A second preview release of Start Menu for Mac, the new customizable app launcher for macOS from First Letter Software, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest! While this is the most stable release yet, expect to run into the occasional bug.

Features

• Your usual macOS apps as well as many popular apps (web browsers, productivity, cloud file clients, software development tools/IDEs) are organized out-of-the-box into app categories
• Pin your favorite apps to the My Apps menu for quick access
• Organize your apps in just a few clicks from a context menu, or use the Organizer to create your own app categories and assign apps to them
• Browse your installed apps in the All Apps menu, or click Search to look for an app by name
• Automatically picks up newly installed and removed apps - no need to restart
• Customize My Apps with options such as limiting expanded app categories to one at a time
• A clean and friendly design that gets out of your way

Learn more and see the screenshots from the Start Menu for Mac home page.

What's New in Preview Release 2?

This preview release fixes a bug found in Start Menu for Mac 1.0 release candidate 1 where mouse clicks on the Start Menu were sometimes ignored or "missed." A second preview release is needed to allow for more testing before advancing to another release candidate build.

Other changes:

• Now requires macOS 14 Sonoma or newer
• The translucency effect on the Start Menu is now available on all supported versions of macOS
• Fixes and improvements for the Organizer

How to Get It

Head over to the Download page and click the download button for your Mac (Apple Silicon or Intel Mac). Save the DMG file, then double-click it and follow the instructions to install.

If you've installed any of the previous releases, including 1.0 release candidate 1, you'll need to uninstall Start Menu for Mac first before installing this update. Your existing Start Menu app categories will remain intact after the reinstallation.

Things You Should Know About

• This preview release is available free of charge, but expires 90 days after installation, after which it will stop working.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Start Menu for Mac should be posted to the discussion forum on GitHub.

If you find a bug, you may file a bug report on GitHub. Please search the issues list first to confirm that your issue has not already been reported.