Finding things in Finder · Moved and offloaded apps in Finder
How can I tell whether an app is on my Mac or on the external drive?
Short answer: In the Apps window, each All Apps tile has a badge showing where it lives, and the Internal, Moved and Offloaded tabs split them out. In Finder, a moved app shows a shortcut arrow in Applications.
Open the Apps window. In All Apps, every app tile carries a small badge showing where it lives — on your Mac or on your external drive. The tabs split them out too:
- Internal — still on your built-in drive.
- Moved — on the external drive, opening through a shortcut.
- Offloaded — archived on the external drive and not runnable until restored.
In Finder, a moved app shows the small shortcut arrow on its icon in the Applications folder. The ? button in the Apps toolbar explains every badge and chip.
See the Apps window.