Launchpad Icon Size

I don't use Launchpad for various reasons; instead I have 60+ icons in my dock: mostly applications (and a few folders) which are accessible with one click. Have you tried that rather than having to open the Applications folder?

Have you though of dragging one icon over another to make up folders that make sense to you. Click to open launchpad or use the four finger gesture. Easy to find the app in your named folders. Maybe three clicks rather than two but better than screens full of apps. 🙂

These giant Launchpad icons in 10.7.2 have got to go.

It's the least tasteful thing that Apple's done to OS X since the "translucent" menu bar in Leopard. Thankfully enough people complained about "it" and they added a checkbox in the preferences for Desktop & Screen Saver for us to disable it.

I would also like to urge everyone who reads this thread to click here and send feedback.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

As stated before by another member of the forums, if you want Apple to make some changes to Lauchpad send them your message via this page:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback

I think that if enough people write to Apple they may add an icon size option for Launchpad.

Crazy. They're so big on the 24" iMac it is actually unusable.

agreed. just updated to 10.7.2, and the icons are ridiculously huge. there HAS TO BE a way to scale them down...

(and mine STILL don't all stay where i put them....)

Agree. I like the idea of Launchpad but the icins are too big and spaced too far apart for me even on a humble 21.5" iMac (yes I am envious of you guys with 27" 😁).

I want a slider setting to set the amount of screen space (from the center outwards) that LaunchPad uses. I'd be happy if the icon size then scaled to fit but I guess others would like to specify grid sizes other than 8 x 5 too.

To be able to drop the use of the dock altogether, I'd want:

- the option to show an 'is running' indicator

- the right (two fingered) click context menu in Launchpad

- different way of notifying user that application needs attention

I'd not want to give up my dock and have to go back to OS 9 (?) days when there was no quick way to open anything - everything involved having to open folders - first the hard drive folder, then Applications, and finally the app itself.

I will never use Launchpad (I also never use icon view in a finder window because I like things filed alphabetically and being able to scroll down or up to find them) - aside from the other issues, I don't want my iMac looking like an oversized 27" iPhone.

I like the dock but I am intrigued by the possibilities of a more full-screen-style of user experience. The number of apps I use every day is small enough to fit on the first page of the LaunchPad and that is a single gesture away on my trackpad. But, yes, it needs to be a little more sophisticated than a straight port of the iphone/ipad ui.

I have 67 icons in my dock (which includes only my frequently used apps and folders) - all neatly arranged by "internet", "word processing", "graphics", "video editing", and several very important folders, etc. and I can pretty much find the app I want on the first try. I would not want to look at 2" icons of all of those - it's garish looking and would waste too much time first going from launch to page 4 and then find the app I want (page 4 + launch app = 5 clicks vs. 1 click from a minimized dock). And, as far as I know, you can't just add folders to Launchpad and I have 8 which I need daily.

As long as the dock is not taken away, Launchpad is a non-issue for me. If the dock is discontinued, I will return to opening folders - one at a time - and Launchpad will still be a non-issue for me.

It's crazy with the new icon size with the latest OSX Lion update so I can use iCloud, I did use Lauchpad and was finding it great but - I hate the new icon size, please can they let a slider bar so that I can make a basic change to the icon size.

i haven't used the dock in years (i lock it away with a sys pref called 'dock gone'...not perfect in lion, alas).

i use the app switcher to go between open apps, that i open with...launchpad.

i have mailunreadmenu give me an icon in the menubar when new email comes in.

so i work 'fullscreen' (on a 13" macbook), and have for a long time ('fullscreen' as in every inch of the screen EXCEPT the menubar...which i am fine with.

back to the subject, we need a slider STAT!

Every time I go to LaunchPad by *mistake*..I feel Mother*Fature....:) looks like Steve took away common sense along with him 😟...I mean seriously these guys dint saw these gigatic icons on their sandbox macs and dint realize that this indeed looks downright UGLY....u gotta be kidding if the dint....u gotta be kidding if they did and still released to common control-less ppl like me 😟 ....

Until next update..Spotify rocks 🙂

PLZ RESTORE THE SANITY...APPLE!

I think Apple must add a "minimize/magnify " option like we have in the dock so each user can choose the size he wants ! I already sent a proposal to apple but I'm not sure if they will take it in consideration... Give a "like" if you think this is the solution !

I get that some people don't mind it larger, but a LOT of people really dislike this change and not providing a user controll to adjust it as is provided with the dock is just ridiculous and infuriating. I find Launchpad so fugly now that I might just disable it.