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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by Chuck Toporek, Chris Stone, Jason McIntosh
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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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.

Change the settings for the clock’s menu extra?

System PreferencesDate & TimeClock

Click on the clock menu extraView as (Icon/Text)

Remove the clock from the menu bar?

Command-drag the clock off the menu bar.

System PreferencesDate & TimeClockdeselect the checkbox next to “Show the date and time”

Add a menu extra to show the status of my iBook’s battery?

System PreferencesEnergy Saverselect the checkbox next to “Show battery status in the menu bar”

In the Finder, go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras, and double-click on the Battery.menu item.

Add a menu extra for controlling the displays connected to my Mac?

System PreferencesDisplaysselect the checkbox next to “Show displays in menu bar”

In the Finder, go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras, and double-click on the Displays.menu item.

Add an AirPort menu extra?

System PreferencesNetworkAirPortselect the checkbox next to “Show AirPort status in menu bar”

In the Finder, go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras, and double-click on the AirPort.menu item.

Add a menu extra for the different keyboard language types?

System PreferencesInternationalInput Menuselect the languages you would like ...

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