Navigating the Launchpad Screen

If you have a large number of programs installed on your Macintosh, Launchpad might not be able to display all of your program icons on a single screen. Instead, Launchpad must display additional program icons on multiple screens. To navigate between multiple Launchpad screens, you have two choices:

  • Press the left or right arrow keys.

  • Slide two fingers left or right on the trackpad, or click and drag with the mouse.

To see how to use Launchpad to open applications, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Launchpad icon that appears on the Dock, double-click the Launchpad icon in the Applications folder, or pinch four fingers on the trackpad. The Launchpad screen appears.

  2. Move the mouse pointer over the Safari icon and click. Safari ...

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