January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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Name
Menu Extras
Synopsis
- Remove a menu extra from the menu bar?
Command-click on the icon and drag it off the menu bar.
- Switch the position of a menu extra with another?
Command-click on the icon and drag it left or right; the other menu extra icons will move out of the way, giving you room to drop the icon where you want it to be.
- Change the settings for the clock’s menu extra?
System Preferences → Date & Time → Menu Bar Clock
Click on the clock menu extra → View as (Icon/Text)
- Remove the clock from the menu bar?
Command-drag the clock off the menu bar.
System Preferences → Date & Time → Menu Bar Clock → deselect the checkbox next to “Show the date and time in the menu bar”
- Add a menu extra to show the status of my iBook’s battery?
System Preferences → Energy Saver → select the checkbox next to “Show battery status in the menu bar”
In the Finder, go to
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extrasand double-click on theBattery.menufolder.- Add a menu extra for controlling the displays connected to my Mac?
System Preferences → Displays → select the checkbox next to “Show displays in menu bar”
In the Finder, go to
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extrasand double-click on theDisplays.menufolder.- Add an AirPort menu extra?
System Preferences → Network → AirPort → select the checkbox next to “Show AirPort status in menu bar”
In the Finder, go to
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extrasand double-click on theAirPort.menufolder.- Add a menu extra for the different keyboard language types? ...
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