disable OS X Dashboard Widgets

Mac OS X Things » Disable Dashboard

Here are the steps to disable the dashboard on Apple OS X Dashboard...

Launch Terminal and then enter the following commands...

To turn Dashboard off:

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

To turn Dashboard on:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO

You have to restart the Dock after making either change for it to take effect:

killall Dock