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It is for finding a program or quickly browsing what apps are installed when I don’t know the name. I find it useful in an unfamiliar machine. Yes, like most people, I launch apps primarily with Spotlight.


I could never understand why anyone would use it instead of just Finder > Applications, especially since Finder an give you a nice alphabetical list




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