Geek Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/launchpad-transition.jpg" alt="Launchpad Transition in Mac OS X Lion" title="launchpad-transition" width="620" height="339" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27094" /></p> <p>Launchpad shows a fading transition anytime it is opened or closed, making for a nice effect over whatever is in the background. It’s pleasant looking, but if you don’t like it you can disable the fading with a few defaults write commands. You can also choose to disable only half of the transition, either for showing or hiding Launchpad.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Disable Launchpad Fading</h2> <p>Launch the Terminal and enter the following commands separately:</p> <p><code>defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -int 0</code> <code>defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -int 0</code></p> <p>Now you must kill the Dock so it relaunches with the changes:</p> <p><code>killall Dock</code></p> <p>Launchpad is a subprocess of the Dock so killing the Dock forces Launchpad to reload, and the change will be immediately noticeable when you open <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/launchpad/">Launchpad</a> again. Gone is the smooth transition, and now it’s a sudden switch, almost like changing desktops but without the side scrolling animation. If you only want to disable half of the effect, say for when Launchpad is being hidden, only use the defaults write command with “springboard-hide-duration” in the string.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Re-enable Launchpad Fading</h2> <p>To reenable fading and go back to the default OS X Lion setting, use the following commands:</p> <p><code> defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration</code> <code> defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration</code></p> <p>Again kill the Dock with:</p> <p><code>killall Dock</code></p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/remove-launchpad-fade-effect.jpg" alt="Remove Launchpad Fade Effect" title="remove-launchpad-fade-effect" width="620" height="248" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27087" /></p> <p>Launchpad will now be back to it’s usual self with the fading transitions. If you’re not certain, hold down the shift key and see if the transition is <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/13/hold-shift-key-to-use-launchpad-in-slow-motion/">in slow motion</a>.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqerLYTBLJYuDJRcakCTSmTkE-8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqerLYTBLJYuDJRcakCTSmTkE-8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqerLYTBLJYuDJRcakCTSmTkE-8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqerLYTBLJYuDJRcakCTSmTkE-8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Gxtpf3FXmM0:CquLo4f5Y2Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/Gxtpf3FXmM0" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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