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bmac89

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Aug 3, 2014
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Hello,

I have just started having a problem with launchpad on Mac OSX El Capitan (10.11.6). Prior to this it has always worked fast and flawlessly.

When opening launchpad it starts to open and then freezes showing a ghosting of the launchpad and then many seconds later the animation completes and it opens. It can be a few seconds up to 10 seconds. Also when scrolling between launchpad pages it starts and then freezes midway between two pages. It keeps happening despite logging off and restarting.

When I switch to another user account the problem does not occur. Nothing has changed on the Mac - it has only been used to check emails and internet.

I did a search and discovered others have experienced the same issue many years ago on Mavericks.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/launchpad-page-swiping-stuck.1659475/

Any help or suggestions welcome.
Thanks.

P.S. The issue is also sometimes occurring when opening the downloads folder on the dock.
The settings are: 'Display as Folder' and 'view content as Grid'
 
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