How do you define the best way to find and open an app that isn’t in the macOS Dock? The most natural thing to do is to open the search using Spotlight, since you can get instant results by entering just a few letters. another option could be a launchpadAn experience that reminds us of iOS and iPadOS. But, There is a little tip you should take into consideration Do more to search for apps When you know you have that app but for some reason you can’t remember its name. Best of all, it’s just as fast as opening Spotlight.

The trick is inside Launchpad

This part of macOS has only one drawback. Do you remember when you first discovered your Mac? If you haven’t already made changes to the app appearance order, you’ll keep native apps as they were when you first launched them with the App Store. As you install new apps, they are sorted sequentially until you decide to edit them.

Apps on Launchpad.

If you’re already familiar with your Launchpad, this may be the most common way to search for and open apps, but there’s a much better method too. What you need to do Having the Launchpad icon in the Dock.

1. Right click on the Launchpad iconcan be done with two-finger click or Control+click depending on your configuration
2. One will appear Drop-down list of all applications and folders associated with Launchpausing the alphabet regularly
3. If the number of applications you have installed exceeds the screen size, you can scroll with the up or down arrow key depending on the letter you are on.

Launchpad apps in alphabetical order

A trick with fewer steps

If you’re already an experienced macOS user, you probably already know this trick or choose to refer to the Applications folder anyway. The truth is that this detail from Launchpad sums up the versatility of macOS. You don’t need to open any search field or Finder to get to the app whose name you don’t remember for some reason.

In this list, the relevant icons appear on the left, so it will be easier to find the hidden application. Unless you have new folders created by you, you will notice that there is only one folder called “Other”.. If you haven’t explored this folder, you’ll find different macOS-related applications here: Terminal, Time Machine, Sticky Notes, Disk Utility, etc.

Apps located in the macOS Others folder

Finally, At the end of the list, you’ll have the option to have macOS show you Launchpad in its entirety. this is the traditional way to use it. If you still can’t find this app, remember that Launchpad has its own search engine. The difference with Spotlight is that it only considers macOS applications.

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