Launchpad is an easy way to find and open apps on your Mac. You can even arrange and organize your apps into folders.

Jul 05, 2020  Apple’s Launchpad is a handy way to quickly launch apps on your Mac. By default, it usually sits in your Dock, but it can be removed. If you need Launchpad and can’t find it, it’s easy to add it to the Dock again. Launchpad was first introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion back in 2010. The Launchpad On Mac. The Launchpad on your Mac is intended to provide an iOS like environment, making it easy to see, access and manage all the Apps on your Mac in one convenient location. Just like an iPhone, the Mac Launchpad displays a screen full of neatly arranged App icons. In case there are more Apps, the Launchpad creates another page.

Open an app

• Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, or pinch closed with your thumb and three fingers on your trackpad. Then click an app to open it.
• You can also type an app's name to find the app in Launchpad, then press the Return key to open it.
• To close Launchpad without opening an app, click the background, or pinch open your thumb and three fingers.

Add Launchpad To Dock

Organize apps

• Arrange apps: Drag an app to a new location.
• Create a folder: Drag an app onto another app.
• Close a folder: Click outside the folder.
• Rename a folder: Open a folder and click its name. Then enter a new name.

Add or remove an app

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• Apps that you download from the App Store or that are included with macOS automatically appear in Launchpad. If you download an app from another source, you can add it to Launchpad by moving the app to your Applications folder.
• Learn how to delete an app from your Mac, which also removes the app from Launchpad.