# Dashboard doesn't open. MacBook Pro **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 6, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666 "2014-09-06T17:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/1 "2014-09-06T17:00:10Z")
OS X 10.9.2, MacBook Pro. I seldom use Dashboard, but I didn’t want to get up to get a calculator and tried to use it. It doesn’t open. I don’t remember the last time I used it. Thursday or Friday I installed AlBlock (or AdBlock Plus). Is the app interfering? Or is there a different problem? How do I fix this? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/2 "2014-09-06T17:05:52Z")
Have you tried all the methods to open it? F-12, F-3 (and then select the dashboard space), finger swipe? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/3 "2014-09-06T17:10:21Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Have you tried all the methods to open it? > F-12, F-3 (and then select the dashboard space), finger swipe? I don’t know what that is. If I do cmd-F12, it turns up my volume. Same with ctrl-F12 and shift-F12. Opt-F12 opens the speaker control window. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/4 "2014-09-06T17:12:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t know what that is. If I do cmd-F12, it turns up my volume. Same with ctrl-F12 and shift-F12. Opt-F12 opens the speaker control window. Umm, - how about fn-F12? ETA - finger swipe is explained in System Preferences -\> Trackpad ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/5 "2014-09-06T17:33:22Z")
Forgot about that one. I don’t know if I’ve ever touched it on a Mac. In any case, I restarted the computer (finally got tired of the software update nags) and Dashboard is back. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/6 "2014-09-06T17:42:18Z")
I’m curious, is there a reason you’ve not upgraded? I believe the current version is 10.9.4. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/7 "2014-09-06T17:48:24Z")
Looks like the software update I just installed brought me to 10.9.4. I didn’t do the update before because it requires a restart, and I was always using the computer at the time. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-doesnt-open-macbook-pro/697666/8 "2014-09-06T17:54:17Z")
I see. Thank you!