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Apple should do the same. So much junk apps in Launchpad which are impossible to delete.

by sccxy 3y ago

n8cpdx 3y ago
I was going to downvote, then I remembered launchpad.app exists. Curiously, it isn’t just Apple’s built in apps that can’t be deleted. Edge, Spotify, Firefox, Obsidian, Teams, VS Code, and a whole bunch of Unreal utilities behave the same way. I think the real issue is that Launchpad is just very, very, very bad.
- hotnfresh 3y ago
  It's funny how different usage patterns are. I don't think I've ever opened launchpad on purpose.
  - piperswe 3y ago
    Same, I just use Spotlight or Alfred to open apps.
    - pests 3y ago
      I've been on a computer and online for almost 30 years and consider myself pretty technical. Sit me down in front of a Mac and it looks like a toddler trying to use a computer for the first time. Years of Windows and Linux on the desktop, none of a Mac. I hope these colored circles in app titles are in the same order as widnows... How the hell do I maximize this window? Where did this window go I just down sized. How the hell does this dock thing work? Where is the menubar? I know it's easy. Just not the workflow I'm used to. Just got reminded of this from your comment.
      - hotnfresh 3y ago
        I think it took me about three or four months to stop feeling like I was operating in some weird alien environment, and almost two years before I settled into the workflow and set of tools that I've mostly stuck with for the decade or so since. I'd had about 15 years of using just about everything except Mac, before switching.
        pests 3y ago
        > some weird alien environment It's not that its just weird, it's that its so similar too. Things are almost the same, but the little differences make all the difference. Its UNIX-y so my Linux knowledge transfers over in a lot of areas but anything involving the DE/WM and I am lost. Most of my computer usage revolves around three programs: Chrome (or any browser really), VSCode, and a terminal. Thankfully these all pretty much work exactly the same way across operating systems these days. I barely go into settings or configure anything as long as its good enough - still use default wallpapers on my laptop and phone! I know I could switch but yep - that "weird alien environment" is an accurate description.

Apple should do the same. So much junk apps in Launchpad which are impossible to delete.

by sccxy 3y ago

Apple should do the same. So much junk apps in Launchpad which are impossible to delete.

I was going to downvote, then I remembered launchpad.app exists. Curiously, it isn’t just Apple’s built in apps that can’t be deleted. Edge, Spotify, Firefox, Obsidian, Teams, VS Code, and a whole bunch of Unreal utilities behave the same way. I think the real issue is that Launchpad is just very, very, very bad.

hotnfresh 3y ago
It's funny how different usage patterns are. I don't think I've ever opened launchpad on purpose.
- piperswe 3y ago
  Same, I just use Spotlight or Alfred to open apps.
  - pests 3y ago
    I've been on a computer and online for almost 30 years and consider myself pretty technical. Sit me down in front of a Mac and it looks like a toddler trying to use a computer for the first time. Years of Windows and Linux on the desktop, none of a Mac. I hope these colored circles in app titles are in the same order as widnows... How the hell do I maximize this window? Where did this window go I just down sized. How the hell does this dock thing work? Where is the menubar? I know it's easy. Just not the workflow I'm used to. Just got reminded of this from your comment.
    - hotnfresh 3y ago
      I think it took me about three or four months to stop feeling like I was operating in some weird alien environment, and almost two years before I settled into the workflow and set of tools that I've mostly stuck with for the decade or so since. I'd had about 15 years of using just about everything except Mac, before switching.
      - pests 3y ago
        > some weird alien environment It's not that its just weird, it's that its so similar too. Things are almost the same, but the little differences make all the difference. Its UNIX-y so my Linux knowledge transfers over in a lot of areas but anything involving the DE/WM and I am lost. Most of my computer usage revolves around three programs: Chrome (or any browser really), VSCode, and a terminal. Thankfully these all pretty much work exactly the same way across operating systems these days. I barely go into settings or configure anything as long as its good enough - still use default wallpapers on my laptop and phone! I know I could switch but yep - that "weird alien environment" is an accurate description.