Replacing launchpad with spotlight is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen apple do. You can't group things into folders so you have to scroll screen after screen of things you never use to find an app whose name you can't remember.
iMac 27″, macOS 26.0
lwarnock wrote:
Replacing launchpad with spotlight is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen apple do. You can't group things into folders so you have to scroll screen after screen of things you never use to find an app whose name you can't remember.
You can still make your own folders for apps (I recommend using aliases, though) with all the subfolders you want. Then, you can put that folder in the dock fore easy access.
"Is there anyway to switch to the previous launchpad?"
No.
Launchpad is not available in macOS 26 Tahoe. Instead, Apple has replaced it with a Spotlight-based application library similar to that on iOS. To have Apple consider your feedback on this issue, submit it here:
A possible workaround might be the AppGrid Launcher app (Mac App Store link).
lwarnock wrote:
Replacing launchpad with spotlight is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen apple do. You can't group things into folders so you have to scroll screen after screen of things you never use to find an app whose name you can't remember.
“AppGrid Launch” in the >App Store -replacement for the old LaunchPad.app replaced in macOS 26 w/ the new Apps
is there anyway to switch to the previous launchpad?
