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I really like the Apps change. Instead of opening up the icons full screen, it opens in a spotlight search window.

by hk1337 1y ago

piskov 1y ago
Which is shit because with launchpad you had muscle memory. Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar
- eddieroger 1y ago
  I have to believe that Apple had anonymized telemetry that told them how many people used Launchpad and acted as justification to nix it. I remember when it came out, and I probably used it more in the first month when it was novel and new than I have since then. I'm sorry a feature that you liked is gone, but I'm sure it wasn't done blindly.
- jachee 1y ago
  Your “Imagine…” hypothetical is literally how I run my iPhone. I don’t need piles of icons cluttering up my screen. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and get any app on my phone, easily. More room for glanceable, informational widgets that way.
  - amluto 1y ago
    Hah. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and my app might show up. Eventually. Sadly you can’t swipe left and instantly type into the App Library search - that search bar actually works pretty well.
    - kcplate 1y ago
      I have a 16 pro and pull down and type a couple of characters is delivering apps to me pretty much instantly
- biinjo 1y ago
  I guess thats personal preference because you’re describing exactly how I use both macOS and iOS. I can’t be bothered by app icon locations or launchpad. Just CMD+Space and boom its there.
- kcplate 1y ago
  > Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar I haven’t had pages of icons on my phone since the App Library was added. Generally the app I want is right there and if not a couple of letters in the search bar and there it is
- freehorse 1y ago
  In a phone writing text is not as simple, but I also find looking for the right icon there tedious, so I hope there was a better solution. In contrast, imo it is easier to get muscle memory with a keyboard (cmd+space > "first 3 characters of app name") than with searching for the app icon around. I cannot imagine the case where looking around in the launchpad is better except with some app you use so rarely you do not know the name (but somehow you have muscle memory for where it is there?). I use CMD+SPACE 95% of the times I want to open an app. The rest 4% I do it with `open -a` on a terminal with autocomplete (or `/path/to/apps/binary &` for some specific stuff), and 1% going through the `/Applications` directory. I never use launchpad.
cornedor 1y ago
Except when I forgot the name of an app
- _2d30 1y ago
  CMD + SPC for spotlight and then CMD + 1 gets you to the full set of apps.
  - SimpleMinds 1y ago
    Wow! I didn't know that cmd + number switches context of spotlight. Amazing tip, thank you!
    - _2d30 1y ago
      Spotlight upgrades are really great in Tahoe. Take a look at being able to search an app from Spotlight: CMD + SPC => "Mail" => TAB => then I'm searching all my emails
- jameslk 1y ago
  Drag a folder of application shortcuts into the the dock and you’ll have roughly the same thing Like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/i3prgq/til_you_can_drag_your_applications_folder_to_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/i3prgq/til_you_can_dra...

I really like the Apps change. Instead of opening up the icons full screen, it opens in a spotlight search window.

by hk1337 1y ago

I really like the Apps change. Instead of opening up the icons full screen, it opens in a spotlight search window.

Which is shit because with launchpad you had muscle memory. Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar

eddieroger 1y ago
I have to believe that Apple had anonymized telemetry that told them how many people used Launchpad and acted as justification to nix it. I remember when it came out, and I probably used it more in the first month when it was novel and new than I have since then. I'm sorry a feature that you liked is gone, but I'm sure it wasn't done blindly.
jachee 1y ago
Your “Imagine…” hypothetical is literally how I run my iPhone. I don’t need piles of icons cluttering up my screen. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and get any app on my phone, easily. More room for glanceable, informational widgets that way.
- amluto 1y ago
  Hah. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and my app might show up. Eventually. Sadly you can’t swipe left and instantly type into the App Library search - that search bar actually works pretty well.
  - kcplate 1y ago
    I have a 16 pro and pull down and type a couple of characters is delivering apps to me pretty much instantly
biinjo 1y ago
I guess thats personal preference because you’re describing exactly how I use both macOS and iOS. I can’t be bothered by app icon locations or launchpad. Just CMD+Space and boom its there.
kcplate 1y ago
> Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar I haven’t had pages of icons on my phone since the App Library was added. Generally the app I want is right there and if not a couple of letters in the search bar and there it is
freehorse 1y ago
In a phone writing text is not as simple, but I also find looking for the right icon there tedious, so I hope there was a better solution. In contrast, imo it is easier to get muscle memory with a keyboard (cmd+space > "first 3 characters of app name") than with searching for the app icon around. I cannot imagine the case where looking around in the launchpad is better except with some app you use so rarely you do not know the name (but somehow you have muscle memory for where it is there?). I use CMD+SPACE 95% of the times I want to open an app. The rest 4% I do it with `open -a` on a terminal with autocomplete (or `/path/to/apps/binary &` for some specific stuff), and 1% going through the `/Applications` directory. I never use launchpad.

cornedor 1y ago

Except when I forgot the name of an app

_2d30 1y ago
CMD + SPC for spotlight and then CMD + 1 gets you to the full set of apps.
- SimpleMinds 1y ago
  Wow! I didn't know that cmd + number switches context of spotlight. Amazing tip, thank you!
  - _2d30 1y ago
    Spotlight upgrades are really great in Tahoe. Take a look at being able to search an app from Spotlight: CMD + SPC => "Mail" => TAB => then I'm searching all my emails
jameslk 1y ago
Drag a folder of application shortcuts into the the dock and you’ll have roughly the same thing Like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/i3prgq/til_you_can_drag_your_applications_folder_to_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/i3prgq/til_you_can_dra...