Disable Dashboard in Mac OS X

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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1 thought on “Disable Dashboard in Mac OS X

  1. The Dashboard seams to be a leftover from some ancient OS. Nice to give it the foot.

    Thanks for the information.

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