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How to Disable Dashboard in OS X

Here’s yet another tip in my ‘how to disable Series!’ Now Dashboard can be useful, but I understand that there is the need to disable this perhaps within a managed working environment. Luckily, the good old command line has an

How to disable the Finder's 'Go to Folder' option.

Here’s another nice little tip in my ‘How to Disable Series’! The OS X Finder’s ‘Go to Folder’ menubar option allows a user to enter the path to any folder in the file system, whether it is visible or not.

How to disable Mission Control and Spaces in OS X

Following on from my previous blog ‘Prevent OS X help windows from hogging your screen’, here’s another defaults write configuring tip, this time it’s all about disabling Mission Control. When disabling Mission Control, it also disables the Spaces feature –

Prevent OS X help windows from hogging your screen

Over the years of delivering Mac Training for Apple through Amsys, I often get asked how to disable something or change how a default feature works, more than how to configure something! Have you ever selected the ‘Help’ menu in