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Step 1
Mac OS X Terminal ApplicationClick on “Applications” in a Finder window and find the “Utilities” folder. Open the “Utilities” folder and locate the “Terminal” application. Double-click the “Terminal” application to launch it.
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Step 2
In an open terminal window, type in the following command (without the quotes and the period at the end) and hit “enter/return” to kill the Dashboard process: “defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES.”
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Step 3
The next command to type into Terminal tells the Dock to restart. Once again (without the quotes), type in a “killall Dock” command and hit "Enter."
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Step 4
If you ever wish to use Dashboard again, simply type in the following commands to return Dashboard to its full functionality: “defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO” and “killall Dock.”









