How to set up the grid OS X Launchpad icon in its sole discretion
Macos / / December 26, 2019
Do you want to fit on a single screen Launchpad all your apps or, conversely, prefer-page sorting with a lot of "air"? By default, configure the number of icons on the screen can not be, but there is a secret way ...
Launchpad, imitate the iOS desktop, do not flexible in terms of configuration. If the number of rows to the iPhone icons depends on the size of the screen, then on the Mac, and we have 11, and 27 inches standard mode 5 × 7.
However, unlike the iOS-devices on the Mac is still possible to change! And as always, we have the support of the all-powerful "Terminal». Just a couple of teams, and it's done. See ...
1. For the number of icons in the same row corresponds to a parameter that varies with the following command (instead of N, you probably guessed, it is necessary to substitute the desired amount):
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-columns -int N
2. The number of columns in the grid change with this command (not forget to change the number N):
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-rows -int N
3. It remains to restart the Launchpad, that all changes to take effect. For it is in another team. Here she is:
defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool TRUE; killall Dock
If you want to return everything as it was not necessary to bother with putting all three teams and remember, what were the grid to the default settings. Just copy the "Terminal"Now this command and press Enter.
defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-rows. defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-columns. defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool TRUE; killall Dock
A bit of experimentation, I settled on the grid for the 5 × 10:
I like it more than the standard. What happened to you? Show your screenshots in the comments!