Reloading… Dashboard

It was interesting, it was convenient and it was innovative. So why did Apple drop the Dashboard from OS X? Let’s take a look at the Mac feature that never caught on.

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It was a great idea. The OS X Dashboard feature gave quick and easy access to a series of mini-apps known as Widgets, offering instant functionality without having to load a software application. Activated from the Dock, Launchpad or Spotlight or by using a configurable hot key, the Dashboard took up the whole screen, a little like the Launchpad.