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 convering to. qwikCONVERT gives you your answer in a fraction of the time.

qwikCONVERT is a genuinely useful application running inside the Mac OS X Dashboard, at your fingertips whenever you need it.

Features

Instantly convert dozens of units Identify units by abbreviation, symbol or name Swap units with a simple click Full values available in a tooltip Resizable, with memory Live daily currency updates download when you need them Currency convertions work without an internet connection Set you own colour options Auto Update, entirly self contained in the widget User Guide built into the widget

Units Supported

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 us) Pound (lb) Ounce (oz) 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 us) Quart (US) (qt) Pint (UK) (pt) Pint (US) (pt us) Fluid Ounce (UK) (fl oz) Fluid Ounce (US) (fl oz us) 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) Australian dollar (aud) Japanese yen (jpy or ¥) New Zealand dollar (nzd) Swiss franc (chf) South African rand (zar or r) Cyprus pound (cyp) Czech koruna (czk) Danish krone (dkk) Estonian kroon (eek) Hungarian forint (huf) Lithuanian litas (ltl) Latvian lats (lvl) Maltese lira (mtl) Swedish krona (sek or kr) Slovenian tolar (sit) Slovak koruna (skk) Icelandic krona (isk) Norwegian krone (nok) Bulgarian lev (bgn) Croatian kuna (hrk) Romanian leu (rol) Russian rouble (rub) New Turkish lira (try) Chinese yuan renminbi (cny or 元 or 圓) Hong Kong dollar (hkd) Indonesian rupiah (idr) South Korean won (krw or &# ₩;) Malaysian ringgit (myr) Philippine peso (php or ₱) Singapore dollar (sgd) Thai baht (thb or ฿) Belgian francs (bef) Deutsche Mark (dem) Spanish pesetas (esp) French francs (frf) Greek drachmas (grd) Irish pounds (iep) Italian lire (itl) Luxembourg francs (luf) Dutch guilders (nlg) Austrian schillings (ats) Portuguese escudos (pte) Finnish markkas (fim)
Some currency rates may not be available if the data source stops providing them.

Download and Installation Instuctions

Most users can just click download, if that doesn't install the widget, follow these instuctions 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.