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Reinstating the Launchpad on macOS Tahoe: A Comprehensive Guide

macOS Tahoe presents a refreshed design, enhanced Apple Intelligence capabilities, and a revamped Preview application, along with an entirely new Spotlight feature. This updated Spotlight allows you to execute new functions, such as utilizing shortcuts to condense a document, share a photo, and much more. Nevertheless, this AI-enhanced Spotlight also eliminates the cherished Launchpad from Apple.

If you’re among those users who accessed Launchpad to select an app whose name you were unaware of but was crucial for your tasks, you may find this alteration challenging once macOS Tahoe is released later this year.

This is why we thought it beneficial to guide you on how to reinstate the Launchpad on your Mac in macOS Tahoe. Ultimately, if it isn’t malfunctioning, there may be no reason to alter it. That being said, to achieve this, you will need to utilize the Terminal app. Here’s your course of action:

• Launch The Terminal app with your admin credentials; locate the app within Applications and Utilities.
• Type the following command and hit Return: sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
• Input your Mac’s password and press Return once more
• Next, enter the new command line and press Return: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool false
• Restart your Mac to retrieve your Launchpad and the previous Spotlight.

<pShould you choose to revert back to Apple’s completely new Spotlight and relinquish the Launchpad on macOS Tahoe, repeat the same steps, but substitute this command instead:

• sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool true

After restarting your Mac, you will once again encounter the all-new macOS Tahoe Spotlight without the Launchpad. Now that you are informed on how to restore the Launchpad in macOS Tahoe, you can decide if you still require it or not.