Every time that I open my dashboard, it instantly brings my display back to desktop 1 and opens a safari window to twitter.com/i/jot. I cannot even look at my dashboard for a full second. I want to just delete all the widgets in my dashboard but it doesn't give me enough time before it switches screens. How can I fix this? Is there a way to just reset the dashboard?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
[user]/Library/Widgets
(you need to hold the "Option" key when clicking "Go" from the Finder menu to access the [user]/Library folder)
You can delete one or all widgets from there.
Also go to [user]/Library/Preferences and trash the com.apple.dashboard.plist and com.apple.dashboard.client.plist files.
Empty the trash and when you relaunch Dashboard it should function as if it were the first time you opened it.
it wont let me empty the trash while ...dashboard.clien.plist file is there. It says that it is in use
Mac HD/Applications/Utilities
Open the Activity Monitor
Click the Process Name heading to sort alphabetically
EVERY item that says Dashboard... click it and click the octagonal icon at the top left to terminate the process, Close the Activity Monitor and THEN empty the trash.
Reboot, and Dashboard will work like new.
Back up all data.
Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
defaults delete com.apple.dashboard layer-gadgets && killall Dock
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. You can then quit Terminal. Test.
How do I fix my dashboard?
