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Herr Podspro

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Hi, I've just installed Tahoe on my Moms/Sisters MacBook Pro and mine a couple days ago.

Turns out, I hate the new Apps thing, and my mother is borderline mad, or was, until I downgraded the Mac she uses to Sequoia.
I have access to the Feedback app on my Mac and want to share feedback with Apple.
As it's not malfunctioning, all I can do is file a "Suggestion" report and want it to sound as reasonable as possible for a maximum chance im not just wasting my time.
So, does this sound reasonable?

Irrelevant Suggestions
With Launchpad, it’s a simple trackpad gesture and a quick flick and tap and your app is open.
Now, I’m presented with an array of meaningless suggestions for apps that I don’t actively use, sorry.
I don’t want running apps or apps I have in my dock suggested.
An alphabetical list of my over 100 apps isn’t useful to me.
With Launchpad, I had access to some odd apps I couldn’t be bothered to remember the name of, I wouldn’t want to search with Spotlight, or I wanted easy access without using the keyboard, scroll or look for.
A simple trackpad gesture and a quick flick followed by a tap and your app was open.
No you have to quickly scan through the suggestions, type in the name you hopefully know, or scroll through a small window with an alphabetical list that shows all apps, like:

Background apps, like DuckDuckGo Privacy for Safari
Menu bar apps, like Shazam or iStat
Login apps you use after boot, like Latest
Support apps for background apps (see my screenshot, now I have Amphetamine and Enhancer constantly in my top app list…)
Apps you might not need, like Numbers
Apps you might not like, like Games
Apps you do easily open with Spotlight and one or two letters
Apps you keep in your dock
Apps from other users on the same Mac…
Apps you use once in a blue moon, like Grand Perspective, Easy Find etc
Apps you have never used, like Chess, Photo Booth, Image Capture, Tips etc
Apps that are integrated into Spotlight, like Dictionary
An app you have a hardware button for, like Mission Control…
Shortcuts added to the Dock (at least for me)

And that’s just the top list, not the Utilities underneath.
It’s overwhelming and as far from personalized as possible.
Launchpad is a glorified iPad home screen that’s been buggy end neglected for over a decade, but it worked. You could arrange apps in a way that makes sense to you and put apps you might not use or don’t need instant access to into folders.

I had to DOWNGRADE my mothers Mac, she really needs the old visual way of finding apps; my partner refuses instal Tahoe on the house Mac.

It’s never too late to have useful UI in your system. Launchpad has proven enormously useful.
Please, at least be sensible and add a toggle in settings. Old folks need their ways.
If you got this far, thanks for taking the time.
 
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seems to me that  will not to care anymore about software complains lately .
unless something broke, then that  care id rubbed circular in the face.
last December I wrote a letter to Cupertino about my 27 grievances with Ventura-Seq.
they never responded.

 is designing for the masses and CEOs as anything THEY design is staying put.
on Tahoe I have hidden stocks, news, and other apps that stick up now and then.
but having a mom or elder perform these tasks is not convent and annoying.
remember,
at , they are stubborn as Launchpad is kaput since teenagers don't use that anymore.

my advice is yes, send them everything and cross fingers they get solved.
they won't though.
Seq wil get updates for a while, as year or so.
Windows 11 does these adjustment, but asks for subscriptions to Microsoft Cluster cloud.
I can't use linux anymore, ninth should mom.

computers nowadays are not made for users' convince anymore.

unless one uses a MacBook Air 2010 with Snow leopard as that works but not iCloud.

hoped this helped, as I feel like I am in the same boat.
 
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seems to me that  will not to care anymore about software complains lately .
unless something broke, then that  care id rubbed circular in the face.
last December I wrote a letter to Cupertino about my 27 grievances with Ventura-Seq.
they never responded.

 is designing for the masses and CEOs as anything THEY design is staying put.
on Tahoe I have hidden stocks, news, and other apps that stick up now and then.
but having a mom or elder perform these tasks is not convent and annoying.
remember,
at , they are stubborn as Launchpad is kaput since teenagers don't use that anymore.

my advice is yes, send them everything and cross fingers they get solved.
they won't though.
Seq wil get updates for a while, as year or so.
Windows 11 does these adjustment, but asks for subscriptions to Microsoft Cluster cloud.
I can't use linux anymore, ninth should mom.

computers nowadays are not made for users' convince anymore.

unless one uses a MacBook Air 2010 with Snow leopard as that works but not iCloud.

hoped this helped, as I feel like I am in the same boat.
You’re probably right in that it won’t change anything.
But for the rare chance that someone does pick up on some feedback I wanted to give it at least a fair shot with some sound points.
 
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You’re probably right in that it won’t change anything.
But for the rare chance that someone does pick up on some feedback I wanted to give it at least a fair shot with some sound points.
change is never in their itinerary as  simply stopped caring or giving darn these past years, now that what is wrong.

well good luck and pursue everything you can!
 
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