WidgetKiller: stop Dashboard dead in its tracks

I tried this. It turned off my widgets even if I clicked NO. Had run the "Turn widgets on" workflow to get them back.

I'm tired of seeing hints and programs to disable Dashboard...

Just don't use it if you don't like it!

Set the DashBoard key to none, remove the DB icon in the dock, restart and voila, DashBoard will use ZERO cpu cycles and Zero memory from now on. And that, without having to use undocumented terminal commands.

There is also a pref pane out there that will turn off dashboard and kill dock for you its also easy and i have never had a problem with it

5)lol, didn't notice that when i looked at it first time round...

It's too bad that the author doesn't know how to properly capitalize a sentence or use a question mark.

Addendum: You also need to restart Dock (which runs Dashboard) after enabling/disabling Dashboard. To do this, type:

killall Dock

That is all.

If you're handy with the command line, you can also disable Dashboard like so:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -bool yes

To enable it again, type:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -bool no

I assume this program simply wraps these commands.

I have tried Brian's suggestion, and all the others as well, but I think this one is the best!! However like all the other scripts and widgets this still has the little annoying thing, where any minimized Windows end up back on the desktop, without ever touching them. That said this is still the best because it disables dashboard without disabling F12. http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/quitdock.html