Observed arrival · 2026-10-03
LaunchHome — a Launchpad replacement for Mac
A macOS app that restores Launchpad’s full-screen app grid, with pages, folders, search, and drag-and-drop organization.
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- For
- Mac users missing Launchpad’s full-screen app grid
- Worth noticing
- Search is described as matching initials and Chinese app names by pinyin, and returning answers to typed sums.
Field notes
LaunchHome’s page describes a Mac app opened with F4, hot corners, a pinch gesture, or a user-recorded shortcut. It says users can import their former Launchpad arrangement in one click, sort apps into category folders, and search by partial name, initials, or Chinese pinyin; typed sums are also returned as answers. The page lists a seven-day trial for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs and says uninstalling can sweep related files out of ~/Library.
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