Use Launchpad while downloading from AppStore I am just getting set up with my first mac. The current annoyance is that I am downloading xcode from AppStore (2.5 GB!!), and every app in the Launchpad is hidden - there is just the downloading progress of xcode.

Do I really have to wait an hour while the download finishes, until I can launch anything not already in the dock?? I cant believe that!

(OSX Yosemite)
You can open Finder and go to your Applications folder to access all your apps.