Launchpad is an easy way to find and open apps on your Mac. You can even arrange and organize your apps into folders.
In this video I will show you how to maximize application windows in the latest version of OS X without going completely full-screen. The more I used the OS, though, the more I came to the understanding that maximizing the window, or attempting to maximize the window, is most often counterintuitive to the workflow of the system. The Human Interface Guidelines that developers are supposed to follow (along with Apple, for the most part) advise the developer against maximizing.
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.
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.
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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.