Possible to turn off expose?

[sc_markt]

Is it possible to turn off expose? I keep accidently hitting the F11 etc. buttons and it's annoying the heck out of me. I never use it either.

[tarl]

Use the Dashboard and Expose System Preference (I think the Leopard name is slightly different).

Change the Keyboard shortcut to -. Then the computer will only beep when F11 is pressed. To avoid the beep, change the shortcut to shift-control-option-F11, or some other key combination that you will never hit by accident.

I don't think there's any simple way to disable it completely. But if you never activate after a restart, it shouldn't use much RAM.

[yama]

There's a whole bunch of apps which will let you turn the Dashboard off completely.

You can also switch it off by running the following command in the Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

Then, restart the Dock for changes to take effect:

killall Dock

[sc_markt]

There's a whole bunch of apps which will let you turn the Dashboard off completely.

You can also switch it off by running the following command in the Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

Then, restart the Dock for changes to take effect:

killall Dock

Yama, thanks for the reply.

[sc_markt]

Use the Dashboard and Expose System Preference (I think the Leopard name is slightly different).

Change the Keyboard shortcut to -. Then the computer will only beep when F11 is pressed. To avoid the beep, change the shortcut to shift-control-option-F11, or some other key combination that you will never hit by accident.

I don't think there's any simple way to disable it completely. But if you never activate after a restart, it shouldn't use much RAM.

Thanks tarl.

I saw those keyboard shortcuts but haven't tried them yet. I'll try your suggestion.