Date and Time format in menu bar
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OP
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Hi:
The time and date options in the Systems Preference does not seem to be working properly.
I am able to customize the way I would like these to appear in the Menu Bar within the Systems Preferences menu. However, when I click "OK", the date/time information does not change in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
I seem to recall that someone else experienced a similar problem before and discovered a work-around. However, a search in this Forum did not find the solution.
Anyone have any idea how I can get the customizing I do in System Preference to change the Menu Bar appearance as desired?
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Your issue sounds vaguely familiar, but exactly which version of OS X are you running?
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One workaround is to use wClock. I have used it for many years (and continue to do so (despite the ability to change appearance via System Preferences) and I like it very much. In fact, I have opted not to use Apple's clock in the menu bar.
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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I've used MagiCal for years. It supplements Apple time (It doesn't offer my preferred format.) with day/date...wonderful, because it takes up very little menu bar space and can be pinned to either the right or left-hand end of your menulet string, and a drop-down calendar. (Check me out! )
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
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OP
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Leopard 10.5 on an iMAC PPC G5.
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OP
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Thanks for the wCLOCK link, too.
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wClock has a drop-down calendar as well, and it too can be positioned anywhere on the screen.
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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wClock has a drop-down calendar as well, and it too can be positioned anywhere on the screen. I think you misread, Jon... MagiCal's day/date menulet can be pinned to either the right or left end of your menulet string.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Mea culpa. You're right, Artie. Old age hasn't just crept up, it's at a dead run (pun intended and very unfortunate).
Jon
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I was getting set to boot into Leopard when I remembered both having run into an issue similar to yours a few years ago and that the solution lay in SysPrefs > Language & Text > Formats. I think you may have to set "Region: Custom" and adjust some other stuff in there. Hope this helps.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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> Old age hasn't just crept up, it's at a dead run (pun intended and very unfortunate).I'm sorry to hear that, Jon; I hope it isn't as serious a problem as you've suggested.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
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I was just being facetious. I'm at the age when I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, it's an oncoming train.
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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Thanks for the reassurance; I tend to take things literally.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
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Mystery solved.In SYSTEM PREFERENCES . . . 1. select Date and Time; 2. select format for desired "look" of the Menulet; 3. select clock; 4. select : Show date and time in menu bar. BUT here is the kicker . . . There are TWO more steps of options to complete. One for TIME and the other for DATE. I had only completed the TIME portion so, naturally, the DATE options (unchecked) did not give me the desired result before. P.S. A computer is only as good as the operator!!!! Thanks, y'all, for your input. (After all is said and done, I rather like the wCLOCK 3.0 application, so will likely use that instead.)
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Happy to hear that you've solved you problem. Enjoy wCLOCK; Apple's time/day/date options leave much to be desired.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Well, Folks.
I WAS enjoying the wClock application but something has gone awry.
When I LOGOUT, the display resolution changes so that the LOGIN panel (showing the three Users and Sleep/Restart/Shutdown) is super huge - something in the neighbourhood of 800 x 600. My usual resolution display setting is: 1920 x 1200 on the new MBP (2011) with Snow Leopard.
Only when I leave wClock open while I log out does the problem occur ; logging in again thereafter causes the display to stay at 800 x 600. IF I close wClock before I log out, there is no change in the resolution.
Any ideas as to what is going on here with wClock? Any fixes? (Is there a .plist somewhere which I can trash?)
Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.
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wClock's .plist: /Users/Your short name/Library/Preferences/com.(*).plist.
(*) This will probably specify either wClock, the developer's name, or both.
You can also look in /Users/Your short name/Library/Application Support where wClock may have placed a folder.
Have you visited the developer's Web site to see if there's a FAQ section?
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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The appropriate plist is ~/Library/Preferences/com.wolfware.wClock.plist. You can also try ~/Library/Caches/com.wolfware.wClock
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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Thanks, Guys. This is where the .plist was located: ~/Library/Preferences/com.wolfware.wClock.plist I trashed - and shredded - it; problem still occured. So I trashed (and shredded) the complete application (including the .dmg). Downloaded a new copy from the wClock website and installed it without a hitch. HOWEVER . . . the same problem still occurs. So I presume this application just doesn't like me. Any other applications out there that might WORK with the MBP (2011) using Snow Leopard? Note: Decided to give MagiCal a try. Works like a charm.
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It's working fine for me in Snow Leopard. Did you try trashing the cache that I mentioned in my previous post?
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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Hi, again.
Yes, I looked into the CACHE folder you mentioned. There was no "wolfware" cache there.
P.S. The only traces of the application that I could find were noted in my last posting. All of those items were trashed/shredded.
As it turns out, MagiCal has more options to tinker with for altering the look of the display in the menu bar - which is a bonus.
Thanks, again, for your help.
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Hi, again.
Yes, I looked into the CACHE folder you mentioned. There was no "wolfware" cache there.
P.S. The only traces of the application that I could find were noted in my last posting. All of those items were trashed/shredded.
As it turns out, MagiCal has more options to tinker with for altering the look of the display in the menu bar - which is a bonus.
Thanks, again, for your help. MagiCal is an unsung gem; all else aside, it gives you day & date in your menu bar in an almost impossibly small space. Maybe your problem with wClock was rooted in that missing cache folder; I suggest that you mention it to the developer.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Just for the hell of it, I d/l'ed wClock, and it didn't generate a cache folder for me, either.
I found it curious, though, that Finder asked me to authenticate before allowing me to trash the app. (The .dmg went without a whimper. )
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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I can't test this, but I wonder if my cache folder is a leftover from previous OS versions. My wClock installation has been with me since 10.4.
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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I can't test this, but I wonder if my cache folder is a leftover from previous OS versions. My wClock installation has been with me since 10.4. That thought crossed my mind, but it crossed so fast that I forgot to post. Why don't you move your cache to your desktop, restart, and see what happens?
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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