DashPrefs

Dashboard isn't for everyone. And if you're undecided if you're one of them, DashPrefs makes it easy for you to keep making this choice, whenever you want. Even right now! With DashPrefs, you can:

• Disable Dashboard entirely — without rebooting, without anything. Saves you system resources, and it doesn't get in your way in the worst moment!
• Disable Dashboard's Advisory feature. This was introduced in 10.4.7, and permanently checks every 8 hours whether your widgets match those at apple.com — otherwise, an intruder could put malicious widgets on your computer, which otherwise would be virtually indistinguishable, if even at all noticeable. Apparently a useful feature, but unfortunately very vaguely documented by Apple, who don't provide options for it, let alone a user-friendly means of turning it off!

DashPrefs is free. You have nothing to lose by giving it a try, and a lot to win.

On (almost) any computer with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. While untested on versions before 10.4.7, DashPrefs should run just fine on them regardless. DashPrefs is a Universal Binary, and thus runs on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs.

DashPrefs is Open Source. DashPrefs is available under the MIT License; Subversion Version Control and trac Wiki and Bug Tracker are available:

• VCS (Checkout via svn co http://captire.info:15080/svn/DashPrefs/; a Subversion client is necessary)
• Wiki / Bug Tracker

Troubles? Suggestions? Simply file a ticket. We love to hear from you!

Download! Version 1.0.1, 184 KB zip file (older versions). Installs through double-click, uninstalls through contextual menu. Recent changes:

• 1.0.1
  • Added Japanese translation. Thanks Yuzuru ‘E-WA’ Shiraiwa!
• 1.0
  • Updates Sparkle to 1.1. This saves some more space and works around a strange System Preferences misbehaviour.
• 1.0b3
  • Added French translation. Thanks Ronald Leroux!
  • Fixed a rare case where the Dock would not relaunch properly after Dashboard launching mode was changed. Thanks Chris 'atomicbartbeans' Martin!
  • Added a lite version of Sparkle.
• 1.0b2
  • Added German localization.
• 1.0b1
  • Initial release.