Apple has retired the Mac's Launchpad, a feature that displayed all your apps and let you quickly pick the one you want to open. You can recreate the app launcher using these alternatives.

On Windows 11, if you have a few apps you open immediately every time you sign into your account, you can configure them to launch automatically to save extra steps and get to them faster. You have at ...

By default, Windows may automatically reopen apps that were active before you shut down or restarted your PC. For example, if ...

For instance, you can have the gesture open the Calculator app, an authenticator app, or a password manager for easy access. Some apps also have specific actions you can assign; the Clock app can open ...

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The macOS Dock displays apps you add to it or that you run. Here's how to make it display only apps that are currently running on your Mac. The macOS Dock app originated in macOS's early OS precursor ...