UPDATE!
ChaosCoder created a prefpane that is way simpler to use than this tutorial! Check it out, it's free!
http://chaosspace.de/dev/launchpad-control-hide-apps-from-launchpad/
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Hi, I just created an account to share what I found minutes ago, how to hide "crap apps" that you don't want to see on the Mac OS X Lion Launchpad.
When the update came out in the Mac App Store, I jumped on it. Been a Mac user for 2 years now and the last update is just amazing! Only one problem though, the Launchpad shows every single application or executable that are in your Applications folder.
Only with Adobe CS5, I had a page filled with "naib"s, "Flash Player"s, "Uninstaller"s, etc. That's annoying! So i searched the web. The best solution that I found was to create a crap folder and to put it on the last page. That's not even a solution!
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So I put my gloves on and started digging the new OS. Here's my temporary solution until Apple fix that (I hope) :
1. Download SQLite Database Browser -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/
2. Open Launchpad
3. To follow the first suggestion, put everything you don't want in a folder, and put this folder as the very last icon, in the very last page. *I'll explain later.
4. Go to Finder and press Shift+Cmd+G. It should ask you which folder you want to access, type ~/Library/Application Support/Dock. You should now see a .db file.
5. Open SQLite Database Browser and drag the .db on the dock icon. The database file should open immediately.
6. Click on Browse Data. Select groups in the drop-down menu.
7. Find the name of the folder of step 3, double click on the number(item_id) next to it and add a minus. Exp : 411 -> -411.
8. Save with the top-left icon and restart your session. The folder should be invisible now!
ChaosCoder created a prefpane that is way simpler to use than this tutorial! Check it out, it's free!
http://chaosspace.de/dev/launchpad-control-hide-apps-from-launchpad/
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Hi, I just created an account to share what I found minutes ago, how to hide "crap apps" that you don't want to see on the Mac OS X Lion Launchpad.
When the update came out in the Mac App Store, I jumped on it. Been a Mac user for 2 years now and the last update is just amazing! Only one problem though, the Launchpad shows every single application or executable that are in your Applications folder.
Only with Adobe CS5, I had a page filled with "naib"s, "Flash Player"s, "Uninstaller"s, etc. That's annoying! So i searched the web. The best solution that I found was to create a crap folder and to put it on the last page. That's not even a solution!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So I put my gloves on and started digging the new OS. Here's my temporary solution until Apple fix that (I hope) :
1. Download SQLite Database Browser -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/
2. Open Launchpad
3. To follow the first suggestion, put everything you don't want in a folder, and put this folder as the very last icon, in the very last page. *I'll explain later.
4. Go to Finder and press Shift+Cmd+G. It should ask you which folder you want to access, type ~/Library/Application Support/Dock. You should now see a .db file.
5. Open SQLite Database Browser and drag the .db on the dock icon. The database file should open immediately.
6. Click on Browse Data. Select groups in the drop-down menu.
7. Find the name of the folder of step 3, double click on the number(item_id) next to it and add a minus. Exp : 411 -> -411.
8. Save with the top-left icon and restart your session. The folder should be invisible now!
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