How to Disable The Transition Effect While opening The LaunchPad On Mac OS X Lion
by RD – GEV.com
In Mac OS X Lion, Apple borrowed from the Launchpad of the iOS a interface in which we can find all the Mac applications in a way similar to how they are displayed in iOs.
The LaunchPad opens whether by pressing an icon on the dock or by pressing a button on the Apple keyboard.
To open this interface Apple implemented a transition which might not be displayed on older Mac computers, or even if it is displayed it won’t have the same fluency.
We have to admit the fact that if we run a program that requires high resources, the opening of the LaunchPad is done slowly because of the animation implemented by Apple.
To disable this Apple animation all you have to do is run three simple commands in the Terminal application.
1. Open the Terminal application from Applications > Utilities
2. Introduce the following commands
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -int 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -int 0
killall Dock
After the dock restarts the LaunchPad should open instantly. If you are not happy with the change you can restore the LaunchPad animation by running the commands below in the Terminal application:
defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration
defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration
killall Dock
