Dashboard problems

The symptom of the problem you relate to here may have something to do

with using Mission Control, or perhaps alleviated by using M.C. settings.

Mac Basics: Dashboard gives you quick access to frequently used info - Apple Support

Use Mission Control on your Mac - Apple Support

While I seldom rely on DashBoard in newer OS X, I did find a few older widgets can

and do work OK in Mavericks 10.9.5 Dashboard that had worked well in OS X 10.5.8

in an older computer I'm still using most of the time. Because I saved the widget .zip

files I have some that are not widely available anymore; or not in Apple widget page.

One I sometimes use was Dashquit_3.0 since it can cause the OS X to refresh or

remove issues saved in memory of the Dashboard application; so the desktop runs

faster and other apps work better if I've quit Dashboard using this in Mavericks.

Even after re-starting Dashboard the effect of forcing it to quit, lasts. So I use it.

Another is iStat Pro v 4.92 (old version) as it still works in OS X 10.9.5; I'd saved a

zip file of that one too, but then looked through and found a link to old mirror D/L

and that has a clean download of the vintage one I had saved two/three years ago.

Perhaps you may have to restart your computer in Safe mode (shift key held down

through startup) and then see about repairing permissions in Disk Utility, then restart.

This may help. Another idea if you have to user accounts, is log out of the main acct

and log into the second one. This avoids restarting, if that matters. My macs can do

just fine if let sleep; as they have UPS battery backup with power filtering abilities.

Not sure why your Dashboard (and safari) have exhibited the symptom you cite... 😐

This procedure will reset your Dashboard configuration to the default.

Back up all data before continuing.

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 one 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 and start typing the name.

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.

Hopefully you were able to alleviate whatever contributing cause of odd issue

through use of various means suggested and sources offered so far...

About use of DashQuit_3.0 as suggested, it will still work with Mavericks 10.9.5.

The maker's site has the file and the item is still possible to install & use even though

the item did not appear within the App Store inventory.

• Elaum Dev Center - Dashquit:

http://elaum.free.fr/index.php?page=English/Dashquit

So, this may or may not be helpful in association with the issue as presented by

your topic, but it could be helpful in other ways; I've used it for a few years in

older OS X versions and it has some useful purpose. And it is a free widget.

In any event...

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂