Turn off DashBoard in Leopard

If you're like me and have an older Mac (I have a 12" PowerBook) then you might like to know how to turn off Dashboard. Dashboard is a great set of apps, but if you don't use it, then it just uses ram and processor that could be used for other tasks.

First open Terminal.app

And type:

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

Then press enter

We have to reset the Dock for changes to take affect.

To do that, type:

killall Dock

Then press enter



And as always, how to turn it back on.

Type:

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

Then press enter

Once again we have to reset the Dock

To do that, type:

killall Dock

Now it's back.