Launchpad Icon Size

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.

There is in fact a way to get your Launchpad icons back to looking the way they did in 10.7.1

Go to Youtube and do a search for "Decrease Mac OS 10.7.2 Launchpad icons size"

It's not an easy fix. But the solution works. It involves copying the dock.app file (located within the package contents of your original mac OS X 10.7.0 Lion Installer file) into a location deep within your current installation's System folder.

The video is pretty easy to follow too. You will need to have "unpkg" installed though. It's freeware, so that's not too big of a dealbreaker! http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16357/unpkg

Awesome! Thanks so much for posting the solution.

the icons are insanely large - i mean c'mon im not bling - this is totally ridiculous and its hurting my eyes - i shouldnt have run the update everything is ruined - for some reason my mac is also totally rejecting my ipad and sync is a major pain

we should be able to adjust the icon size similar to how it can be adjusted on the dock in system preferences

this is retarted and im not a child in 2nd grade - i WANT SMALLER ICONS!

oh wow thanks a bunch phew! even though its a major geek squad push to get it back to normal - i'm gonna go for it - can no longer withstand the attack of the large icons

aesthetics mean so much - its what the whole apple mac obsession is all about - how would steve jobs feel if i suddenly made the iphone a lot fatter than it is? somersaults in your grave buddy!

dont mess w my icons

Hey not sure if some must have found this already but felt that this will help all. Refer below link on how to reduce the icon size...

http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/19/change-launchpad-icon-size-large-to-small/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfHFctnehb0

WOPS there is¡¡

I've noticed with my launch pad icons, they got bigger when I made the dock icons get smaller. The second I made the dock icons larger again, the launch pad icons got smaller.

I like the big icons, they're easy to see and easy to navigate. As with all things new it always requiresadaptation. To start with a I hated the whole Lion set out but after a couple of weeks it's great. If you dont like the icons don't use the launchpad and just delete it from the dock - easy.

Remember when everybody loved BB and now they don't so much... anyway evolve or die nosaur.

Sorry to resurrect the dead, maybe Apple fixed this problem, but I cannot seem to find out how.

I Just got a macbook pro, and I love the idea of the launchpad. However, like most of the other people in this thread, I find the large icons distracting and impractical. I use my computer for some fun things, but mostly for writing papers and data analysis. What is the use of locking the size of these icons? An alphabetical list with a small icon next to it would work terrific. I cannot even use the launchpad, I am forced to open finder (a window), click 'applications' then scroll through everything (folders and all) to find the executable. Hence, the idea of the launchpad is wonderful, but the implementation is insidious.

Come-on, its not just 2nd grade children using these products. And I don't want to manipulate the system files to try to change cosmetic things like this, as others in this thread suggest.

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?

Yes, i have indeed considered that, and no, i dont like having all those icons there. 2 clicks would be great: one to open a launchpad type list, and one to open the application. But finding that app in a managerie of oversized pictures drives me nuts.

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. 🙂

Agreed; unfortunately, I am not aware of any fix. They did actually decrease the size of the icons a little, but that may be the only change except for the fact that you can type the name of your app in the search field at the top which helps....

Ashka i love you. Not the solution i was hoping for, but at least its something more logical than the present state.