Submitted by michael on Thu, 01/01/2015 - 16:16 URL http://alvinalexander.com/mac-os-x/how-to-kill-disable-dashboard-mac-osx-10.9 OS X 10.9 is sucking the life out of my old iMac (2008 model), so I keep looking for ways to bring a little life back to it. Here's how you kill/disable the Dashboard on 10.9. Tags OS X 10.9 is sucking the life out of my old iMac (2008 model) so I keep looking for ways to bring a little life back to it. Here's how you kill/disable the Dashboard on 10.9.