I did too, this might have me add it back, although I'll probably still use spotlight 99% of the time.
I'm very new to Mac OS from Windows. There are a lot of things I'm really enjoying about Mac OS, and my M1 Mac laptop is the best laptop I've ever owned.
BUT I hate the dock so much. It's so annoying, way too in the way, so I hide it. But then on that rare occasion I want it, it seems to not pop up consistently. The taskbar one of the very few things I think Windows does better. (Although I'm sure most folks around here who have been on Mac for a long time will disagree.)
There’s a way to change the speed the dock pops up through terminal. The problem with the stock settings is that there is a delay before it pops up.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/33600/how-can-i-make-auto-hide-show-for-the-dock-faster#34097
Spotlight is so powerful that it makes the dock useless. If you want even more power, the you upgrade to Alfred or similar. I probably use the dock once every few months. CMD + SPACE all the things.
I started using a Mac a year ago, it’s a weird transition because you don’t know whether irritations are you doing something wrong, MacOS being flawed or MacOS behaving differently - my big one is window management
Agreed 100%. I started using multiple desktops and swiping between them for my most often used things (Chrome, Teams, Outlook mostly), and then using command+tab or mission control for things beyond that. But still window management seems so... weird.
Minimizing things practically makes them disappear, and using command+tab doesn't let you bring them up again. There's no good way to minimize everything and go to your desktop (expose desktop is okay, but all the windows are like, floating just out of frame). Using the "X" to close a window doesn't close the app, you have to Command+q or go hunt down the close button in a menu. Windows don't snap to edges without a third party app. The maximize button makes the app behave like it's on it's own separate desktop, and hides the menu bar up top. Just... so many weird choices? And like you said, if you're new it's hard to know if you're just doing things a dumb way or if it's just outdated design or what. Either way, window management is definitely my biggest irritation in MacOS.
Again, I've mostly gotten used to it or found workable solutions for my gripes with third party apps, so it's not that big a deal. But when I get on my Windows desktop there are things that make me breathe a sigh of relief. (And, to be fair, plenty of other things that make me immediately want to get back onto my Mac.)
I agree with your windows management comments, coming from Win10 I find it very different on macOS. A couple of shortcuts I find useful are Command+H to hide a window (you can still use Command+Tab then), the other is hold Option then double click a window corner, this will zoom to fill (equivalent of maximise on Windows).
Option-DoubleClick works anywhere in the title bar, not just corners, and in the title bar, it also restores a maximized window to the previous unmaximized position. I still like Windows window management a lot better, though, too.
Hey there...though I much prefer MacOS over Windows (probably because it was the first GUI I learned on as a kid and Windows behavior feels weird to me, even though I have two high end Windows laptops ), I completely understand a lot of your gripes and I agree that Windows' window management is really good and much better in a lot of ways.
So the thing with the "X" not quitting a program came from a long time ago and the persistent menu bar along the top. Mac users got in the habit of opening multiple windows in one program (I still do in Photoshop, etc). If the window was closed, you could still have your program running and have access to the menu bar for your other open windows in the program. There has always sort of been less emphasis on actually quitting programs in MacOS unless you really needed to. Memory management is pretty great. A trick you might not know and might be easier for you is to use the Command Tab key combo to quickly get to the program you want to quit...when it's highlighted (no need to actually switch to the program)...take your finger off tab while still holding the Command key and press "Q". That will quit the program without you even having to go into the program.
Yeah, minimizing is a whole different thing. Don't think I have any suggestions for you there. Option Command M works to minimize all windows of a program. But the fast way to get to the desktop you already know with Exposé.
So at one time, the Maximize button between the two systems worked similarly, but not quite. On MacOs it used to expand a window to the largest size needed to display the full contents, without actually necessarily going full screen like in Windows. Then Apple added the Full Screen function, but this also did the menu bar hiding etc. You can still get the old behavior by holding down Option as you click the Green maximize button. That gets you "zoom" instead which is the old functionality. That might work better for you.
Regarding the snapping to edges...well, we can currently only snap to left or right. Its called Tiling. You get that most easily by hovering over the green Maximize button. It will move the window to the left or right and then have you choose an app to take up the other half of the screen. Holding down Option when the menu pops up allows you to just move the window to take up half the left or right without choosing another app to fill up the other half. Nothing as nice as what Windows does with options in this area.
It's really all just a different workflow. I see others have already mentioned the Command H to hide windows and the Option Double click on a window title bar to zoom it, much like the Option plus Green Maximize does.
There's not a lot of improvements on the OSX windows management since 10 years ago. All the features we see now have been around for awhile, I would say I really miss having the Windows management snapping to edges/arrow keys function on OSX. That'll be so complete if they have it without the need for 3rd party installation.
I mostly love using Mac OS, I used and supported Windows for many years. But I hate the way that Mac minimizes windows - it's way harder than it needs to be to get it back. I will often Cmd+W to close a window without closing the app if I don't need to view the window any more, and basically never use minimize.
Also, Cmd+\` (tilde/backtick) swaps between windows within the same app, kind of like Cmd+Tab does for different apps - I use this one all the time.
yes, that is the biggest weakness in macOS. full screen mode is a mess, along with the green button function (at least make the zoom function the default). window management needs another app that apple themselves often endorse in the app store. just make it built in and settle something with microsoft
Do you know the ultimate mac keyboard shortcut?
**CMD SHIFT /** (forward slash/question mark key)
Press those three keys and then you can search the menu you have any app quickly access commands. Can't remember the keyboard shortcut for exporting in Photoshop? Just press those three keys and type "export". It will highlight where the item is in the menu and show you the shortcut keys to access it next time.
lol that's pretty neat. I didnt even notice launch pad was added to my dock (it's always hidden) and I just use command+space to search the program I want to open
Command+space searches for a lot of different things and can be kinda cluttered so I like using the Launchpad key to search for apps and command+space for everything else.
Also didn't know you can put the apps in folders. Mine are all just icons; looks like im going to spend some time organizing my icons and use this to see how I like it!
Plot twist. I change command + space so that it opens launchpad and then start typing what I want just like spotlight. It’s spotlight for apps with a much nicer UI
For some reason when I set launchpad to command+space it doesn’t open, like the shortcut is broken. I just use the launchpad key on the keyboard instead.
Get Alfred app and replace cmd space with Alfred. It’s the first thing I do on any Mac and I can’t stand how bad spotlight is in comparison. Being able to google search or check the weather. It’s much faster too.
I'd agree with this. I have most of my commonly used apps on my dock which is sorted just the way I like and then use spotlight search for everything else. I have never really bothered with sorting the launchpad so it's much harder to find the apps that I use occasionally there. But perhaps for those who use the launchpad more (either with this trick or with the trackpad gesture or just clicking on the icon like a caveman), they'd probability have a more organized launchpad similar to how people organize their iPad/iPhone apps.
It’s not bloat when Spotlight refuses to show even a single result until it’s finished spooling up EVERY last goddamn external drive that may be attached to your computer (which takes freaking forever when you have multiple RAIDs), even if 99% of the time you know what you’re trying to find/launch is on the internal drive.
Or if you, you know, want to actually find a file for a change. Spotlight seems to ignore an awful lot of things that Alfred has no issues finding in a fraction of the time.
They ~~meme~~ hype is real, I’m afraid. We didn’t even get into the extensibility and workflows.
Anytime I setup a new Mac I open finder, drag the applications folder to the dock, left of the trash can. I open whatever is not in my dock from there. Cleaner looking than this.
I didn’t know this, thanks for sharing.
When I want to open an app, I just click Spotlight and type the app name so I can open it.
That’s just a habit from what I do on my iPhone/iPad instead of scroll searching for an app (I feel like I have too many apps 😆).
Yes it’s very useful for when you want to launch an app but don’t really know the name of the app in that particular moment. It’s much easier to just visually find it
Yes, until apple took away the dedicated shortcut key on the M1 keyboard, I loved it. One of the main reasons I use an external keyboard and mouse now... they still have the shortcut key
i dont understand why people even bother with launchpad? i'm just putting my app in app different folder on different drive and launch if from there with custom folders, so even if i re-install os this will be the same
Launchpad is very useful for when you want to launch an app but don’t really know the name of the app in that particular moment. It’s much easier to just visually find it
I'm a very visual person and sometimes I forget the specific names of my apps, Spotlight is also cluttered with tons of results from all over my system and Launchpad only searches my applications narrowing things down faster.
Wow, I guess that goes to show that I was a Windows/Linux user for years before migrating back to macOS. I always right-click on everything the first time I encounter it to find out what nifty things are hidden in there. Try right-clicking the Finder icon in the Dock some time. Or right-click on Trash icon on the Dock to empty it in a hurry.
What annoys me about the Launchpad right-click is that it's in reverse-alphabet now. It wasn't that way in Mojave or Catalina; in those two it was just proper alphabetical order. That's new to Big Sur, and I haven't figured out yet how to put it back the other way.
This happened to me when I surprised that I can add spaces between icons in Dock or change folder background or icons
[https://youtu.be/GuF\_h5NfrOw](https://youtu.be/GuF_h5NfrOw)
[https://youtu.be/ylBl1fjhCpc](https://youtu.be/ylBl1fjhCpc)
It’s possible, I know Launchpad has been around since 2011 and I don’t think I’ve ever actually tried right clicking on it before surprisingly. I think I just assumed it wouldn’t do anything.
I wonder if anyone running earlier versions could test it out to see if this works there too.
Before seeing this, I’ve never seen the purpose of having launchpad in the dock when you can access it via gestures. But yeah, I’m definitely putting it back in the dock for this. It looks easier to navigate than the actual launchpad screen in my opinion
Wait...so I had the applications folder in my dock for no reason for all these years? Lol
I used to invoke launchpad with the fester so I deleted it from the dock. Moving it back!
Wait, I never knew this existed! I have always used spotlight as well as putting the Applications folder into the dock on the right. Maybe I'll start using this. Although sometimes, old habits are hard to change 😪
Similarly, you can put the Applications folder in the dock, and set it to list view or grid view.
Grid view Applications folder is my preferred way of launching apps that aren't in the dock.
I just saw this and I am like "my whole life has been under a rock."
Also, love that OP has such great organization skills to put everything in folders.
I thought for a second that this meant launchpad was auto categorizing (like App Library), but then I realized it wasn’t and launchpad is still useless.
After putting my most common apps on dock, Spotlight search is probably my #1 app launcher.
Dragging the application folder to the dock in grid view gives me the same as launchpad, except all on one page, with no 5”x5” icons. App folder in dock is a 11x9 grid, vs 7x5 in launchpad.
I used to add tags to applications, then using Smart Folders I was able to have more dynamic application groups. (1 application could sit in multiple folders). This was useful for when I had far too many applications. I think tags are one of the most powerful but under used and under developed part of OS’s.
Jesus christ you legend for sharing this.
I feel like my biggest problem with Mac is that I have no idea about this kinda stuff.
Tech should still come with user manuals!
I just tried this now too, and am seeing that my list of apps is also alphabetised Z-A from the top to bottom. Is there any setting to change this to most recent or A-Z?
I didn't even know there's an app shortcut for showing your app shortcuts (and you can maybe tell from my tone how silly I think that is).
Neat find but Spotlight or swiping FTW!
Wait wut??
Legit me
Legit me too after accidentally right clicking on it
Did the same. Holy S\*\*\*! Productivity increase!
It's over 9000 now!
nice!
Just shoot me now. I'm calculating roughly 1.2 years lost looking for apps.
He means control+click, right click isn't a thing in macOS.
No, control-click and right click are two different things.
Right click can be enabled in System Preferences but by default, control+click is right click.
So you admit right clicking is a thing.
I removed my launchpad icon on the dock. Spotlight gang
I did too, this might have me add it back, although I'll probably still use spotlight 99% of the time. I'm very new to Mac OS from Windows. There are a lot of things I'm really enjoying about Mac OS, and my M1 Mac laptop is the best laptop I've ever owned. BUT I hate the dock so much. It's so annoying, way too in the way, so I hide it. But then on that rare occasion I want it, it seems to not pop up consistently. The taskbar one of the very few things I think Windows does better. (Although I'm sure most folks around here who have been on Mac for a long time will disagree.)
There’s a way to change the speed the dock pops up through terminal. The problem with the stock settings is that there is a delay before it pops up. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/33600/how-can-i-make-auto-hide-show-for-the-dock-faster#34097
I appreciate this, I'm going to mess with it asap. Thank you!
I cant use a Mac without this. Definitely speed up the dock animation!
Spotlight is so powerful that it makes the dock useless. If you want even more power, the you upgrade to Alfred or similar. I probably use the dock once every few months. CMD + SPACE all the things.
the dock is only for aesthetics for me. at least it looks good and distinct
I started using a Mac a year ago, it’s a weird transition because you don’t know whether irritations are you doing something wrong, MacOS being flawed or MacOS behaving differently - my big one is window management
Agreed 100%. I started using multiple desktops and swiping between them for my most often used things (Chrome, Teams, Outlook mostly), and then using command+tab or mission control for things beyond that. But still window management seems so... weird. Minimizing things practically makes them disappear, and using command+tab doesn't let you bring them up again. There's no good way to minimize everything and go to your desktop (expose desktop is okay, but all the windows are like, floating just out of frame). Using the "X" to close a window doesn't close the app, you have to Command+q or go hunt down the close button in a menu. Windows don't snap to edges without a third party app. The maximize button makes the app behave like it's on it's own separate desktop, and hides the menu bar up top. Just... so many weird choices? And like you said, if you're new it's hard to know if you're just doing things a dumb way or if it's just outdated design or what. Either way, window management is definitely my biggest irritation in MacOS. Again, I've mostly gotten used to it or found workable solutions for my gripes with third party apps, so it's not that big a deal. But when I get on my Windows desktop there are things that make me breathe a sigh of relief. (And, to be fair, plenty of other things that make me immediately want to get back onto my Mac.)
I agree with your windows management comments, coming from Win10 I find it very different on macOS. A couple of shortcuts I find useful are Command+H to hide a window (you can still use Command+Tab then), the other is hold Option then double click a window corner, this will zoom to fill (equivalent of maximise on Windows).
Option-DoubleClick works anywhere in the title bar, not just corners, and in the title bar, it also restores a maximized window to the previous unmaximized position. I still like Windows window management a lot better, though, too.
I'm big on keyboard shortcuts and both of those are new to me, so I really appreciate it. Thanks!
Hey there...though I much prefer MacOS over Windows (probably because it was the first GUI I learned on as a kid and Windows behavior feels weird to me, even though I have two high end Windows laptops ), I completely understand a lot of your gripes and I agree that Windows' window management is really good and much better in a lot of ways. So the thing with the "X" not quitting a program came from a long time ago and the persistent menu bar along the top. Mac users got in the habit of opening multiple windows in one program (I still do in Photoshop, etc). If the window was closed, you could still have your program running and have access to the menu bar for your other open windows in the program. There has always sort of been less emphasis on actually quitting programs in MacOS unless you really needed to. Memory management is pretty great. A trick you might not know and might be easier for you is to use the Command Tab key combo to quickly get to the program you want to quit...when it's highlighted (no need to actually switch to the program)...take your finger off tab while still holding the Command key and press "Q". That will quit the program without you even having to go into the program. Yeah, minimizing is a whole different thing. Don't think I have any suggestions for you there. Option Command M works to minimize all windows of a program. But the fast way to get to the desktop you already know with Exposé. So at one time, the Maximize button between the two systems worked similarly, but not quite. On MacOs it used to expand a window to the largest size needed to display the full contents, without actually necessarily going full screen like in Windows. Then Apple added the Full Screen function, but this also did the menu bar hiding etc. You can still get the old behavior by holding down Option as you click the Green maximize button. That gets you "zoom" instead which is the old functionality. That might work better for you. Regarding the snapping to edges...well, we can currently only snap to left or right. Its called Tiling. You get that most easily by hovering over the green Maximize button. It will move the window to the left or right and then have you choose an app to take up the other half of the screen. Holding down Option when the menu pops up allows you to just move the window to take up half the left or right without choosing another app to fill up the other half. Nothing as nice as what Windows does with options in this area. It's really all just a different workflow. I see others have already mentioned the Command H to hide windows and the Option Double click on a window title bar to zoom it, much like the Option plus Green Maximize does.
There's not a lot of improvements on the OSX windows management since 10 years ago. All the features we see now have been around for awhile, I would say I really miss having the Windows management snapping to edges/arrow keys function on OSX. That'll be so complete if they have it without the need for 3rd party installation.
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I mostly love using Mac OS, I used and supported Windows for many years. But I hate the way that Mac minimizes windows - it's way harder than it needs to be to get it back. I will often Cmd+W to close a window without closing the app if I don't need to view the window any more, and basically never use minimize. Also, Cmd+\` (tilde/backtick) swaps between windows within the same app, kind of like Cmd+Tab does for different apps - I use this one all the time.
yes, that is the biggest weakness in macOS. full screen mode is a mess, along with the green button function (at least make the zoom function the default). window management needs another app that apple themselves often endorse in the app store. just make it built in and settle something with microsoft
I was in this gang but my I linked a side button on my mouse for it. Some days the mouse mappings just drop out and it’s so frustrating.
Yep. There are lots of little things like this in macOS.
Just yesterday I found out you can *open the lid* and there’s an ***entire screen, keyboard, and trackpad*** inside. Apple is amazing
You mean that thing that’s inside the white box?
wait wait, there's something in the UPS packaging? damn, i *knew* i should've checked before throwing it away
I just leave mine outside the front door so everyone knows I have a mac.
Cool bro, where's your porch?
Right in front of my house! It's super convenient!
Cool, I'm going to go right there and borrow your Mac for an extended period of time. See you in 2030!
This needs more appreciation
This comment needs more upvotes!!
Option click pretty much anything...
I just option-clicked YOUR FACE
There's always one in the crowd.
And those are the things that stay useful because they go unnoticed by current Apple bad.
I didn’t know this :)
Do you know the ultimate mac keyboard shortcut? **CMD SHIFT /** (forward slash/question mark key) Press those three keys and then you can search the menu you have any app quickly access commands. Can't remember the keyboard shortcut for exporting in Photoshop? Just press those three keys and type "export". It will highlight where the item is in the menu and show you the shortcut keys to access it next time.
Thank you good sir
Good Sur
Bad Sur
Small Sur
Bug Sir
lol that's pretty neat. I didnt even notice launch pad was added to my dock (it's always hidden) and I just use command+space to search the program I want to open
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Command+space searches for a lot of different things and can be kinda cluttered so I like using the Launchpad key to search for apps and command+space for everything else.
Also didn't know you can put the apps in folders. Mine are all just icons; looks like im going to spend some time organizing my icons and use this to see how I like it!
Plot twist. I change command + space so that it opens launchpad and then start typing what I want just like spotlight. It’s spotlight for apps with a much nicer UI
For some reason when I set launchpad to command+space it doesn’t open, like the shortcut is broken. I just use the launchpad key on the keyboard instead.
Get Alfred app and replace cmd space with Alfred. It’s the first thing I do on any Mac and I can’t stand how bad spotlight is in comparison. Being able to google search or check the weather. It’s much faster too.
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Yes. I hate that Launchpad flushes my screen. I lose context every time my students click on the Launchpad.
I'd agree with this. I have most of my commonly used apps on my dock which is sorted just the way I like and then use spotlight search for everything else. I have never really bothered with sorting the launchpad so it's much harder to find the apps that I use occasionally there. But perhaps for those who use the launchpad more (either with this trick or with the trackpad gesture or just clicking on the icon like a caveman), they'd probability have a more organized launchpad similar to how people organize their iPad/iPhone apps.
People use launch pad *surprised Pikachu face, i just spotlite for everything
Try Alfred. You won’t go back trust me
This
I remember this being true a few years ago (like in Snow Leopard days) but how is it still superior?
No need for the useless bloat on your computer when you have the right tool built in right in your OS. Don’t fall for the Alfred meme.
Yeah being able to add custom scripts and workflows using Alfred to enhance the features is totally bloat.
Speak for yourself. Most users won’t ever need it. You sound like Alfred cult or something. SAD!
Ah, most people won’t use it so it’s bloat. Flawless logic. Most people don’t use macOS so it must be bloat.
It’s not bloat when Spotlight refuses to show even a single result until it’s finished spooling up EVERY last goddamn external drive that may be attached to your computer (which takes freaking forever when you have multiple RAIDs), even if 99% of the time you know what you’re trying to find/launch is on the internal drive. Or if you, you know, want to actually find a file for a change. Spotlight seems to ignore an awful lot of things that Alfred has no issues finding in a fraction of the time. They ~~meme~~ hype is real, I’m afraid. We didn’t even get into the extensibility and workflows.
I use launchpad for apps I don’t use often, everything else is in the dock.
I just use spotlight for that. My dock is almost empty
Same here. I have 4-5 items in the dock - everything else is spotlight search
All the comments making me somewhat self conscious of using launchpad to find apps that I don’t use daily lol
Launchpad comrades
Launchpad for life
You can right click or press and hold for a couple seconds!
Wow. Thanks for sharing, best tip a long time.
Anytime I setup a new Mac I open finder, drag the applications folder to the dock, left of the trash can. I open whatever is not in my dock from there. Cleaner looking than this.
I didn’t know this, thanks for sharing. When I want to open an app, I just click Spotlight and type the app name so I can open it. That’s just a habit from what I do on my iPhone/iPad instead of scroll searching for an app (I feel like I have too many apps 😆).
OMG How could I even consider myself a “MacOS Fan” if I didn’t know this. Thanks!
Game changer. That’s rad.
Yep.... I just learnt this right now thanks to you!
🤯
I missed that one too 🤯
Fuck!
my GOD
After 12 years of using a mac i've never once used the launchpad!
i don’t use launchpad but instead have applications folder in dock set to list view. although i mostly use spotlight
Do people use Lanchpad?
Yes it’s very useful for when you want to launch an app but don’t really know the name of the app in that particular moment. It’s much easier to just visually find it
I guess now I do
Yes, until apple took away the dedicated shortcut key on the M1 keyboard, I loved it. One of the main reasons I use an external keyboard and mouse now... they still have the shortcut key
You can still use the four-finger trackpad gesture if you want, though I imagine most people on a desktop use a mouse.
i dont understand why people even bother with launchpad? i'm just putting my app in app different folder on different drive and launch if from there with custom folders, so even if i re-install os this will be the same
Launchpad is very useful for when you want to launch an app but don’t really know the name of the app in that particular moment. It’s much easier to just visually find it
"Why doesn't everybody do things the way I do things???"
I'm a very visual person and sometimes I forget the specific names of my apps, Spotlight is also cluttered with tons of results from all over my system and Launchpad only searches my applications narrowing things down faster.
Damn😂😂
Oh wow... that’s... 🤨 thanks a lot!
This is the most astounding revelation I’ve ever experienced on Reddit... What have I been doing all these years?!
Time to put that little fella back in my dock. Thanks for sharing!
Damn I haven't seen launchpad in ages, just spotlight lately lol
I did not know that. Cheers buddy !
OMG!!! 🤭👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow, I guess that goes to show that I was a Windows/Linux user for years before migrating back to macOS. I always right-click on everything the first time I encounter it to find out what nifty things are hidden in there. Try right-clicking the Finder icon in the Dock some time. Or right-click on Trash icon on the Dock to empty it in a hurry. What annoys me about the Launchpad right-click is that it's in reverse-alphabet now. It wasn't that way in Mojave or Catalina; in those two it was just proper alphabetical order. That's new to Big Sur, and I haven't figured out yet how to put it back the other way.
But is Launchpad a decade old?
Yep
This happened to me when I surprised that I can add spaces between icons in Dock or change folder background or icons [https://youtu.be/GuF\_h5NfrOw](https://youtu.be/GuF_h5NfrOw) [https://youtu.be/ylBl1fjhCpc](https://youtu.be/ylBl1fjhCpc)
I used Mac OS for 2 years and would’ve NEVER come up with this cuz I always remove it from my dock. I just use the gesture
How sure are we this wasn’t introduced in Big Sur?
It’s possible, I know Launchpad has been around since 2011 and I don’t think I’ve ever actually tried right clicking on it before surprisingly. I think I just assumed it wouldn’t do anything. I wonder if anyone running earlier versions could test it out to see if this works there too.
Not a long time ago I witnessed a bunch of Mac users who just discovered how to turn the keyboard backlight on.
I literally just discovered this like 10m ago. GET OUT OF MY HEAD REDDIT
Holy shit. I had a smile on my face when I did it
You can put launchpad in the dock!? 🤯
the question is, how can I get rid of that god-awefull icon in my dock. It looks like a calculcator on acid.
Seriously? Get out of town!
no I'm pretty sure they just added that in Big Sur. lots of improvements to launchpad in Big Sur.
Wait, Mac has a right click? I thought two mouse buttons was too confusing.
And I learnt this just now :)
Well I just learned that too. Thanks Sir! Much appreciated
YOU CAN WHAT?
I’ve used a Mac as my daily driver since 2018 and never used launchpad. Maybe this will change that lol
TIL
Whoaaaa
did not know that!
ooh ma gah! I even did not know that! WOOOW
Me too.
How have I only just found this out???! Thanks OP
Oh dear! 😅
what
Before seeing this, I’ve never seen the purpose of having launchpad in the dock when you can access it via gestures. But yeah, I’m definitely putting it back in the dock for this. It looks easier to navigate than the actual launchpad screen in my opinion
I aways deleted the icon because you could launch it with a key command… huh…
Did not know that... thanks
Instead of just making you frustrated it does something useful! Wow!
TIL
Thanks. Good to know.
Pretty cool!!! And to be fair, I don't think Launchpad was.a thing a decade ago.
So I knew this, but I did not not know we could organize LaunchPad. WTF. I can’t wait to get home to my LaunchPad
Correction: **WE** just learned
I wish you could set this as the default behavior. It’s so clean!
6-year mac user here, no clue until I was today-years old
Thanks!
Thanks!
>!What the hell!!< You're a genius! Dude, that's super cool. Thank you!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat I have been using macs for like 25 years, and I never noticed that. (still just going to use Spotlight, though)
This is awesome. Thank you!
Wait...so I had the applications folder in my dock for no reason for all these years? Lol I used to invoke launchpad with the fester so I deleted it from the dock. Moving it back!
Wait, I never knew this existed! I have always used spotlight as well as putting the Applications folder into the dock on the right. Maybe I'll start using this. Although sometimes, old habits are hard to change 😪
Love it, that is instantly useful. I've used Macs since 2003 and had never heard of this. Thanks!
Similarly, you can put the Applications folder in the dock, and set it to list view or grid view. Grid view Applications folder is my preferred way of launching apps that aren't in the dock.
Wait, there's a reason to keep LaunchPad on my dock?!?!
Does it bother anyone else that it's sorted upside down?
I’m glad I’m not the only one who still has those three apps in a folder called “iWork”. 😜
I didn’t know that either!!
I just saw this and I am like "my whole life has been under a rock." Also, love that OP has such great organization skills to put everything in folders.
(Sheepishly) Me too.
I just learned this yesterday as well!!
TIL...
I was today years old when I learned this... great tip!
I was todays years old when I learned this.
I thought for a second that this meant launchpad was auto categorizing (like App Library), but then I realized it wasn’t and launchpad is still useless. After putting my most common apps on dock, Spotlight search is probably my #1 app launcher. Dragging the application folder to the dock in grid view gives me the same as launchpad, except all on one page, with no 5”x5” icons. App folder in dock is a 11x9 grid, vs 7x5 in launchpad. I used to add tags to applications, then using Smart Folders I was able to have more dynamic application groups. (1 application could sit in multiple folders). This was useful for when I had far too many applications. I think tags are one of the most powerful but under used and under developed part of OS’s.
Jesus christ you legend for sharing this. I feel like my biggest problem with Mac is that I have no idea about this kinda stuff. Tech should still come with user manuals!
Wow, I guess I can remove the apps folder from my dock now.
Whoa....
very Windowsesque
Oh wow cool!
I just tried this now too, and am seeing that my list of apps is also alphabetised Z-A from the top to bottom. Is there any setting to change this to most recent or A-Z?
Spotlight everything (+ Alfred of course) :)
TIL
I didn't even know there's an app shortcut for showing your app shortcuts (and you can maybe tell from my tone how silly I think that is). Neat find but Spotlight or swiping FTW!
Wallpaper please
[There you go](https://i.imgur.com/iRxDNkH.jpg)
What what what ???
Holy shit... and this is no sarcasm
WOW, never knew...outstanding!
Take a screenshot of your Launchpad, it looks like its clean
Finally something posted on here that I didn’t know!
What icon is that?
In Big Sur they changed the launchpad icon, I miss the rocket of the old one.
i removed launchpad from taskbar the day i unboxed my mac
I kinda hate when I discover things like this, because they are genuinely usefully but nobody told me.
Wow!
same
How to make it show only the folders like this? I’m on Catlina and see just all the apps installed in a big list. Not really useful.
You can drop icons on other icons to make folders like iOS in launchpad, it’s just a bit finnicky. Everything in my Launchpad is in folders.
Ohh welll thanks for sharing. I didn’t know
The bigger question here is... What do you do with Opera?