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I'm assuming that you can't remove Dashboard as it is a core service, you can however remove the icon from the dock.

Radish?

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Its called DashboardClient.app, which resides in the resources folder of Dock.app. I just removed that file to prevent dashboard from loading.

I removed the the Dashboard.app file from the dock as soon as tiger loaded for the first time.

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Its called DashboardClient.app, which resides in the resources folder of Dock.app. I just removed that file to prevent dashboard from loading.

I removed the the Dashboard.app file from the dock as soon as tiger loaded for the first time.

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Wouldn't it have been just as easy to simply turn off the hot keys for Dashboard in System Preferences? As soon as the next update (10.4.1) comes out, it will probably replace your Dock.app file again, and you'll have to remove the DashboardClient.app again. If you don't have any widgets loaded in Dashboard, and turn off the hot key for it, then it is using next to nothing for resources. This method is much easier to reverse if you ever did want to start using Dashboard.

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Wouldn't it have been just as easy to simply turn off the hot keys for Dashboard in System Preferences?  As soon as the next update (10.4.1) comes out, it will probably replace your Dock.app file again, and you'll have to remove the DashboardClient.app again.  If you don't have any widgets loaded in Dashboard, and turn off the hot key for it, then it is using next to nothing for resources.  This method is much easier to reverse if you ever did want to start using Dashboard.

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I could have, but then I would know that it is still there. Most .apps are not replaced during updates, but just the modified files for the update are replaced. If DashboardClient.app is added again, I will just delete it. I also removed Everything related to Classic, some apps I dont use, and iTunesHelper.app which I still have no idea what it does, but things work better without it.

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Most .apps are not replaced during updates, but just the modified files for the update are replaced. If DashboardClient.app is added again, I will just delete it.

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I'm fairly certain that it will show up again soon, since there are going to be some fixes to Dashboard with the 10.4.1 update (I know this because the first seed of it showed up in my ADC account the other day).

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Dash monitors seems to use processor time whether or not the Dashboard is active. Seems a little against what the Dashboard is supposed to do.

Dougal.

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I think thats from the app it loads. I'm sure a smaller widget will be out soon. I may start work on one myself, Dash Monitors is too bulky for my taste. Also i think its a demo app anyway. :no:

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I'm fairly certain that it will show up again soon, since there are going to be some fixes to Dashboard with the 10.4.1 update (I know this because the first seed of it showed up in my ADC account the other day).

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lol I'm just glad the Preview bug is gone when selecting/unselecting stuff. I hope they'll fix the applications hide on login bug.

Haven't had the courage to install the whole 10.4.1 beta yet I only updated some apps like Mail and Preview manually.

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Now where's the fun in that? It's just an OS, you're not performing brain surgery on a real person who could die.

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If you don't like Dashboard why don't you simply don't use the thing. A lot easier than replacing System files and risk hosing your system. :no:

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Its pretty hard to actually hose your system if you backup the files you try replacing. Unless you screw around with the kernel or some other vital files, you will always be able to get into single user mode and restore what you messed up. If that doesn't work, we have firewire disk mode.

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Last time I checked, this thread was about someone who tried deleting Dashboard from his own Mac.

Last I checked your comment was about how messing about with system files isn't likely to do anybody any harm which is a load of crap. He might not be doing brain surgery but he could be using his machine to make money - an easily avoidable screw-up caused by his own negligence can cost him his job or damage his company.

Its pretty hard to actually hose your system if you backup the files you try replacing. Unless you screw around with the kernel or some other vital files, you will always be able to get into single user mode and restore what you messed up.

And where exactly does apple keep many of their vital system files? It's not in the system folder is it?

If that doesn't work, we have firewire disk mode.

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How much does all this screwing around take? 20 minutes? An hour? 3 hours?

How much is the data on the computer worth?

What are the costs of not being able to meet a deadline because he was trying to delete a system file?

His question was valid and his advice was sound. This thread isn't exclusively about you, it's also going to serve as a resource for other forum members and people that find this thread through Google.

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