RIP: After 14 Years, Apple is Removing Dashboard in macOS Catalina

Andrew Orr

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After 14 years Apple is removing Dashboard. macOS Catalina will no longer support it, and Apple recently removed Dashboard support from WebKit (via Mac Otakara).

Dashboard

First introduced with OS X Tiger in 2005, Dashboard gave users various widgets, like a clock/calendar, calculator, weather, and more. It’s been disabled by default since OS X Yosemite, which is why you’re forgiven if you’ve forgotten about Dashboard.Image of macOS dashboard

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WebKit’s changelog mentions the removal.

Further Reading:

[Developers Wanted: Apple Announces Dashboard Widget Contest]

[macOS Sierra: How to Disable the Dashboard]

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  1. W. Abdullah Brooks, MD 7 years ago

    Meanwhile, aboard the Enterprise in pursuit of a megalomaniacal enhanced human:

    Kirk: ‘Aren’t you supposed to be dead?’

    Dashboard: ‘I’ve been dead before’.

    Scotty: ‘Captain, you’d better get down here. It’s Dashboard’

    Kirk: ‘Scotty, re-enable my widgets!’

    Scotty: ‘I can’t, Captain; it’ll flood the RAM and hog the CPU!’

    Dashboard: ‘I have been, and will always be your least used and least loved OS function.’

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  2. Lee Dronick Subscriber 7 years ago

    Hmmm, what about Stickies? I better move mine over to Notes.

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