“When getting settled into my new MacBook, it quickly became apparent that I did not want to rely on the calendar widget to find the numeric date. I simply wanted to view the date alongside the time in the menu-bar. Unfortunately, this is not an option in the Mac OS X operating system. However, by making some minor modifications, you too can easily display the date in the Mac OS X menu-bar without additional applications,” Macinstruct reports.
Macinstruct reports, “I have been using it for almost a year on all of my Macs and it has worked perfectly!”
Full article with simple instructions (Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger only) here.
MacDailyNews Note: We get this question frequently. Thanks to Macinstruct for their clear instructions. We have also been using this method to display the Day, Date, and Time in our Menu Bars for over a year with no problems.
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How to get the full date and time in the Mac OS X Menu Bar – December 02, 2005
slow, slow NEWS day..today.
I always know what the date is already.
Can’t you just look down at the iCal icon to see the date? If you need to know what month you are in then you have bigger problems to deal with.
wow…number one on digg…prepare for traffic jam.
CDN guy:
I’m a huge fan of iLife and iWork, but iCal is the one app I haven’t gotten into for a very simple reason: unlike the way I use other apps, I read and write to my calendar all the time, from different places and different devices. Until there is Google Calendar two-way syncing, I’m launching iCal every now and then to get my calendar from Google so it can go on my iPod and phone. But, it’s not worth it for me to be running iCal all the time.
doesn’t work..
Just get the free MenuClockCalendar and besides the present date you have an easy way to see entire month calendars as well:
http://www.objectpark.net/mcc-download.html
This should be a lot easier. We would make all kinds of fun at Winblows users if we saw them do this…
That was GREAT! It works just fine.
It SHOULD be easier. And, no, the iCal icon is not an adequate substitute. Sometimes my iCal is not running. Besides, my Dock is set to disappear unless I move my cursor to the bottom of the screen (for added screen space on my laptop), so this obviates the need to bother with that. Now I have the best of both.