macOS Launchpad - Top Tips and Tricks For Using Launchpad

[@FlowerHead1234]

that terminal thing is great!

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching.

[@bryans8656]

Thanks for the tips Craig. I've always used the Applications folder in the Dock, don't even have the Launchpad there. I have no idea why I picked up that habit.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks, yes I would say about 30% use it but others have no idea that you can do that. It's a different approach but I like using it also.

[@dj.paulieb]

I'm really grateful for the tutorial. It was extremely beneficial.

[@craigneidel]

Appreciate the feedback. Hope you can sub. Thank you.

[@cortexpc4288]

Thanks Craig. This video has actually been informative and will help in my workflow.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching and for the feedback on this.

[@patrickjames3954]

very cool, I did not know any of those

[@craigneidel]

Thanks, and I hope it helped a little bit.

[@KCmndr]

Always learning something. Thanks for the tips Craig!

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching and letting me know that there was something that helped.

[@armen-oganyan]

thank you

[@craigneidel]

Your welcome

[@FrankWolfson]

To access the Launchpad fast you can use F4, except if you have a Macbook, in which case you use pinch gesture with thumb and three fingers. That's what I use. In the old days, the application and documents folders were in the Dock by default. Now I have to add them manually which is a small bummer.

[@craigneidel]

Thanks, yes F4 will work on Older macs or you need to push the globe and F4 on newer keyboard I think. Thanks for the tips on the trackpad also. Yes, you need to add the app folder but it only takes a few seconds which is nice.

[@slob5041]

Launchpad feels weird and underutilized when it actually could be useful for grouping etc if it was done right.

[@craigneidel]

Yes, they could make some improvements for sure.

[@asan1050]

Thanks, Craig for posting.

[@craigneidel]

Thank you.

[@Stralnikov]

Good info!!

[@craigneidel]

Thank you.

[@GreyGhost-r4z]

Great ❤

[@craigneidel]

Thanks for watching.

[@miketroncoso8622]

great video, i just got a new mac after 10 years of waiting and using my old imac from 09, still learning it. Question is there a way to make the pointer on screen face up to the right instead of left? As other left handed people will tell you its annoying for us not to have it this way.

[@craigneidel]

Funny, I didn't even notice that. You can change the pointers in system settings but I'm not sure to be honest as it's the first time I heard that.

[@daveakabluewater]

can you select multiple apps to move to another page or into a folder instead of one app at a time?

[@craigneidel]

I only tried one app.

[@LordAlucar01]

usefull but i never use it, command space and type if i need find something, dock saving if i need quick acess and uninstall ez from application folder.

[@craigneidel]

Yeah some people have other methods but figured I would cover these for people that didn't know. Thanks for watching.

[@Mega_Casual]

Do you have to log out and back in to take affect? I'm not seeing it change on iMac M1 with Sonoma 14.3.

[@craigneidel]

You need to run the commands I listed and it should then work - make sure you run second command outlined in video.

[@Mega_Casual]

@@craigneidel I did run the commands and even saw the screen blink but it did not change the layout from the default 7x5. That's why I asked if I needed to log out or reboot to see the affects after running both the commands you provided.

[@craigneidel]

@@Mega_Casual I did it in real time after reopening launchpad. Maybe confirm command is correct.

[@bj0rnen]

Do you have a solution for the janky experience when trying to put an app in a folder that happens to be on the left or right edge of the launchpad?

[@craigneidel]

I'm not sure what you mean but not sure if I have a solution for that.

[@bj0rnen]

@@craigneidel it’s the issue where dragging an app to a folder makes it jump around and you can’t drop it into a folder. I replied earlier with a link to a KZbin video that demonstrates the problem but it looks like the comment got removed.

[@craigneidel]

Ok, thanks. I have not really noticed that too much but will see if I can reproduce.

[@dawnwaldner9973]

I like to organize my apps on different pages in Launchpad. They used to stay put, but now I'm seeing that they are not staying on the page I assigned. How can I make them stay put again?

[@craigneidel]

I'll need to research but have not seen that.

[@Akki-km8mz]

How to change again launchpad in normal way

[@craigneidel]

Not sure what you mean.

[@Akki-km8mz]

⁠@@craigneidelim asking you for you change launchpad mainu normal into something different . How to change again as preset by apple ? Im talking about application icon hope you understand

[@craigneidel]

I still am not sure but I would search on KZbin and I'm sure somebody may have made a video on it. Good luck.

[@geminibodyshop71]

how do I add a spacer in dock

[@craigneidel]

There are a few videos on KZbin on this and here is one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/anqzoaGmorWro7s

[@Akki-km8mz]

Brother can you help me

[@craigneidel]

Not sure as you didn't ask anything.

[@karelhoogeboom6969]

This video subtitle is going to fast for reading

[@craigneidel]

Slow down video in KZbin. You can do that

[@karelhoogeboom6969]

@@craigneidel I cannot find that

[@craigneidel]

Do a search on Google - It says - Go to a video. Hover over the player and click Settings . Click Speed. Select the speed at which you'd like the video to play.

[@Akki-km8mz]

I want to know you change launchpad in window style how to change in normal way🥲

[@craigneidel]

Not sure what you mean.

[@jeffbabies7428]

So... I'm one of many online who have given up using the launchpad altogether because it keeps rearranging at random. I'll spend hours getting it just how I like it, only to come back later and find that everything is arbitrarily rearranged. This has been going on for years with no rhyme or reason, and no fix in sight. I have two brand new iMacs, a 2017 MacBook Pro, three iPad minis, an iPad Pro, and three iPhones (don't ask why three iPhones) and with all of that in my arsenal, you can imagine that I'd much prefer that all of my app-launching screens are identical, so that I always know where things are. For some reason this happens on all of the computers and always has. I have never experienced this mythical universe where people see a benefit to rearranging the launchpad. It's absolute garbage for me and lacks purpose. It's not even rearranged by most-used or last-used... it's simply random chaos. I can't even blame it on a bug in one of the computers, because this happens on both of my brand new iMacs which are not set to mirror each other in any way. Have you encountered this issue or heard of it? And if so, do you know of a fix?

[@craigneidel]

To tell you the truth I have never heard of that or experienced that. I'm not sure what it could be and if I think of anything I'll follow up but never heard of it. Maybe do a search on Google.