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My dashboard icon has disappeared.

My Dashbord icon has disappeared from the dock. It is not in the Apps folder and although I have re-installed all Apps from the disk, it is still not there. Can anyone help please? I can't find Dashboard.app in the finder either. If I press F4 my one app appears and seems to work but I would really like the icon back in the dock.


Thanks in anticipation.


JB

Posted on Feb 3, 2012 6:55 AM

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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 7:11 AM

You don't really need it, you can tap the F4 key to bring it up or type Command-Tab to see what apps (including dashboard) are open then just drag to it. Also look again in the Apps folder, it should be there unless someone in your house dragged it to the Trash. You can also look in the Trash for it and drag it back to the Apps folder.


BTW PLEASE complete your profile so we at least know what version of OS X is on your system. You can do this by clicking Your Stuff in the upper right of this page then click Profile and fill it out.

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Feb 4, 2012 5:47 AM in response to Batteneye

Your welcome. I think upgrading to Lion is a good idea if you want some of it's features. However like any upgrade it requires some preparation prior to upgrading.


  • Does your computer meet or exceed the minimum system requirement?
  • Is your system working perfectly prior to upgrading, if not NEVER UPGRADE until it is.
  • Do you have a current complete backup of your system?
  • Do you run any PPC (Power PC) apps, if so they will not work in Lion. PPC apps must be upgraded or switched to Intel or Universal apps. You can tell by running System Profiler - Click Applications on the left - look in the Kind column where it will list what type of app each app is.

My dashboard icon has disappeared.

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