10.3.9 Dock.app

[PureEdit]

I dont really like dashboard on tiger and want to get rid of it. Could somebody who still has access to a 10.3.9 partition please post their dock.app (from /System/Library/CoreServices)? I want to try replacing the tiger dock with it.

[RadishTM Veteran]

At your own risk :unsure:

Radish?

Dock.zip

[PureEdit]

At your own ris:unsure:e:

Radish?

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Thanks, I will tell you what happens.

[PureEdit]

Well, it loaded fine, but crashed everytime I moved the mouse over it.

[RadishTM Veteran]

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?

[Steve]

Yeah, why not just remove the dock icon, and also any hotcorners. No biggy. :)

[PureEdit]

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.

[Southern Patriot]

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.

[KeR]

I am starting to think that Dashboard is not as great as I thought it would be :/

[+StevoFC MVC]

use this... makes dashboard much more useful. kind of buggy still though.

http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm#

[PureLogic]

I am starting to think that Dashboard is not as great as I thought it would be :/

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lol same here. I find the widgets way too big, and I hate the fact there's absolutely no way to stort them out a bit on the screen (lock them, grid them etc.).

[Liebe]

i find it bizarre that apple didnt include a cpu/memory/network monitor in dashboard. the only one out there seems to be dashmonitors, which is to bulky.

[Toxikk Veteran]

that app has some nice potential.

[PureEdit]

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.

[dougal.s]

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.

[PureEdit]

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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They use a lot of ram, but I never noticed much CPU use.

[Southern Patriot]

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).

[divinatum]

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:

[crazzyyfool]

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:

[PureLogic]

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.

@thefunkymunky

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.

Edited May 7, 2005 by PureLogic

[macssuck]

@thefunkymunky

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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Maybe he's performing brain surgery on part of a business that could die if his system goes down.

[PureLogic]

Maybe he's performing brain surgery on part of a business that could die if his system goes down.

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

[PureEdit]

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.

[macssuck]

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.

[rajputwarrior]

that's kinda dumb how it's pretty much impossible to disable it, it's like windows and not being able to get rid of IE or Windows Media Player