Restore Launchpad, new apps function is useless to me.

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Restore Launchpad, new apps function is useless to me.

The new app function in Tahoe is especially annoying for those that don't know the names of all your apps rendering the new apps function useless to me... forces you to open applications folder and search if it is not a standard apple app.. unfortunately I had all my apps properly grouped before and now I am searching in a really time consuming way... I don't use spotlight. and should have the option not to. especially if you don't know the names of the apps until you see the icons in front of you...

Mac Studio, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 18, 2025 10:49 AM

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Allan Jones

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Sep 18, 2025 10:57 AM in response to bobfriedman

I agree with you 100% but Apple will never see you issue in this user-to-user setting. No one participating in these forums can fix that.

To get serious about reporting this oversight to Apple, I invite you to use this feedback link that an Apple employe will see:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

That has been the proven path for users' input causing positive change.

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lkrupp

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Sep 18, 2025 10:53 AM in response to bobfriedman

No one here represents Apple. We were are all just fellow users and these are user-to-user forums, not official Apple Support. Submit your concerns to Apple using the feedback channel.

Feedback - macOS - Apple

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Sep 18, 2025 11:18 AM in response to bobfriedman

A possible workaround might be the AppGrid Launcher app (Mac App Store link).

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Answer 4

Sep 18, 2025 11:03 AM in response to bobfriedman

Here you can restore it using terminal. https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/1lypnat/getting_the_launchpad_back_on_macos_26/

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Answer 5

Sep 18, 2025 11:18 AM in response to tequilapapi

That worked on the beta version of macOS 26, it does not work on the final release version.

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