I tried Launchpad first time today and went through the common modifier keys & their combinations to see if some hidden options appear.
When I pressed ⌥ ALT all the apps started wiggling. What does it mean?
asked Aug 2 '11 at 13:07
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Wiggle is the edit mode. (so you can delete or uninstall the apps that came from the app store)
Holding alt is the quickest way to enter edit mode.
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2What is "edit mode" then? I can reorder the apps even while nothing wiggles. Is it something else? – Jari Keinänen Aug 2 '11 at 14:28
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2I'll clarify the answer - it makes it so you can delete apps from the app store - i was wrong to say reorder. iOS has trained me to think you can only reorder icons in edit mode - but that's not so on the Mac Launchpad. Confusingly (to me), you can even launch an app in edit mode. – bmike♦ Aug 2 '11 at 14:39
If you click and hold them they also start wiggling. It lets you drag them around, to re-arrange them, and also delete apps from the Mac App Store.
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Holding also wiggles—true. But I can drag them and rearrange them even when they're not wiggling; hence I presume that wiggling doesn't mean just draggability. – Jari Keinänen Aug 2 '11 at 14:16
When they are wiggling you can rearrange them AND delete/remove apps that you yourself have downloaded. System apps (like iOS) cannot be deleted.
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System apps and non-Appstore apps, it seems. Would the Appstore apps wiggle too if I had them or would they stand still? – Jari Keinänen Aug 2 '11 at 14:32
