Honestly, Dashboard for Mac OS X Tiger is quite purty. However, aside from the eye candy that it offers, I don’t find any use with it, even if a myriad of docklets are available for download from the internet. Now running the application but not using it eats up a bit of memory doesn’t it? So why don’t we disable it?
I found a way to do so while roaming around several websites. Apparently it’s just simple. Open up the Terminal, then enter the following command:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
This disables dashboard on your computer’s next restart. However, if you’re impatient like me, you can issue the following command:
killall Dock
This restarts the Dock. When you now press on F12, you can no longer see the Dashboard.
In case you want to return to the eye-candy, just enter this command:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
Afterwards restart the Dock. Easy does it!