type a $ and you'll get US dollars - unless you live in Australia, Canada or another country using dollars then, you'll get your local currency. UK users converting pints and gallons will also easily see past US weights and measures - without affecting US users.
qwikCONVERT is a genuinely useful application running inside the Mac OS X Dashboard, at your fingertips whenever you need it.
Also available as an iPhone app
Features
Instantly convert dozens of units
Identify units by abbreviation, symbol or name
Live Maths; convert from numbers or mathematical expressions (e.g. convert from £ (40+27)*1.2); Also simply type lists of numbers to add them together.
Fixed Currency Rates; when traveling, you can fix currencies to the rate you actually paid, overriding the live rates.
Conversions are bias to your country
Swap units with a simple click
Resizable, with memory
Live daily currency updates download when you need them
Currency conversions work without an internet connection
Set you own colour options
Auto Update, entirely self contained in the widget
User Guide built into the widget
Units Supported
Where the same symbol or abbreviation can be used for more than one unit, your local unit will be used.
Lengths
Miles (mi)
Yards (yd)
Feet (' or ft)
Inches (" or in)
Kilometers (km)
Meters (m)
Centimeters (cm)
Millimeters (mm)
Weights
Short Ton (US) (stn or tn)
Pound (lb)
Ounce (oz)
Stone (st)
Long Ton (UK) (ltn or tn)
Tonne (metric) (t)
Kilogram (kg)
Gram (g)
Areas
Square Mile (mi2)
Square Yard (yd2)
Square Foot (ft2 or '2)
Square Inch (in2 or "2)
Acre (acre)
Square Kilometer (km2)
Hectare (ha)
Square Meter (m2)
Square Centimeter (cm2)
Square Millimeter (mm2)
Volumes
Cubic Feet (ft3 or '3)
Gallon (UK) (gal)
Gallon (US) (gal)
Quart (US) (qt)
Pint (UK) (pt)
Pint (US) (pt)
Fluid Ounce (UK) (fl oz)
Fluid Ounce (US) (fl oz)
Dram (US) (dr)
Cubic Meter (m3)
Liter (l)
Milliliter (ml)
Speeds
Knots (kn)
Miles/Hour (m/h)
Miles/Minute (m/m)
Feet/Minute (f/m)
Feet/Second (f/s)
Kilometers/Hour (km/h)
Kilometers/Minute (km/m)
Meters/Second (m/s)
Times
Years (yr)
Months – 30 days (mt)
Weeks (wk)
Days (dy)
Hours (hr)
Minutes (min)
Seconds (sec)
Pressure
Pounds/Square Foot (psf)
Pounds/Square Inch (psi)
Atmospheres (at)
Bars (bar)
Centimetres of Mercury (cm/m)
Inches of Mercury (in/m)
Kilograms/Square Meter (kg/m2)
Pascals (pa)
Energy
BTUs (btu)
Foot-Pounds (ft/lb)
Ergs (erg)
Kilowatt-Hours (kw/h)
Watt-Hours (w/h)
Kilogram-Calories (kg/cal or kcal)
Calories (cal)
Kilogram-Meters (kg/m)
Newton-Meters (nm or n/m)
Joules (j)
Power
BTUs/Minute (btu/m)
Foot-Pounds/Minute (ft/lb/m)
Foot-Pounds/Second (ft/lb/s)
Horsepower (hp)
Kilowatts (kw)
Watts (w)
Temperatures
Fahrenheit (f or ºf)
Celsius (c or º or ºc)
Kelvin (k or ºk)
Currencies
Euro (eur or €)
US dollar (usd or $)
Pound sterling (UK) (gbp or £)
Canadian dollar (cad or $)
Australian dollar (aud or $)
Japanese yen (jpy or ¥)
Indian rupee (inr or ₨)
New Zealand dollar (nzd or $)
Swiss franc (chf)
South African rand (zar or r)
Brazil real (brl or r$ or $)
Czech koruna (czk or kč)
Danish krone (dkk or kr)
Estonian kroon (eek or kr)
Hungarian forint (huf)
Lithuanian litas (ltl or lt)
Latvian lats (lvl or ls)
Polish zloty (pln or zł)
Swedish krona (sek or kr)
Norwegian krone (nok or kr)
Bulgarian lev (bgn or лв)
Croatian kuna (hrk or kn)
Romania new lei (ron or lei)
Russian rouble (rub or руб)
New Turkish lira (try or tl)
Mexico pesos (mxn or $)
Chinese yuan renminbi (cny or 元 or 圓)
Hong Kong dollar (hkd or $)
Indonesian rupiah (idr or rp)
South Korean won (krw or ₩)
Malaysian ringgit (myr or rm)
Philippine peso (php or ₱)
Singapore dollar (sgd or $)
Thai baht (thb or ฿)
Austrian schillings (ats)
Belgian francs (bef)
Cyprus pound (cyp)
Deutsche Mark (dem)
Dutch guilders (nlg)
Finnish markkas (fim)
French francs (frf)
Greek drachmas (grd)
Irish pounds (iep)
Italian lire (itl)
Luxembourg francs (luf)
Maltese lira (mtl)
Portuguese escudos (pte)
Slovenian tolar (sit)
Slovak koruna (skk)
Spanish pesetas (esp)
Some currency rates may not be available if the data source stops providing them.
Version History
Version 1.5
Live Maths! - You can choose to enter mathematical equations for conversion. - For example: £ (40+27)*1.2 will convert £80.40.
Enter a list of multiple numbers to add them together. - For example: 'Meters 40 27 1.4 78' will convert 146.4m.
Added stones (an obvious gap in the current basic set!).
Fixed bug that prevented entry of some values in the Fixed Currency Rate screens.
Version 1.4
Fixed Currency Rates - when traveling, you can fix currencies to the rate you actually paid, overriding the live rates.
Currency symbols are now used when the currency is selected from the "Convert From" menu (where possible).
Fixed bug that prevented copying and converting from results that are scrolled to, plus general improvements to the menu.
Fixed minor display error in auto-update.
Version 1.3
New features inspired by the new qwikConvert iPhone App
Added Locale support - qwikConvert knows where you are; you get what you expect when typing $, pints, etc.
Indian rupee added
New 'Copy' and 'Convert From' menu when results are clicked
New crisper icon
General tidy up of currency units, with more symbols accepted
Fixed error in UK Gallons
Fixed £ symbol error
Version 1.2
Fixed bug with currency update, latest rates are now downloaded
Units can be accessed by typing name as well as abbreviation
Auto Update feature added
Conversion from negative numbers now supported
Backside tidied following theme created on my other widgets
More comprehensive selection of skins and text colours available
User guide made more obvious on backside
Now correctly remembers size adjustments through restarts
Removed old colours from default background and icon
Version 1.1
Colour options added
Version 1.0
First Release
Download and Installation Instructions
Most users can just click download, if that doesn't install the widget, follow these instructions provided by Apple.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is required. If you're using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you're using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it.
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