Macworld Launchpad has been a part of the Mac operating system since OS X Lion, which was released in 2011. After 14 years, Launchpad is being retired, replaced by Apps in macOS Tahoe. Apps functions ...

Naturally, this frustrates me to no end, especially since I like using Launchpad and my other Mac (an iMac) serenely glides on without any such trouble with randomly shuffling all of my icons ...

That's why we decided it would be a good idea to teach you how to restore the Launchpad on your Mac in macOS Tahoe. After all, if it's not broken, it might not need fixing. That said, to do that ...

MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 5 has been released to users participating in the Apple Developer beta testing program. The same build as ...

Usage is simple once Launchpad is active. Click an icon to launch its app. Type a few characters—no need to click in the Search field first—to filter the icons shown. Drag an icon to rearrange it.

macOS Tahoe does away with the Launchpad feature that's designed to show you all of the apps on your Mac, instead replacing it with a new "Applications" interface that's similar to the App Library ...