MAC: Changing the Clock Display

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January 7, 2010

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By default, Mac OS X provides a clock in the upper-right corner of the desktop. You can control the appearance of this display by using the System Preferences utility.

Open the System Preferences utility.
Click the Date & Time icon.
To hide the clock, uncheck the “Show the date and time in the menu bar” check box. The clock will be removed and all the options will be disabled.
If you prefer to view an icon of the clock instead of the actual time, choose Icon on the View as pop-up menu. The rest of the options will be disabled because they are not applicable.
If you choose to display the clock in the text format, use the check boxes to set the options you want to use. For example, to include seconds in the display, check the “Display the time with seconds” check box. The other options are just as easy to understand. As with other System Preferences Utility tools, changes you make are reflected instantly.
Quit the System Preferences utility.

As in previous versions of the OS, you can click the menu bar clock to briefly display the date . The menu on which the date appears also enables you to change the view options and to open the Date & Time pane of the System Preferences Utility.