Do you still use Launchpad on your Mac
This very question came up in a recent thread on the Apple subreddit:
I found the discussion on Reddit quite interesting, and I was surprised at the number of people who use Spotlight instead of Launchpad. I’ve never bothered much with Spotlight for some reason. I know it’s there but I tend to be more icon-oriented so Launchpad has always worked quite well for me.
Perhaps it’s because I spend so much time in iOS when not working on my Mac that Launchpad feels so comfortable to me. And I use Apple’s first Magic Trackpad, so the gesture to open Launchpad is quick and easy for me.
At this point I’d be really bummed out if Apple removed Launchpad someday. While I’ve seen no indications that the company is considering doing this, you never know. If few people use Launchpad then Apple could eventually remove it. Then again that would go against the company’s recent history of adding common features between iOS and macOS.
One thing I didn’t do in the past was to take the time to organize my Launchpad screen. At one point I had a huge amount of app icons strewn across multiple pages in Launchpad. That proved to be a big pain in the ass as it took too long to find the app I wanted to click on.
So I whittled it down to just one page, and that has worked well for me. I can get to my most used macOS applications very quickly, without having to scroll through page after page of app icons in Launchpad. Taking the time to organize my Launchpad screen was well worth it.
One thing is for sure though, Launchpad is a very helpful and useful feature in macOS for some of us.
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