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Re:macOS 26 new Launchpad sucks, I replaced it by nickfthedev on Thursday September 18, 2025 @02:21AM (#45286159)
My first macOS app. Or: Speedrun a MacOS App in 24 hours with no experience on Swift + Making the landing page and everything.

I rebuilt the "old" launchpad from macos for MacOS Tahoe 26 with some personal touch.

What's working - CMD + Shift + Space to Open/Close - Setting custom hotkey - Esc to Close - Drag and Drop to reorder apps - Open Apps - Folders - Search

It was fun to make this.

https://www.launchie.app

or directly on Github

https://github.com/nick-friedrich/launchie-launchpad-replace...

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Re:macOS 26 new Launchpad sucks, I replaced it by XajniN on Sunday September 21, 2025 @04:24PM (#45326316)
Not bad. Some suggestions: - make it behave more like the original Launchpad (e.g. click on empty space makes it disappear) - make number of columns adjustable - make font and icon size adjustable - I should be able to go back from a folder with a swipe or the back mouse button - I should be able to select multiple shortcuts (e.g. by holding CMD) and move them to a folder

But, this is already better than what Apple gave us as a replacement for Launchpad, thanks! Will you add it to Homebrew?

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