Here are my Launchpad settings. (Launchpad was introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.) My first strategy was to organize applications into three groups: 1) content grouped by category (browsers) and by use (programming), 2) more specific stuff (Blackmagic, Google) and 3) uncategorized miscellaneous applications (outside folders/albums). My current strategy is to use 1) folders/albums organized by category, use, device or company and 2) miscellaneous applications organized by name. See also: Operating Systems, BIOS Settings, Device Settings, System Info, Installation Order.
How to remove apps from Launchpad
In Launchpad, press and hold the Alt (⌥) key, or click and hold the app icon, until it jiggles, and then click the cross next to the app (source)
How to remove apps from Launchpad installed by Steam
Remove the game shortcut from Users/<username>/Applications (source)
Folders/Albums
Audio
GarageBand, iTunes, Spotify
Blackmagic
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, Blackmagic On-Air
Books
iBooks, Kindle, Google Play Books (link)
Browsers
Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, SeaMonkey, Amaya
Camera (Finnish: Kamera)
Photo Booth, FaceTime
Canon
Commonplace (Alternatives: Plans, Time, Work) (Finnish: Arki)
Address Book, iCal, Reminders, Notes, Stickies, Dictionary, Calculator
Development
Dashcode, Instruments, Quartz Composer
DNA
Editing Movies
Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Apple Qadministrator, Apple Qmaster, Motion, Cinema Tools, Color, DVD Studio Pro, Batch Monitor, Apple Loops Utility
Mail, Thunderbird
Files (Packing, Transfer)
WinZip, UnRarX, Cyberduck, HashTab
Games
Steam, Game Center, PysolFC, McSolitaire, Pinball HD, Chess, Pool
Gmail, Google Drive, Google+, Google Search, Google Earth, YouTube
Graphics
Picasa, iPhoto, Preview, Photo Booth, GIMP, Sketchpad, Photos
Hewlett-Packard
Installation
Uninstaller, Uninstall DivX for Mac, Uninstall Nokia Modem, GlobeTrotter Uninstallation, HP Uninstaller
Adobe AIR Application Installer, Adobe AIR Uninstaller, Adobe Flash Install Manager
Media
VLC, iDVD, QuickTime Player, Image Capture, Microsoft Silverlight, DivX Plus Player, DivX Converter
iMovie, MacTF, DVD Player, WMV Player
Messaging Chat
iChat, FaceTime, Skype, Adium, Colloquy
Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Language Register
Microsoft Database Utility, Microsoft Office Reminders, Microsoft Query, Microsoft Document Connection, Solver
Mobile Modem (Finnish: Mokkula)
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Office
Adobe Reader, LibreOffice, Access Database Manager (third party)
Phone
Sony Bridge for Mac, (Samsung) SmartSwitch
Programming IDE
Xcode, Android Studio, NetBeans, Eclipse
GitHub Desktop, MAMP, iSwift
Python
Python Launcher, IDLE, _PythonPath (my own), tclvfse
SPSS (IBM)
SPSSStatistics
System (Finnish: Järjestelmä)
Activity Monitor, Terminal, Console, System Information, System Preferences, Disk Utility, Time Machine, AirPort Utility, Dashboard
iStat Menus, Desktop Monitor, Automator, Font Book
TeX
Excalibur, LaTeXiT, TeX Live Utility, TeXShop, LyX, BibDesk
Text Editor
TextEdit, TextWrangler, Atom, Hex Fiend, Sublime Text, Aquamacs
Utilities
AppleScript Editor, Audio MIDI Setup, Batch Monitor, Bluetooth File Exchange, Boot Camp Assistant
ColorSync Utility, DigitalColor Meter, Grab, Grapher, Java Preferences, Keychain Access
LED Cinema Display iSight Camera Firmware Update, Migration Assistant, Network Utility, Podcast Capture, Podcast Publisher
RAID Utility, VoiceOver Utility, X11
XAMPP
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Miscellaneous applications
Mission Control
Dashboard
App Store
iWeb
WhiteNoise
Meteorologist
Pieces
SmartSleep
Smart Switch
iBooks Author
WiFi Analyzer
Last modified: May 5th, 2020
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/launchpad-settings