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March 15, 2009

Adding a Calendar to Your OS X Menu Bar

Filed under: applications,Macintosh — Tags: , , — admin @ 8:00 am

by Dee-Ann LeBlanc

There are times when you really need to look at a calendar. You could open iCal, but that seems like overkill. One option is to download an application that can add a calendar to your menu bar.

There’s plenty of options for adding this feature to your Mac. Some are very simple and just offer a calendar, while others come as part of more complex packages.
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March 8, 2009

How to Show the Date and Time on Your Mac’s Menu Bar

Filed under: Macintosh — Tags: , , , , , — admin @ 9:00 am

by Dee-Ann LeBlanc

Are you one of those people who never seems to know what day it is? On OS X it’s easy to see the time at a glance by looking to the upper right of your menu bar.

Adding just the day of the week is simple enough. In the upper left of your menu bar, click the Apple, then click “System Preferences.” In the “System” section of the “System Preferences” window, click “Date & Time,” then in the “Date & Time” dialog box, click “Clock.” There, you can check the “Show the day of the week” checkbox.
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