Launchpad: missing icons

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  1. dhokes, Oct 26, 2013

    dhokes macrumors regular

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    Has anyone else experienced missing icons in Launchpad? Any idea how to fix this?

    Specifically, only Apple apps' icons are missing for me.
     

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  2. pickaxe, Oct 26, 2013

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    This randomly happened to me as well. A reboot fixed it, but I would like to know what caused it.
     
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  3. dhokes, Oct 26, 2013

    dhokes thread starter macrumors regular

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    A reboot did noting for me.

    I contacted Support and they suggested I re-install Mavericks but I told them, I'd rather leave it as it's not a major issue for me.

    Then after a search online I discovered if you type the following in terminal, it 'resets' the Launchpad and it resolved my issue:
    rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db; killall Dock
     
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  4. yuri.my, Oct 28, 2013

    yuri.my macrumors newbie

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    Works like charm, thanks!
     
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  5. portvgves, Nov 28, 2013

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    This happened to me as well. I suspect it was after doing a system clean up with CleanMyMac, which I notice you also have installed.
     
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  6. satcomer, Nov 28, 2013

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    CleanMyMac is not ready for 10.9 unless you have the Latest version.
     
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  7. pmr1111, Feb 25, 2014

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    missing icons in launchpad

    Its just started happening to me too, and I'm not using any clean-up software.

    A health warning on the terminal command given above: it also removes any grouping of programs you may have done in the launchpad - and given how clumsy the apple grouping mechanism is, that can be a non-trivial drawback.
     
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