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I always used the Application folder too and never Launchpad. You have all apps in there at once and grid view looks very similar to Launchpad. You also can zoom if you want bigger or smaller icons. With cmd + and cmd -.
Yeah, I have seen this replacement floated. If it works for you, awesome. But the issue for me, why this isn't a LaunchPad replacement, is because it still forces the alphabetical view. You can't rearrange the icons as you please, or arrange them into subfolders. (Well you can actually move the apps into subfolders and that will be reflected, but LaunchPad allowed you to do it without actually changing where the apps live on disk. I use Homebrew's cask functionality to manage app updates, so having the apps live in different folders would add further complication...)
 
Is anyone still missing this? The outrage was similar when it had been removed. I never used it too. Because I started using Macs shortly before Mavericks had been released and it already seemed outdated to me.




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Yeah, me, I'm the one missing this every day because the overlay was just so much more flexible than our current options.

Not to mention you could put website sections into Dashboard, to stay up to date with whatever you wanted, instead of having to install an app for everything.


Losing Exposé to its inferior version Launchpad has been much more painful though.
 
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im getting an invalid certificate when trying to print with my Airport printer now. Ive logged into the printer UI and generated a new certificate, but the issue still won't let me print from my Mac mini, but will from my iPhone. where do I update the certificate settings?
 
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