Launchpad Icon Size
Is there any way to reduce the size of icons in Launchpad? They're ridiculously large on my iMac...
iMac 24-inch, MacBook Air 13", Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 2x iPhone 4, 2x iPod nano
Is there any way to reduce the size of icons in Launchpad? They're ridiculously large on my iMac...
iMac 24-inch, MacBook Air 13", Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 2x iPhone 4, 2x iPod nano
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!!
Launchpad Icon Size