LAUNCHPAD MANAGER MAC UPDATE
LAUNCHPAD MANAGER MAC MAC

LAUNCHPAD MANAGER MAC MAC

Simply hold the option key down, then all your apps will jiggle like on iOS and Mac App Store apps will have an X over the top left corner.

If you’re trying to remove an app that was downloaded from the Mac App Store, however, you can do this easily in Launchpad with a simple keyboard shortcut. As a Windows convert, I find comfort in the third-party utility AppZapper for removing software. Other apps include dedicated uninstallers that do a more thorough job of removing messy installations. Uninstalling apps has always been weird on the Mac, especially for Windows switchers familiar with removing programs with the Control Panel.īy default, the way to uninstall apps on the Mac is to drag the app’s icon from the Applications folder in Finder to the Trash on the Dock, then empty the trash. You can also open Launchpad with a trackpad gesture (pinch with thumb and three fingers), but I don’t always use a trackpad. Click an app and it goes away to open the app, or repeat the same mouse gesture and Launchpad fades away. When my cursor hits the bottom left corner of my display, Launchpad appears as an overlay above the desktop and active windows. I still keep the icon on my Dock for the reasons mentioned above, but I rarely click it to open Launchpad. Not with an icon click or a keyboard shortcut but a mouse or trackpad gesture. I’ve mentioned my affinity for Hot Corners before, and that’s actually how I open Launchpad. If you mouse over the Launchpad icon with your cursor, you can even see the installation state and the file size of the download.

LAUNCHPAD MANAGER MAC UPDATE

If you download a new app or an app update from the Mac App Store, you can see the download and installation’s progress in an indicator bar that automatically appears below the Launchpad icon.

Launchpad’s icon also has a purpose - and not just opening the app launcher. I’m a space nerd and the clever ‘Launchpad’ name for an app launcher is something I appreciate. The original icon in the age of realism was a metal disk with nearly the same rocket carved into it.

I’ll get this out of the way first as it’s superficial and not functional: I really like the icon for Launchpad, a rocket silhouette over a gray circle. But it’s a feature I use regularly on my Mac - after making a few adjustments. Launchpad doesn’t get much love from Mac power users (there are plenty of other efficient ways to launch Mac apps) and Apple really hasn’t touched the feature in years. While much of the signature Lion design like linen and leather was replaced years later in OS X Mavericks, the Mac’s concept of borrowing the iOS app launcher with a feature called Launchpad remains. As part of Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event in late 2010, Apple introduced OS X Lion which included lots of features and user interface decisions inspired by the iPhone and iPad.

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