How to restore your Dashboard from Time Machine

Lost your dashboard configuration for some reason? Don’t fret, it’s easy to restore using a Time Machine backup.

1. Disable Dashboard: ‘defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; killall Dock’

2. Restore /Users/[you]/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dashboard.plist from Time Machine

3. Restart Dashboard: ‘defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO; killall Dock’

Done. All your favorite widgets should be back where you left them.