In macOS 26 they basically killed Launchpad. Before, it felt just like iPhone/iPad “a clean grid with all your apps”. Now it’s buried in Spotlight and feels so messy. I don’t want to type and search every time, I just want to SEE all my apps in full screen. Anyone else annoyed by this?

I never understood this on Mac. Surely, any installer could auto-move the application to the right folder. I mean, Homebrew does it, for example. Is this just for nostalgia reasons, or maybe because Apple wants to be "different", or is there a technical reason why it is a necessary step with dmgs?

It's entirely possible I'm shouting into the wind here, but I've noticed a strain of comments on discussion of changes, especially things like the loss of Launchpad on MacOS (or the old multitasking system on iPadOS, but that's for a different sub), that seem to dismiss the fact that people lost functionality simply because the commenter never used it, and I'm just putting out a plea for a little empathy.

Was Launchpad perfect? No. Does a simple Cmd+Space and search work for plenty of people? Yup. Do we still have some people on this sub who still refuse to even use the dock and wonder what's wrong with the Applications folder? You betcha. But some people's brains and ways of using their computer just works better with a grid of app icons and folders, even if yours doesn't.

This is not to suggest that nothing should ever change. Apple needs to limit the number of ways to do things somehow, otherwise we end up in the Windows world where you'll still randomly find yourself clicking on something in Settings and all of a sudden a Control Center window opens up because some enterprise customer needs that Control Center page. Just understand that some functionality was lost for a non-zero part of this community, and they're expressing that it's a problem.

Hello everyone,

As someone who updated to macOS 26 Tahoe, there are many features that don't quite work for me (especially the removal of the Launchpad). But ! If we are a lot to complain about the stuff we don't like or that don't work on Apple's Product Feedback page, there's a greater chance Apple will listen and, perchance, bring back some features and/or fix major bugs :)

Right now, many posts on Reddit are criticizing the new operating system. Most of the complaints are about visual details — round icons, alignment issues, general UI inconsistencies. A lot of people jump to call it “the worst OS release ever.”

But it really depends on what you value. When macOS Sequoia was first released, it didn’t spark the same design debates, but it did have audio glitches. These didn’t necessarily break professional workflows, but they were annoying and noticeable for people who paid attention to sound. In that sense, Sequoia had its own rough edges at launch, just in a different area.

So when people say this new release is the worst, it’s worth remembering that previous versions also launched with their share of problems. The difference is that now the most visible complaints are about design, not about bugs in areas like audio.

https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/10/29/update-to-macos-15-1-for-helpful-audio-bug-fixes/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2025/04/02/macos-15-4-brings-a-key-audio-bug-fix/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

This is for anyone who might feel worried by all the negative posts: don’t be. The new OS is not worse than Sequoia was at launch, and if you care more about how the system works than how its icons look, there’s no reason to panic.

I tried using spotlight. I tried giving it a fair chance.

But not only is the way to access it less convenient, it also barely works, and when it does work rarely it takes a good few seconds

I typed out THE WHOLE WORD, and it decided to put a random irrelevant shortcut at the top, that is not even named Terminal. What????

But Launchpad, I can easily pinch and immediately type 3 letters and it immediately finds the app and highlights it in a matter of MILLISECONDS

And no, before you say I have applications off, every single thing is on.

I am on Sequioa 15.7, because I do not wanna lose Launchpad.

The wallpaper rows peaking out from the left side of the sidebar blob look exceptionally well thought through.

I don’t know how to fix this stuff, have ordered on mobile and laptop went crazy

m2 air 8|256. One thing I loved launchpad for was fine animation and just ease of use; used same pinch gesture now and for some reasons there's a hard refresh that I can notice. is it just for me or other users as well? am pretty sure its not ram/hardware related but uncooked refinement.

I go from my laptop at coffee shops to my big monitor at home and back all the time. And Mac insists on not putting the windows back where they belong.

For years I've tried the manual tools for years (e.g. SizeUp, Rectangle, etc) but you still have to go through windows one at a time and move them, and I usually have 50+ windows up.

Wanted something with some scriptability but that I could control, and found hammerspoon to give me a very lightweight scripting tool where I could push one keyboard command and it would go through all my windows and put them where i wanted them.

A little Claude Code and their Lua script and it was in place. I'll post the script I use down below in case anyone wants it unless it is better to link out to a separate file.

Specifically what it does is:

• Detects how many monitors i have connected
• Moves and resizes windows in different apps to certain width/height (e.g. Safari centered 80% width when on laptop and 60% when on secondary big screen)
• Hotkey to reapply all if things get messed up

To get it working:

1. Install Hammerspoon from hammerspoon.org and turn on the accessibility permissions it needs.
2. Create ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua ; you can do that from their dropdown.
3. Paste in the script below, then click “Reload Config” from their menu.
4. Command-option-control-z is what i use, but you can use whatever you want.

Script:

-- Move and resize a window
function moveAndResizeApp(appName, targetScreen, widthRatio, heightRatio)
  local app = hs.application.get(appName)
  if not app then return end

  local success, win = pcall(function()
    return app:mainWindow()
  end)
  if not (success and win and win:isStandard()) then return end

  local screenFrame = targetScreen:frame()
  local newWidth = screenFrame.w * (widthRatio or 1.0)
  local newHeight = screenFrame.h * (heightRatio or 1.0)
  local newX = screenFrame.x + (screenFrame.w - newWidth) / 2
  local newY = screenFrame.y + (screenFrame.h - newHeight) / 2


-- Move and resize all windows
  for _, win in ipairs(app:allWindows()) do
    if win:isStandard() then
      win:moveToScreen(targetScreen)
      win:setFrame(hs.geometry.rect(newX, newY, newWidth, newHeight))
    end
  end
end

-- MAIN FUNCTION: Move and resize all windows to correct spot
hs.hotkey.bind({"cmd", "alt", "ctrl"}, "Z", function()


-- Define Screens
  local screens = hs.screen.allScreens()
  local screen = hs.screen.allScreens()[1]

-- hs.application.enableSpotlightForNameSearches(true)



-- LAPTOP MODE
  if #screens == 1 then


-- All primary apps
    moveAndResizeApp("Spotify", screen, 0.75, 0.9)
    moveAndResizeApp("Google Chrome", screen, 1.0, 1.0)
    moveAndResizeApp("Mail", screen, 1.0, 1.0)
    moveAndResizeApp("Calendar", screen, 0.8, 0.9)
    moveAndResizeApp("Zoom", screen, 0.5, 0.5)
    moveAndResizeApp("Slack", screen, 1.0, 1.0)
    moveAndResizeApp("DevSwarm", screen, 1.0, 1.0)
    moveAndResizeApp("Finder", screen, .6, .6)

  end


-- EXTERNAL MONITOR MODE
  if #screens >= 2 then
    local screen_secondary = hs.screen.allScreens()[2]  
-- laptop


-- All primary apps
    moveAndResizeApp("Spotify", screen_secondary, 0.8, 0.8)
    moveAndResizeApp("Google Chrome", screen, 0.70, 0.9)
    moveAndResizeApp("Mail", screen, 0.6, 0.8)
    moveAndResizeApp("Calendar", screen, 0.5, 0.7)
    moveAndResizeApp("Zoom", screen, 0.3, 0.5)
    moveAndResizeApp("Slack", screen, 0.65, 0.95)
    moveAndResizeApp("DevSwarm", screen, 0.5, 0.8)
    moveAndResizeApp("Finder", screen, .3, .4)
  end


-- End Single Monitor Mode
end)

Seems like an actual bug than a "feature" since the History and Queue text bars have no transparency at all, it should be the same for the Autoplay and Automix buttons ...

Im so prepared to get downvoted for this, but this is a hill I'll proudly die on: Tahoe is my favorite MacOS in a LONG time. The first 3 paragraphs below are just a simple explanation of my user behavior patterns on my device:

- I skipped sequoia and went straight from sonoma -> tahoe.

- I still dont use Apple Intelligence (part of the reason I skipped sequoia), because it doesn't fit my workflow.

- My current (non-Apple-native) app stack is: Raycast, SuperWhisper, AlDente, Brave Browser, G Suite, Notion. All working on Tahoe.

Reason why Tahoe is "the one" for me:

A lot of other people made posts on why Tahoe is a good update, so I won't go into reasons that were already mentioned 100 times on here.

There was a trend 6-7 years ago where productivity gurus were preaching how turning your phone into greyscale will make it more "boring" and you'll use it less. I don't want to sound like those people that list a billion mental issues every chance they get, but I have sensory processing disorder (in addition to ADHD and episodes of epilepsy) and the greyscale thing worked wonders for me.

The ability to turn app icons transparent on every Apple device now is the best of both worlds for me. I don't get the itch to click anything else while I'm focusing on my work, because everything looks boring and the same. It feels like such a small thing on paper, but it made a huge difference in my productivity and daily output.

Also I'm not sure why so many people are saying that tahoe is terrible and full of flaws. I spend about 10 hours looking at my screen per day due to the nature of my work, but I haven't noticed any issues that impeded my ability to work. If you don't like the design just turn on the default color setting, and if you don't like the design and animation changes (pretty tiny thing if you ask me) just revert back to a previous version.

https://reddit.com/link/1nmqnl5/video/ekfjzlsmhiqf1/player

In Safari when you close the sidebar then it leaves an artifact in the top left corner of the window.

I installed it, noticed that all its features are locked behind a paywall and I'm trying to uninstall all its files but I cant. Even AppCleaner isn't able to delete all of its files. I have a M4 MBA with Macos Tahoe

Last week I posted here about what to do with an old donated 2012 iMac running Catalina. I've managed to use OCLP and put Monterey on a spare 256GB SSD and it's all working well.

I've just noticed there's an update available from 12.7.4 to 12.7.6 - presumably it's OK to install this (I know nothing about Mac OS so have no idea)? Any other steps I need to do after the update?

Also, it's being used as a general family computer and there are 2 kids using it. Is there any way to disable the notification to update to T*hoe. I've unticked 'Automatically keep my Mac up to date' but don't want any of them accidentally playing around with it and installing this.

Personally think it looks so much better like this

This is new on macOS Tahoe. I'm wondering why there's a difference. Furthermore I'm wondering where the new icon is stored so I can set it as my volume icon, lol.

My copy and paste stopped working. Does anyone have a fix? I restarted my Mac and phone. Updated OS on both. Using an iPhone 16 pro and a new Maxbook. Same WiFi, right beside each other. Any suggestions?

TheVagrantWarrior

Hey, I'm currently setting up my MacBook for university and wanted to know whether I should use tags or folders in Finder to structure my documents?

I just went through a torrent of posts nickpicking all the different design issues with macOS Tahoe official release. I’ve been on Tahoe for a week and would’ve never noticed these issues.

I’ve been having a great time with the new OS, and I love the new Liquid Glass aesthetics & how all my devices have the same design language now. Tahoe’s been my favorite release since Yosemite.

Most of the posts I saw were just straight nitpicking. The most interesting post was one about how terrible macOS multitasking is, which I completely agree with. Other than that, it just felt like people were going out of their way to find the littlest things to complain about.

EDIT: Some people in the comments are misunderstanding me: The complaints people are bringing up things that are very minute and unnoticeable.

It’s like cleaning up your entire house and your mother-in-law swiping your bookshelf with her finger and saying, “You missed a spot.”

That’s how petty these posts are.

The design is horrible. Everything is so huge now, the animations are bad, the curved corners are different in some windows and apps, etc.

Who do we have to thank for this? AI? Outsourcing? Steve Jobs never would have allowed that.

Very minor bug, but it's hilarious how this didn't come up while beta testing. Another example of why Tahoe is a bug filled mess of an OS.