After updating the Mac OS to Tahoe, I am disappointed with the new Apps menu, with so small icons inside the box. The old menu like a iphones/ iPad was good. Does anyone knows how to make it default again?
Attaching screenshot of the new update of Apps .
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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.0
I too was extremely frustrated that Apple has done away with Launchpad, but I soon found several substitutes (i.e. free 3rd-Party apps) that, IMHO, range from "just as good as Launchpad" all the way to "even better than Launchpad". The three I have tried are (in the order I tested them out):
"Launchie" (which is mentioned a few times in this discussion by IdrisSeabright) works perfectly well, and is certainly a good substitute.
"AppGrid", which I personally like even more than I did Launchie (purely subjective preference on my part).
And finally, I just today downloaded and installed the "LaunchOS" app, which, so far, I like the most out of all 3 options. I'm not sure about the first two, but LaunchOS also offers an "upgraded" paid version that will "unlock" the options of their "Pro" version (with an automatic, no payment info required, 10 day free Pro trial to see if the "upgrade" is even worth it to you). I went ahead and purchased the upgrade when I saw that it was on sale for a one-time cost of $5.34 (after tax) for a Lifetime License, and provides some extra customization options that I thought was worth the small cost - but I likely would have still be satisfied with the unpaid option.
AppGrid and LaunchOS (and I assume Launchie as well) each allow you to Import your (no-longer-used, but still in your system files) Launchpad database, so that you won't have to take a bunch of time rearranging all the app icons and boxes/containers (let alone having to remember exactly how you had Launchpad configured/organized on your previous OS), so the initial setup is a breeze to do. And after that, each of these options allow a varying degree of customization options that weren't present in the "old" Launchpad.
Anyway, I hope that helps some here that are wanting their Launchpad back after upgrading to Tahoe.
I think visually minded people miss this piece of functionality. The organizing element with ‘pages’ is also a big miss. But… we did get the colored folders (when labelled) back since macOS 9. Who knows what might happen in the next 20 years ;-)
I prefer the old LaunchPad. I don't recall my apps by name.
I spent a LOT of TIME organizing my apps into specific types of folders and I go off of visual-location memory to access the apps, not by specific spelling/name of the apps! This is very annoying!
Please allow Mac OS users to have the option to revert back to the LaunchPad.
Not everyone wants this update!
ultraskywalker wrote:
Not everyone wants this update!
Not everyone wants anything. That doesn’t change the fact that change is inevitable and necessary.
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." — Socrates
That work if you only use a few apps and can remember the spelling for all of them. try 60 apps for my business, and I had all of them categorized by usage and an additional page for trash apps that get installed with all your main apps. Try adobe suite in of itself, I had a folder with 20 separate apps that adobe installs that you don't ever run or open they just get installed next to your adobe programs with similar names. a dozen other design apps, engineering apps, dont get me started how many apps I have to sort thorugh now to start a project. so I'm suppose to type in the names of all 10 apps that I need to run for a project at one time then sort through visually which ones are the duplicate trash similar named apps that you never use that seems innefficient to me.
I don't know I think apple had a mistep here. I like organization and cleanliness and this doesnt seem organized to me. could be wrong maybe Im missing somthing.
steevi275 wrote:
Thanks and yes it does. it wasn broken
Being adequate for some people doesn't mean 1) that it works for everyone or even most people, and 2) that it is somehow immune to change. "Disaster" is just a tad hyperbolic.
So, Luis, you suggest we replace one click with how many clicks and types?
Owl-53 wrote:
Yes, with the every speeding of Time , the memory has not yet become totally full ( subject to number of coffees I have had ) lol
Maintaining adequate caffeination levels is crucial.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
Maintaining adequate caffeination levels is crucial.
I drink so much coffee I'm starting to resemble Juan Valdez.
dialabrain wrote:
I drink so much coffee I'm starting to resemble Juan Valdez.
Do you have the donkey (or burro or mule or whatever it was)?
You mean like this?
So instead of opening your application within 2 clicks you now need to type also. Plus I do not want all my phone apps all over my Mac thanks
IdrisSeabright wrote:
I suspect most people don't care.
I know I don't. :)
dialabrain wrote:
IdrisSeabright wrote:
I suspect most people don't care.
I know I don't. :)
I thought it was your life? ;-)
The problem with the feedback section there is no section for iOS for Tahoe.
I hope apple pays attention. Need to give them product feedback on that link ^
Apps menu changed on the Dock with macOS 26
