Why won't Launchpad create a .db file? Restarts reset Launchpad Launchpad will not create a .db file in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock to save the state of Launchpad.

It always resets to default upon restart. I have tried many terminal commands, the most recent being:

rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ; killall Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock


How can I force Launchpad to create this file?
Check the permissions of the /Dock folder. If that's all good, try this issue out in a new administrator user over in System Preferences > Users &amp; Groups.