KillDashboard : a utility to disable the Dashboard on your Mac

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KillDashboard : a utility to disable the Dashboard on your Mac
After seeing my lovely 4GB Macbook Pro come to a halt, I checked the Activity Monitor and was horrified to see that the Dashboard was taking up more than 1GB of Real Memory!

I don't know about you but I rarely pop into the Dashboard so I wrote up a utility to Kill the Dashboard quickly and posted on buzz.

A request to share it soon followed , so here it is...

Installation
- Download the KillDashboard.zip file below
- Unzip
- Copy both apps into your Applications folder.
To kill the dashboard:
- Just go to spotlight
- Search on the word: Kill {You'll likely see just this utility]
- Hit enter---> Your Dashboard is now offline.
  Bonus: It will stay disabled even after you reboot [until you run the restart dashboard app].
To restart the dashboard:
- just go to the spotlight and
- search on the word: Start [You'll likely see just this utility]
- hit enter-->Your Dashboard is now back.
Save File: KillDashboard.zip

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- 17 February 2010
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Feb 18, 2010

Derek Mantle said...
Excellent tip Sean. I hardly use the Dashboard now so this is a boon.
A little add on to that, is that you could also make it a 'Login Item' in your account via the System Preferences.

Feb 18, 2010

sean 808080 said...
Hey Derek: thanks for the comment. Just an FYI that if you disable the dashboard with this utility it will stay disabled even after a reboot! No nee to add it to your login items listing. :-)

Feb 18, 2010

Derek Mantle said...
Thanks for that as well :)

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