There’s also an App Store section for Notification Center widgets in the event you want a custom one for a particular app like AirMail, Fantastical, or Todoist.īut as far as software history goes, the Dashboard was a memorable feature that set OS X apart during the truly ascendant and transformative years of post-iPod Apple. Apple has made many of the same widgets available as part of the macOS Notification Center for years, accessible through the icon in the upper righthand corner of the screen, as well as through a hotkey or trackpad gesture on Apple laptops. That said, it’s unlikely Mac users have been making use of Dashboard in meaningful numbers.

The Launchpad overlay also shows the Dashboard app icon as a question mark, the same as with the broken up and effectively killed off iTunes. Appleosophy tried to disable and enable the Dashboard via Terminal only for the system to show it as missing even after a forced reboot. Now, in macOS Catalina, it appears Dashboard is going away for good.

With OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Apple disabled the application by default, but still allowed users to access it either as a hotkey overlay or its own separate space within Mission Control. Since 2011, Dashboard has been accessible in various forms, but it’s had none of its widget design or UI updated, making it a bit of an anachronism existing behind the scenes on macOS. With Dashboard removed in macOS Catalina, your Sticky Notes have moved to the Stickies app! /dMj6hBCWoG- Steve Troughton-Smith June 4, 2019

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