26.0 launchpad

[Killerbob]

Would not recommend. It worked initially, but in the latest beta, it is broken (at least for some users). Apple seems to be in the process of pulling out Launchpad code.

It's not broken at all. With the fix documented earlier in this thread, LaunchPad still works on all my Macs...

 

[John Frahm]

now its completely worthless...cant see them all and they auto categorize like iOS

I have begun using spotlight to open my apps that are not in my menu bar.

 

[Killerbob]

With the latest version of Tahoe taking away the Launchpad functionality entirely, I am deeply disappointed with Apple.

I have moved to QAL Pro, and that does the trick… It is different, it is not as versatile, maybe not even as "pretty", but at least I can categorize my 250ish applications into the folders I like.

I should be able to do that in the Application folder, but it doesn't work with all applications...

 

[fisherking]

With the latest version of Tahoe taking away the Launchpad functionality entirely, I am deeply disappointed with Apple.

I have moved to QAL Pro, and that does the trick… It is different, it is not as versatile, maybe not even as "pretty", but at least I can categorize my 250ish applications into the folders I like.

I should be able to do that in the Application folder, but it doesn't work with all applications...

there are alternatives, options. or you could adapt (it took me less than a day), and get on with it. just a thought

 

[Killerbob]

there are alternatives, options. or you could adapt (it took me less than a day), and get on with it. just a thought

I have tried. But, with 250+ applications, it is impossible for me to remember all the names, and often I just know I need one of the “Photo Editing Utilities” and hence look in that particular folder. If Apple let me decide on the folders the apps were categorized into, that would make it usable, but alas... QAL Pro does that... LaunchPad did that...

 

[fisherking]

make an apps folder, put it in documents (for example). in that folder, make the subgroup folders you want/need. put apps where they then go (you'll have aliases of everything). put the main folder you created in the dock...

 

[Killerbob]

make an apps folder, put it in documents (for example). in that folder, make the subgroup folders you want/need. put apps where they then go (you'll have aliases of everything). put the main folder you created in the dock...

Maybe where I have gone wrong then, is that I created the folders in the Applications folder, and I dragged applications directly into said folders. That certainly didn't work. So, maybe I'll try with aliases, and then into a folder structure in Documents for instance. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[fisherking]

Maybe where I have gone wrong then, is that I created the folders in the Applications folder, and I dragged applications directly into said folders. That certainly didn't work. So, maybe I'll try with aliases, and then into a folder structure in Documents for instance. Thanks for the suggestion!

definitely make a folder outside of applications; when you drag programs into those folder FROM applications, that should create aliases only (check tho). let us know how this works.

i have about 90 apps in my applications folder (including apple's default apps). but i mostly use around 25, so it's easy to do with the new method (multi-finger swipe and start typing the app name i want). keeping track of 250 apps definitely needs a system! 👍