Apple's upcoming macOS Tahoe introduces a new design, better Apple Intelligence features, and a new Preview app, but also a completely new Spotlight. With it, you can take new actions, such as ...

Apple has retired the Mac’s Launchpad, a feature that displayed all your apps and let you quickly pick the one you want to open. You can recreate the app launcher using these alternatives. Now, to be ...

If you’re using macOS 26 and mourning the loss of Launchpad, you need an alternative like BuhoLaunchpad. The newly released Mac app delivers practically the same experience that Launchpad did, ...

Opening apps is a frequent activity for most every macOS user. Here’s how to best employ Mac Launchpad to speed daily access to commonly used programs. While you may not often consider the process, ...

Apple has replaced Launchpad in macOS Tahoe with a new “Apps” view hybrid of Spotlight search and a scrolling list of your installed applications. Some folks prefer the Launchpad. However, according ...

Our initial “Introducing “Do You Use It?” Polls” (28 July 2023) article asked how often you use Launchpad, a grid-based launcher that brings to the Mac the Home screen experience from iOS (which in ...

Apple scrapped Launchpad in macOS Tahoe, but it isn’t letting developers bring it back either. A new app called AppGrid recreates the familiar grid-style launcher, yet Apple is rejecting new versions ...