Dashboard KickStart

Welcome back!

The dashboard remains open after a kickstart - I thought it was supposed to open and then close the dashboard. And the option to activate after sleep is not stable. Also - the developer is not responsive!

in system prefs the option activate after sleep does not stay unchecked

not bad.cool stuff

Great solution. I don't have an issue being a System Pref either. It's free. Stop complaining.

simple, useful app. don't mind it as a system pref (i RARELY visit sys prefs anyway!)

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....

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.

Awesome useful utility. A+

Locks up spaces for me :(

Version 2.3 works on Leopard with one problem. It leaves expose activated.

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.

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.

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

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!

Now can you make it invisible? I keep seeing the preferences dialog window everytime I log in...

A very good idea executed flawlessly.

Wonderful - saves me having to do the Dashboard-2-step (open and close) every time I login. Apple should have built the damn thing right in the first place, but this'll do very nicely until they get around to fixing Dashboard's launch-time.

Does what it says it does - which is something that Apple should have done in the first place. Kudos to the developer!

Brilliant! This solves one of the things that has really bugged me about the Dashboard - waiting for the widgets to load when I need them quickly. Thank you!