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Disable Dashboard in Mac OS X

Mr.R — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:00:27 +0000

It is possible to completely disable OS X Dashboard. On old Mac’s this could save some memory and cpu resources. Use the following command and kill the current running Dashboard.

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Dock:

killall Dock

Reactivate OS X Dashboard using the command:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean false

Restart the Dock.

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Disable Dashboard as a space in Mission Control

Mr.W — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:00:52 +0000

By default Dashboard appears as the first Spaces in mission control. If you are not a Dashboard user, you can hide Dashboard from appearing as Spaces with the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock dashboard-in-overlay -bool true

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Dock

killall Dock

You can activate Dashboard with the F12 or F3 key.

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.dock dashboard-in-overlay -bool false

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Show OS X Dashboard Widgets on your Desktop

Mr.R — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:16:42 +0000

Enable OS X Dashboard widgets on the desktop, with the F12 or F4 key. After applying the defaults write command activate Dashboard, click on the widget you want to move to your desktop, and while holding the mouse button down, click F12/F4 again.

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Dock

killall Dock

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode NO

Restart the Dock.

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