Does anyone else have double icons in their LaunchPad? If you look in the picture, I have two iCals, two iTunes, two chess, etc. Only one of them works. The other always closes with an error message. Is there a way to fix it manually, or do I have to wait for an update from Apple?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
I believe I have found the solution to this problem on my computer. I used to create Alias's of all the applications I used regularly and kept a folder of these Alias's in the Dock so that I could quickly open them. It is these Alias's that are showing up as duplicate icons in Launchpad. When I trashed these Alias's the duplicates went away.
Hope this works for everyone! Good luck.
I believe I have found the solution to this problem on my computer. I used to create Alias's of all the applications I used regularly and kept a folder of these Alias's in the Dock so that I could quickly open them. It is these Alias's that are showing up as duplicate icons in Launchpad. When I trashed these Alias's the duplicates went away.
Hope this works for everyone! Good luck.
I found this really works for me
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1. Run Terminal
2. Type sudo rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db to remove the problematic Launchpad database
3. Enter user password to permit change
4. Type sudo killall Dock
to recreate a new database
5. Exit Terminal
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Once you completed the above all the docks will be closed, then you will be able to re-launch everything. The Launchpad will go back to the original setting (the app icons that you arranged previously will also go back to its original position - however this solve the duplication problem)
Good luck ~
âž• This is what actually solved my issue.
I tried the terminal option that Mr Seeker put and it worked great:
I found this really works for me
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1. Run Terminal
2. Type sudo rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db to remove the problematic Launchpad database
3. Enter user password to permit change
4. Type sudo killall Dock
to recreate a new database
5. Exit Terminal
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I hadn't done exactly this, but something like this. I had moved these applications to different folders within the applications folder when I was still running Snow Leopard. I guess when Lion updated these apps, it didn't find the originals so just wrote new ones. The old ones were still in their folders, so I just deleted them. Fixed the problem right away 🙂
I tried the terminal option that Mr Seeker put and it worked great:
I found this really works for me
================
1. Run Terminal
2. Type sudo rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db to remove the problematic Launchpad database
3. Enter user password to permit change
4. Type sudo killall Dock
to recreate a new database
5. Exit Terminal
=================
Thank you, that solution worked for me. I too used to create aliases of applications to put in folders in the Dock, and as soon as I deleted them, the duplicates went away in the LaunchPad.
-dZ.
Try removing the Launch services plist files in preferences— there are several. May need restart after doing so, and see if it correctly rebuilds. In the Go menu ~/Library to get Library to show so you can see the preferences.
I believe it may be picking up previous versions/iterations of those apps held in the plist.
I had the same problem. I went to the applications folder and saw that I had ILife 08 and 09 folders. I moved the 08 to trash and it removed my icons from launchpad.
That worked for me also ... I noticed that the only icons I had doubled were the iWork ones - and I did have iWork08 (in addition to 09). Trashed the 08 apps and that fixed my problem.
I have 2 "Photo Booth" icons.
One is the latest version 4.0.
Another one is version 2.0.3 and I can't startup this.
"You cannot use the application Photo Booth.app with this version of Mac OS"
The same situation for iMovie, these version are '11(9.0.4) and '08(7.1.4).
I think this problems is caused by "Migration Assistance".
Because I migrated from MacBook to new iMac(model year 2010) in 2010.
iMovie '08 is installed only MacBook.
I had doubles of my 3 iWork apps ... trashed the iWork08 and that did the trick!
Also do a Spotlight search to see if multiple copies of the program are found.
I have the same problem, in fact I have some apps that have 3 icons in Launch Pad (Address Book for example). All the the icons lanch the apps they represent. The multiple icons are all Apple apps except for a few exceptions. The two iCal icons show different dates!
Why do we have these multiple icons. How do we get rid of these multiple icons?
If I do use Launch Pad regularly (which is unlikely) I would like to chose the applications that are displayed in Launch Pad. Any ideas anyone?
I have 2 Civilization V icons ever since I updated it 2 days ago. Again, it only shows up as 1 icon in the finder. I tried the terminal option. All it did was organize my icons, but both Civ V icons are still there. 😟
Mr. Seeker - you sir are a genious. Not going to lie, that took a bit of faith. A small part of me thought my computer my just die after typing in my password, but it worked like a charm. For those who don't have an aliasing problem, try Mr. Seeker's steps. It's legit. My doubled icons are gone!
Double Icons in LaunchPad...?
