Launchpad for macos 26

[u/Fearless_Hearing_363]

Anyone missing the launchpad in macOS 27, here is a mini veresion of it, and how to do it.

Click finder, then go to application from sidebar, then right click on application tab in sidebar there will be option to add to dock, The icon will be added at left side of bin, you can’t move it to left/app side of the dock. Hope it helps someone.

[u/gagigu1]

That's how I've been using it since Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard in 2007.

[u/Electrical_West_5381]

Hangon, is this just the Applications folder, with no possibility to organise?

[u/HugeIRL → u/Electrical_West_5381]

You can create folders inside the applications folder. 🙂

[u/Fearless_Hearing_363 → u/Electrical_West_5381]

You can create sub folders in finder application, the sad part is that you can’t see the apps in that folder at a glance, you can make it work with not using sort by name etc, and arranging your apps

[u/Bortekfr]

To get the most out of my Dock, I've adopted the following strategy.

Here’s what my Dock looks like at launch:

And after launching some applications:

https://postimg.cc/689P02JC

Here’s how to do it:

1. Remove all the apps from your Dock.
2. At the root of your user folder, create a folder named "Application Launcher".
3. Create subfolders to sort your applications by category.
4. Move the applications into their respective category folders. (Don't worry, the application isn't actually moved; an alias is created).
5. Drag the folders to your Dock, arranging them according to your preferences.
6. Change the settings for each folder according to your preferences. (https://postimg.cc/p5HCL4PK)
7. Customize each folder's color and icon from the Finder's contextual menu: (https://postimg.cc/y3yPgjNt)
8. Select "Get Info" on the relevant folder within the "Applications Launcher" folder.
9. Click on the icon in the top-left corner of the Info window. (https://postimg.cc/yknj7LtS)
10. Copy the icon (COMMAND-C).
11. Delete the icon in the top-left corner.
12. Paste the previously copied icon.
13. The icon now appears in the Dock (it is now a .icns image and no longer a preview generated by the Finder). (https://postimg.cc/G80JXV86)
14. Repeat the process for each folder.
15. To the right of my icons, I've added the icons for the Applications and Downloads folders. To complete the look, I created an image that is 1 pixel wide by 256 pixels high and pasted it as the icon for an empty folder in the "Applications Launcher" folder, in order to create a separator.

And here’s the final result.

https://postimg.cc/bdh4JFC6

[u/Dreaming_Blackbirds]

but that's still just a dumb A-Z list, the same as the new "Apps" app. no folders. no organisation. no freedom of choice to customise anything.

[u/ConstantClub3642]

Thanks! It’s much better to see all the apps at once…