| Tip 124 | Tweak Launchpad Visual Effects |
Here are some subtle yet useful tweaks to alter Launchpad’s look and feel.
Changing the Background Effect
Launchpad uses the desktop wallpaper as a backdrop but blurs it slightly. You can change it to a variety of different settings using a secret command. Open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the Utilities folder), and type the following:
| | defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-background-filter -int 0;killall |
| | Dock |
This will turn off the background blurring entirely, simply showing the wallpaper as you see it normally on the desktop.
The number used after -int specifies the nature of the background effect. ...
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