About Mac Launchpad

MacLaunchpad Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) has introduced an saves the last visited Launchboard page exciting new way to access the applications when it is closed. installed in your computer. Now this feature To access a page, just drag an empty area is available for every Intel-based Mac user: at the background and slide the cursor in MacLaunchpad allows you to directly the direction of the page you want to access, manage and search for your display. You can also press ← or → to installed applications. navigate through the pages, or click on one MacLaunchpad can be open easily: clicking of the page markers placed at on its icon, pressing a keystroke MacLaunchpad bottom. To directly access combination or reaching one of the screen favorite’s tray, just press ⌘ + B, and to corners. The Dock and Menu bar are not access search tray, press ⌘ + F. The page accessible while MacLaunchpad is running. number can vary according to the You can open an application, set it as a MacLaunchpad display options and to the favorite, delete it and find it. To quit amount of installed applications. MacLaunchpad, simply press the escape key or perform a double click over an empty area at MacLaunchpad’s background. To open an application, simply click on one of the many displayed icons within MacLaunchpad. It will instantly close To find an application with MacLaunchpad, MacLaunchpad and launch the selected you simply have to access Search Tray and application. To set an application as a type the name of the desired application. favorite, just perform a right click on it and MacLaunchpad will automatically display a select the star icon that will appear. There list with the applications that most likely will be attached a badge to a favorite match the searched term. Within Search application. The application also will be Tray and application can also be set as a displayed at the favorite’s tray. favorite. To launch a found application just click on it’s icon. To remove an application from the favorite’s tray, just right click on it’s icon and select once again the star icon. This process will To permanently remove an installed remove the favorite badge and also remove application, simply hold down ⌘ key at it from the favorite’s tray. MacLaunchpad until the applications start to shake and an “X” mark appear at the MacLaunchpad intelligently displays Top-Left corner. applications in alphabetical order. It al…