Comments on: Create a Sorted Applications Launcher & App Menu for the Mac OS X Dock

By: JirSoft

JirSoft — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:37:03 +0000

Because I’m using this method for long time, I already wrote little helper app, that simplify process of creating and maintaining of the folder, maybe somebody could use it too:

http://jirsoft.eu/EN/Goodies/files/AppFolderCreator.php

Advantage is:
1. it can create symbolic links instead of aliases (try to compare size of folder full of aliases vs. symlinks!)
2. remember user settings, easy to add some app later
3. printing of lists

By: Austen

Austen — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:01:08 +0000

I did this a while ago, but instead of having one folder like Windows, I made a folder for each of the main apps i use. For example: web, design (adobe and skitch), media (spotify, vlc), general (parallels, transmission). looks pretty sweet with custom icons.

By: Mack

Mack — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:03:14 +0000

Wow. Who cares if this feature resembles something in Windows. You guys really care THAT much? Are you too good for anything that resembles Windows? I use OSX and enjoy it a lot but I’m not going to ever be a snob about it. If Windows has a setting or a feature that would be useful to have in OSX in it too than by all means. In fact, I could think of a lot of things I do miss from Windows that I wish were in OSX.

Get over yourselves.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:04:29 +0000

i am not interested in even going to the folder. cmd+space bar. first there letters of the app. forget about it.

i never want my mac to look like windows. that would be dumb.

spotlight is king and visuals are everything.

By: Alexander Dunayevskyy

Alexander Dunayevskyy — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:33:07 +0000

“7 steps to turn OS X into Windows 95″

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:28:13 +0000

I prefer Spotlight to launch an app or anything on my MAC. Just hit cmd+space and type in the first few letters of the app and you’re done !

By: defucius

defucius — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:28:31 +0000

yes, way to go, turn osx to windoze!

By: Tehninjah (Jay)

Tehninjah (Jay) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:15:01 +0000

Customized, folder based, heirarchical Application menus were the norm with OS X pre-Lion Just change to grid (fan doesn’t work nice)!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:00:24 +0000

I love OS X, but this is too much like a Start menu…

By: Tehninjah (Jay)

Tehninjah (Jay) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:11:20 +0000

Thanks for posting my tip! A little hint if you prefer this to Launchpad: backup the .app (I put my Applications in ~/user/apps/, and app backups are there too), then run:
sudo rm -r Launchpad.app
If you want it back, drag it! This is nice for Snow Leopard pros who hate iOS sorting and prefer categorization.
And please, if you want to help me out and get more tips, visit tehninjah.tumblr.com!