{"id":4719,"date":"2025-07-19T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2025-07-19T23:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:00:02","slug":"restore-the-launchpad-in-your-mac-in-macos-tahoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=4719","title":{"rendered":"restore the Launchpad in your Mac in macOS Tahoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apple\u2019s upcoming macOS Tahoe<\/a> introduces a brand new design, higher Apple Intelligence options, and a brand new Preview app, but in addition a very new Highlight. With it, you’ll be able to take new actions, akin to performing shortcuts to summarize a doc, ship a photograph, and extra. Nonetheless, this AI-powered Highlight additionally r<\/a>emoves Apple\u2019s beloved Launchpad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re a kind of those who opened up Launchpad to click on on an app you didn\u2019t even know the identify of however was crucial to your workflow, you would possibly wrestle with this alteration as soon as macOS Tahoe launches later this yr.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we determined it could be a good suggestion to show you how one can restore the Launchpad in your Mac in macOS Tahoe. In spite of everything, if it\u2019s not damaged, it may not want fixing. That stated, to do this, you\u2019ll want to make use of the Terminal app. Right here\u2019s what it’s essential to do:<\/p>\n

Open The Terminal app along with your admin account; yow will discover the app inside Functions and Utilities.<\/li>\n

Write the next command and press Return: sudo mkdir -p \/Library\/Preferences\/FeatureFlags\/Area<\/li>\n

Enter your Mac\u2019s password and press Return once more<\/li>\n

Now, write the brand new command line and hit Return: sudo defaults write \/Library\/Preferences\/FeatureFlags\/Area\/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool false<\/li>\n

Reboot your Mac to regain your Launchpad and the previous Highlight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

If by any probability you resolve to revert to Apple\u2019s all-new Highlight and also you resolve to let go of the Launchpad on macOS Tahoe, comply with the identical steps once more, however add this command as an alternative:<\/p>\n

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sudo defaults write \/Library\/Preferences\/FeatureFlags\/Area\/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool true<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
After you reboot your Mac, you\u2019ll as soon as once more see the all-new macOS Tahoe Highlight and no Launchpad. Now that you know the way to convey again the Launchpad in macOS Tahoe, you\u2019re free to resolve whether or not or not you really nonetheless want it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apple\u2019s upcoming macOS Tahoe introduces a brand new design, higher Apple Intelligence options, and a brand new Preview app, but in addition a very new Highlight. With it, you’ll be able to take new actions, akin to performing shortcuts to summarize a doc, ship a photograph, and extra. Nonetheless, this AI-powered Highlight additionally removes Apple\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[4145,416,2858,4144,4146],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news","tag-launchpad","tag-mac","tag-macos","tag-restore","tag-tahoe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4720,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/4720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}