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I'm using Mac OS 10.6.7 on a low memory MacBook, so I would like to kill the Dashboard and not have it running at login. Tried this

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

...but couldn't make it work.

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    That last sentence provides absolutely no information, since you fail to mention which commands didn't work for you.
    – Daniel Beck
    Jul 24, 2011 at 19:01
  • Thanks for the comment Daniel, I've added the command now.
    – villares
    Jul 24, 2011 at 19:14
  • Have you logged out and back in since entering the command?
    – Daniel Beck
    Jul 24, 2011 at 19:18
  • @DanielBeck Or reopened Dock.
    – Lri
    Jul 24, 2011 at 19:21
  • Yes, I've logged out and back. Didn't work :(
    – villares
    Jul 24, 2011 at 19:27

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Enter the following Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -bool true && killall Dock

It worked for me.

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  • Thanks for the reply, something else is going on. It didn't work for me.
    – villares
    Sep 16, 2011 at 12:12
  • @villares To clarify, Dashboard is still running although you set this command?
    – Daniel Beck
    Sep 16, 2011 at 12:41
  • Still works with 10.8.
    – Max Howell
    Jul 30, 2012 at 22:44
  • I typed sudo in front of it, just in case.
    – bobobobo
    Sep 7, 2012 at 16:38
  • @bobobobo defaults manages user defaults, or, in other words, preferences. Some of them are hidden, but they're almost exclusively user account specific.
    – Daniel Beck
    Sep 7, 2012 at 18:44

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