Comments on: Disable the Dashboard in MacOS X http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:55:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Simone Manganelli http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/comment-page-1/#comment-380086 Simone Manganelli Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:34:08 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/#comment-380086 I've never understood the need for Dashboard disablers. Why don't you just set up your Dashboard preferences so that there's no way to invoke it? That is, make it so there's no hot key and no hot corners. Voilà, you've disabled dashboard, with no need for an extra utility. I’ve never understood the need for Dashboard disablers. Why don’t you just set up your Dashboard preferences so that there’s no way to invoke it? That is, make it so there’s no hot key and no hot corners. Voilà, you’ve disabled dashboard, with no need for an extra utility.

]]> By: Kirby http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/comment-page-1/#comment-380066 Kirby Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:57:11 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/#comment-380066 How much boost to performace will this give? How much boost to performace will this give?

]]> By: kibby http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/comment-page-1/#comment-380016 kibby Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:49:42 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/#comment-380016 Here is the leet way to make this happen defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES Make Dashboard come back defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO You have to restart the Dock to have this take effect killall Dock Here is the leet way to make this happen

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

Make Dashboard come back

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO

You have to restart the Dock to have this take effect

killall Dock

]]> By: Jon http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/comment-page-1/#comment-380013 Jon Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:57:19 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/#comment-380013 i did it from command line....it was easy and permanent. i did it from command line….it was easy and permanent.

]]> By: Justin http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/comment-page-1/#comment-380012 Justin Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:48:33 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9756/#comment-380012 Another good app is "Disable Tiger Features" which also gets rid of Spotlight as well as Dashboard. Another good app is “Disable Tiger Features” which also gets rid of Spotlight as well as Dashboard.

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