How to refresh launchpad?
How can I refresh launchpad in order to retrieve the original apps? Only newly downloaded apps are appearing in the launchpad.
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), contents are new downloaded Apps
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Copy and paste each of the three lines below to reset launchpad to A-Z. The first resets the launchpad. The second restarts to the Dock which is required to actually reset the Dock. The last restores Dock to normal setting.
defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true
killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool false