How do you prefer to launch Mac apps?

[chengengaun (Eng Aun Cheng)]

I usually launch apps using Alfred or from the Dock:

Do You Use It? Launchpad on the Mac

I used to launch apps from Launchpad but eventually gave up. It became increasingly difficult to locate apps as I installed more of them. Upgrades, un-installation and re-installation would cause the order to become scrambled. Group apps into folders increases the number of clicks. My solution was to use Alfred, like many of us mentioned - type a few characters to find apps, start with a space to search for files, launch apps/terminal commands/Google searches with shortcuts - so handy, and it n…

I forgot to mention that Alfred works with other apps that makes app-launching very convenient. For example, I use Alfred and Bunch to launch, well, a bunch of apps. So instead of launching ten separate apps manually, I can just type “b Dev…” and Alfred will trigger Bunch to launch IDEs, terminals and text editors while hiding all other windows; “b OffComms” to launch communication apps e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype and Outlook. Bunch works with AppleScript/shell script/Moom etc. to position windows and trigger further shortcuts. They are quite a hack, but very convenient to start the work day by just typing two short ‘commands’ into Alfred.