Dashboard can be a great application if you want quick access to your calendar, weather, etc. But if you don’t use it and would like to disable it, read on. Disabling Dashboard can save you processing power and free up RAM. This tutorial does not require any additional software.
Disabling Dashboard
1. Open Terminal by launching it from your dock or by searching for it in Spotlight.
2. Once Terminal has completely launched, type these two commands into the window: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES and killall Dock .
3. If you would like to enable Dashboard again, simply open Terminal and type these commands into the window: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO and killall Dock .
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