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How to add missing apps to Launchpad? Most of the apps in my Finder do not appear in Launchpad.

I've loaded Lion onto two computers: an iMac and a Mac Powerbook. On the iMac, all the apps in the Finder folder appeard in Launchpad, but on the Powerbook, two-thirds of the apps in Finder do not appear in Launchpad. Why? And how do I get them into Launchpad?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), imac 20"

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 9:02 AM

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Posted on Apr 28, 2017 12:16 PM

I had the same problem in OSX Sierra and bellow is the command line survive me.

defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock

from:

http://osxdaily.com/2015/05/05/reset-launchpad-layout-mac-os-x/

Hope to be helpful.

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May 11, 2017 7:55 PM in response to Escuincle

I tried moving the apps missing from the Launchpad Utilities Folder to the Applications Folder but when I tried to move them back I was told I was not allowed due to the apps being part of the OS.

Am I screwed?

I found the missing apps in Launchpad and moved them back, but the ones I moved from the real Utilities Folder to the real Applications Folder are still stuck there.

Jul 22, 2011 6:12 AM in response to Donusko

Hi guys,


I am using MacBook Pro and I have a similar problem: the first time I launched the LaunchPad I found two folders called with the same name "Utilities" and there were a second screen with 4-5 apps. The problem is that not ALL the applications present in my application folder are listed in the LaunchPad, why ? How can I add manually an app into the LaunchPad ?

Jul 22, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Mino77

Mino, the first time I opened my launchpad all the app screens were pretty messed up... so I forced launchpad to rebuild its database. Therefore I opened the Terminal app (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and typed in the following commands:


  1. cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock
  2. rm *.db
  3. killall Dock


After that Launchpad needs some seconds to rebuild its database.

Jul 22, 2011 9:23 AM in response to Escuincle

Thanks,


I followed your indications and the Launchpad has been "restarted". I still have the problem 😟


Several applications are not present, e.g:

Adium, DoubleTwist, Chicken of the VNC, CyberDuck, DropBox, Telephone, ecc...


In the first screen of launchpad I have:

- The first folder "Utilities" on the left that seems to be full (4 x 8 apps)

- the second folder "Utilities" is not full (3 x 8 + 1 apps)

In second screen of launchpad I have 5 apps (starting from uTorrent, VLC, VMWare, Wireshark, X-lite), it seems that the last 5 apps in alphabetical order have been included here....

How to add missing apps to Launchpad? Most of the apps in my Finder do not appear in Launchpad.

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