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Dashboard KickStart 3.1

Eliminates long Dashboard startup sequence (was Dashboard Start).


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DESCRIPTION

With Dashboard KickStart (formerly Dashboard Start), you'll always have the Dashboard ready to use the first time you want. Without it you'll have to wait for a complete Dashboard start-up sequence as soon as you are ready use it for a first time, making its quick accessibility rather useless.

This application runs in the background and reacts to the starting or re-starting of the Dock and to waking up from sleep mode. When that happens it initiates the starting of the Dashboard.

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WHAT'S NEW

Version 3.1:

Added 64-bit support
Further reduced processor usage
Fixes to the Japanese Localization

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

SCREENSHOT

Developer:	Alwin Troost
Downloads:	24,127
- Version d/l:	2,194
Dashboard:	App Enhancer
License:	Free
Date:	01 Sep 2009
Platform:	PPC/Intel

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Dashboard KickStart User Reviews (17 posts)

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	Jan 4 2009	STRIDER72 A shame the author chose to make this a Preference Pane in version 3-- it adds clutter to an already crowded screen, rather than just giving me a simple app that I can have run on login. I'll stick to v2 for now, thanks.... (Version 3.0)		0
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	Oct 6 2008	ASMEURER Copy this into Script Editor and save as an Application: do shell script "open /Applications/Dashboard.app/;open /Applications/Expose.app/;open /Applications/Expose.app/" Then set it to open at login. (Version 2.4)		+2
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	Aug 16 2008	REZZO.LATAM Awesome useful utility. A+ (Version 2.4)		+2
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	Mar 20 2008	FRANCOLA Locks up spaces for me :( (Version 2.3)		+1
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	Nov 4 2007	NEALNT Version 2.3 works on Leopard with one problem. It leaves expose activated. (Version 2.3)		+2
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	Jan 9 2007	NITEWING98 Works like a charm on my G3 iMac! I've hated the upgrade to Tiger because Dashboard is so slow to start when I use it the first time, and this solved the problem. To the person who complained about it staying open in memory watching the dock, you can turn off that behavior by selecting "Quit after first activation." Please read the directions before posting sloppy, mean reviews. (Version 2.1)		+1
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	Aug 11 2006	MACUSER25 I think this a really cool addition to Mac OS, it does what it says and doesn't hang up log in time or slow down dashboard. I like it, and works on both mac platforms, PPC and intel based. (Version 2.1)		0
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	Jan 29 2006	BDLATIMER Sorry, but this is a really really BAD implementation. Instead of doing its thing and getting out of the way, this app remains in memory, constantly listening for changes to the Dock. In addition, it is distributed in the form of a .pkg, for NO reason - it would be more easily distributed as a drag-install. Not to mention, the ownership & permissions on the app (which is installed to "/Applications/Utilities/") are INCORRECTLY set to "755, 501:501", when they should be "775 root:admin". Again, this is simply a really really BAD implementation, which should not be used by anyone. A better solution is the much-smaller, much-more-correct "DashboardStarter" - see (Version 2.1)		0
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Jan 29 2006

BDLATIMER that link should be:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19040
(Version 2.1)

Jan 28 2007

STEELCUT Dashboardstarter is only PPC :(
(Version 2.2)

	Nov 7 2005	CHARLIE Positively, absolutely great app!!! Dashboard used to be reaaallyyy sllooww to access, but not anymore. To the folks at Apple, take heed of this app! (Version 2.0)		0
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	Nov 7 2005	ANONYMOUS Now can you make it invisible? I keep seeing the preferences dialog window everytime I log in... (Version 2.0)		+1
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Nov 7 2005

ANONYMOUS Please make sure the Dashboard KickStart application is only available in the account login prefs once.
(Version 2.0)

Nov 7 2005

ANONYMOUS thanks. Maybe a little note in the readme about taking the app out of the login item after first launch would help people like me. It works great now.
(Version 2.0)

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