Hello Michael, This is an excellent question.
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, the grid of icons you encounter when the device is powered on, is called the Launch Pad. The Launch Pad in Mac OS, serves the same purpose. It's just another way to interact with your Mac. Some people, generally sighted, who began their journey into the Apple orchard via iPhone, iPad, and/or iPod Touch prefer to interact with their Macs using the same kind of icon-based grid that they have grown accustomed to in iOS. That's really all there is to it. From a blindness perspective, however, in my opinion, in Mac OS, the Launch Pad can be a bit overwhelming as it displays a vast number of icons in one grid. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Babcock Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 10:14 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Launchpad, what is it? can anyone let me know what Launchpad is used for? i’ve had it on my mac since apple put it there, but haven’t been able to figure out what i can use it for. admittedly, i’ve not explored much, and would love some feedback from those of you who may have. best. *** Michael Babcock Consulting Blind entrepreneurs on digital marketing Your Own Pay Lets Connect On Twitter @payown Or facebook Consulting with Michael Babcock -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
