Launchpad Icon Size

You are very welcome, have a great day.

The key is to change the grid layout in launchpad:

1) Open Terminal (from Applications/Utilities)

2) To change the number of rows and columns, issue the following command (10 columns and 10 rows in this example):

> defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 10

> defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 10; killall Dock

3) To reset back to defaults:

> defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-rows

> defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-columns; killall Dock

I haven't played with what the limit is, but the more columns/rows you use, the smaller the icons become. Three pages of icons on my iMac now fit neatly on one.

This is exactly the fix I have been looking for! (Unfortunately, I can't get it to work!) The dock blinked out then came back so I know that something registered. I restarted the machine to no avail. Anyway, thank you, I appreciate your knowledge. I'm going to keep playing with this a bit.

I use the trackpad with my big 27" iMac and it has become natural for me to do the three-finger pinch to switch between apps. I really don't even mind the huge icon size, but to have all that wasted screen real estate (having only seven columns and five rows leaves a ton of space on each side of the screen!) is insane, and if I have to have three screens to swipe through or a bunch of nested folders, what's the point, Apple?!?

Did you get it to work?

It worked for me on Mavericks 10.9.1, thank you very much @Lifesmacro!

I added "sudo" before first line:

> sudo defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 10

Yup, did the trick for me on 10.9.1 also, so easy to do, glad I found this as many other places on the net either made it sound like a hassle to change, or not possible.

Thanks again...Ian

Thanks, this did the trick on 10.9.3😎

Absolute legend. Worked for me. This really should be a setting in system preferences.

In the terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 10

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 7;killall Dock

This changes the grid to 10x7 icons which is great for my 24" display for my mini server.

Enjoy!

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 4

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 4;killall Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 4

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 4;killall Dock

Thank you very much Lifesmacro, but not work on 10.8.5 😟

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 10

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 10; killall Dock

Yes. Open terminal by typing 'terminal' into spotlight.

Type this into terminal, pressing enter after every line.

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int 10

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int 10

killall Dock

This will give you a 10 by 10 grid. You can change the numbers to whatever you like to choose a size you are comfortable with - just change the number '10' in the first 2 lines of code.

'killall Dock' just resets the dock.

Enjoy!

Works for me on El Capitan 10.11.13. I found 8 rows and 8 columns seems to be an ideal size on my MBP 15".

Hi,

Just found this on google

https://jonathansblog.co.uk/change-the-number-of-icons-in-launchpad

And tell us back the results

Saludos desde Chile!!