How to "Quit Dashboard Client" ?

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How to "Quit Dashboard Client" ?

Today I was offered an update to "Adobe Flash Player", but there is an insurmountable problem. In order to complete installing the update, Adobe insists that I must "Quit the Dashboard Client". I tried removing the "Dashboard" icon from the dock, and I even tried going into "Applications" and trying to temporarily move the "Dashboard" application to the "Trash"(Apple won't let you do that), and it seems that there is nothing that I can do that will satisfy Adobe's requirements.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Apr 18, 2013 11:07 AM

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WZZZ

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Apr 18, 2013 11:40 AM in response to dinosaur56

See if it might be one particular item in Dashboard that the Adobe installer is objecting to and just remove it. I don't know if this works in 10.7 or not, or if it will disable whatever the Adobe is objecting to, but to disable Dashboard open Terminal in Utilities and copy/paste.

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

hit return, then copy paste

killall Dock

hit return

If you ever want it back

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

killall Dock

EDIT: you should be able to move Dasboard.app to the trash (and use File>Put Back later.) What happens when you try? Removing the icon from the Dock is meaningless. It's just an alias to the application.

Yeah, great suggestion from the thread Paul linked. Open Activity Monitor and quit it (force quit maybe necessary) there. Might need a restart or log out and back in to get it going again.)

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Paul_31

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Apr 18, 2013 11:34 AM in response to dinosaur56

This issue seems to have cropped a couple of times recently. A restart may be another way of getting round it:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4967299

Or a Safe Boot - update Flash - restart as normal.

Safe Boot: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

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Answer 3

Jul 16, 2013 3:09 PM in response to dinosaur56

Quit the DOCK, via the force quit available in the Activity Monitor.

Quit DOCK and watch DASHBOARD disappear

It's odd that you are told to quit DASHBOARD when really you need to quit DOCK

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jpaulson

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Aug 3, 2013 4:56 PM in response to WZZZ

This worked beautifully. Had exactly the same problem as dinosaur56. Used terminal to disable Dashboard as you instructed. Flash then updated successfully. Then used the instructions to turn Dashboard back on, and it was back to normal. Thanks.

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