Launchpad, exactly as it was.

macOS 26 removed Launchpad. AppPad brings back the original, and adds a clipboard, app shortcuts, workflows and window control.

Download for Macv1.5.3 · 11.4 MB
Requires macOS 15 or laterLiquid Glass design on macOS 26 and laterPricing and All Access

Four more tools in the same menu bar icon

Each opens with its own shortcut. ⌘⇧J and ⌘⇧K move between AppPad, Clipboard and Workflows without closing anything.

Clipboard

Every text and image you copy is kept until you delete it, images even after the original file is gone. Keep the ones you reuse in Saved and paste the first ten with ⌘1–⌘0.

  • ⌘. Open Clipboard
  • ⌥⌘. Saved items only
  • ⌘1–⌘0 Paste
  • App:: Filter by app

App Shortcuts

Give any app its own global shortcut. Press it to open the app or bring it to the front, press it again to hide it.

Workflows

Press ⌘Space and type. Built-in workflows take arguments, so “timer 10” starts a ten-minute timer. Write your own with shell, AppleScript, Shortcuts or HTTP requests; scripts run in a real sandbox with the permissions you approve.

  • ⌘Space Open the Workflow panel
  • timer 10Set Timer
  • vol 30Set Volume
  • trashEmpty Trash
Workflow Market

Window control

Snap the focused window from the keyboard. Each press cycles through ½, ⅓ and ⅔, and moving to another display keeps the layout.

  • ⌃⌥←Snap Left
  • ⌃⌥→Snap Right
  • ⌃⌥↑Snap Top
  • ⌃⌥↓Snap Bottom
  • ⌃⌥↩Maximize
  • ⌃⌥⌫Restore
  • ⌃⌥⌘↑Move to Previous Display
  • ⌃⌥⌘↓Move to Next Display

Getting started

  1. Open the downloaded DMG and drag AppPad into Applications.
  2. Open AppPad. Its icon appears in the menu bar.
  3. To open Launchpad with a four-finger pinch, AppPad walks you through turning off two system gestures: Show Desktop first, then Apps.
  4. Allow Accessibility access when asked. Window control and pasting into the active app need it.

Get AppPad

Lives in the menu bar, opens with a four-finger pinch, speaks ten languages.

Download for Macv1.5.3 · 11.4 MB