I agree, there was nothing wrong with Launchpad before… a change for the sake of a change, removing something that work ed….but hey…
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i'm finding this more manageable; easy access to whatever app i need, and it feels as intuitive as launchpad was, just more immediate. so, am happy to not look back
Same here.. Launchpad was perfect for this... first page all the fav apps and using hot corner for launching Launchpad.. easy, handy, super quick.. and now.. what? an app to open a folder of apps??? Apple is crazy nowadays and Steve Jobs will be screaming from .. where he is!
and if you don't remember the name of the app???? type WHAT.. genius!
For seldomly used, somewhat obscurely named stuff (something like xAct, XLD, kid3), I totally get how it can be easier to remember the icon or location than think of the name. Especially after a drink or two, lol.
how hard is it to, in this case, open the applications folder? (and another beer)...
If I have all of my, say, video encoding apps grouped together in LaunchPad, then I just have to look there to find my app, I don't have to look at "all" of the applications.how hard is it to, in this case, open the applications folder? (and another beer)...
Yeah, the new Spotlight Applications view does categorize things ... but you're then relying on app devs and macOS for the categorization, you can't define it by yourself. (My Applications folder has 200+ entries. I like having them categorized how *I* want.)
yeah, not complaining. I go with the flow these days when it comes to Apple. We'll live.how hard is it to, in this case, open the applications folder? (and another beer)...
i dunno; make folders with aliases per category, put that in the dock, or on the desktop.
no more complicated than originally setting up launchpad. either way, this is the present/future... so the most practical thing to do is... adapt
I know there's always a way, but why must be so cumbersome when Launchpad was an easy and snappy way EVEN when you don't remember the name of that app you use once a year and you don't recall the stupid name????
I guess I just never really used launchpad so I don't miss it. largely came and went without me even noticing other then to remove it from the dock when I did a fresh install (I barely use the dock either)
there's nothing easier or snappier than not having to reach for the mouse or track pad
I believe that's up to the dev of the app (including apple) and just a matter of using the MenuBarExtra API?
I absolutely hate the new version of this. Having to remember the name or know what functional group a particular application is registered under makes it damn near impossible to find an application quickly.
With Launchpad, you could organize the applications however you saw fit, and it was by far the best tool for organizing, finding, and starting the applications you wanted.
Is there an alternative to this, an app maybe?
With Launchpad, you could organize the applications however you saw fit, and it was by far the best tool for organizing, finding, and starting the applications you wanted.
Is there an alternative to this, an app maybe?
Yep, this is what I am doing. Already got started, and disabled the LaunchPad gesture to make myself get used to it, even though I won't be upgrading to Tahoe for a good while yet.
Friends... The solution is here...
1) sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
2) sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool false
3) Restart your Mac
LaunchPad is BACK
Be aware that I don't know how to reverse this, and the new way of Spotlight-based application search is no more. Hence, YMMV, and I take no responsibility for any issues you may have.
1) sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
2) sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool false
3) Restart your Mac
LaunchPad is BACK
Be aware that I don't know how to reverse this, and the new way of Spotlight-based application search is no more. Hence, YMMV, and I take no responsibility for any issues you may have.
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until you run the next update, or that simply no longer works.Friends... The solution is here...
1) sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
2) sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool false
3) Restart your Mac
LaunchPad is BACK
Be aware that I don't know how to reverse this, and the new way of Spotlight-based application search is no more. Hence, YMMV, and I take no responsibility for any issues you may have.
not sure why ppl are so afraid of change, of moving forward. but if that makes ppl happy, no harm in it... at all, really 🤔
Because that change is a HUGE step backwards.
Today I use LaunchPad to find the app I need. I don’t remember its name, I have over 250 apps on my Mac, and I don’t have time to dick around just because Apple decided on a new “standard”.
LaunchPad lets me organize applications into folders, and then when I open LaunchPad, I know what folder to look into to find the exact app I need.
The good old joke about how many Apple engineers it takes to change a lightbulb still is true… Exactly zero. If the light goes, Apple will just redefine the standard to darkness…
As cool as it is that this is possible, unless it is "sanctioned" by Apple, I'm not going to use it. Chances are that it will work for a while, but it will eventually be (abruptly) removed, or otherwise break in some way. I will whine and complain about Apple killing LaunchPad without offering a suitable replacement, but I will figure out a different [supported] way to get what I want. Right now, that is my own set of folder categories with app aliases, using XMenu for easy access. (...And yeah, I have also been using Spotlight more.)LaunchPad is BACK
because you think it's a huge step backward. and personally, i appreciate that apple endeavors to move things forward (even if i don't always agree with their choices). but i always adapt.
meanwhile, options
I would have liked to agree as I like Launchpad in concept, but from my own experience the one fatal flaw is that it keeps rearranging the apps as and when it feels like it. So I gave up organising them and now just flick through the pages.
It is nice having a 'big' view of the apps, but my guess is that Apple couldn't be bothered investing development into it.
LaunchPad is there, they just need to leave it alone. It works in Tahoe, and even LaunchPad Manager (used to organize and setup LaunchPad) works.
Apple - just leave it alone.
I seriously don't understand what Applications folder in the dock set to grid mode doesn't satisfy here. I guess if you want the folders in a certain order you'll have to name them alphabetically. That's the only downside I can think of. Otherwise, you can do everything you just named.