If you're looking to declutter your Mac's menu bar, one way to do so is by removing the day, date, and month from it. This can be done easily by adjusting your Mac's settings. In this article, we will guide you through the process of removing the day, date, and month from the menu bar on your Mac.
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How to show your Mac’s top menu bar even when apps are in full screen
Do you miss the top menu bar when you open a Mac app in full screen? In this tutorial, we show you how to have the menu bar stay on the screen even when you enter full-screen mode on Mac running macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, or earlier.
How to customize the Dock and menu bar of your Mac
macOS lets you customize the Dock and menu bar effortlessly. Starting with macOS Big Sur and carried forward by its successor macOS Monterey, the System Preferences saw some revamp. You can figure out most of these changes on your own. But there are a few things you should know to get started.
So here, we’ll show you how to customize the Dock and menu bar on Mac.
Exploring your Mac’s Menu Bar: a beginner’s guide
If you’re a new Mac user, we want to help make your macOS experience as productive and efficient as it can be. From understanding the various icons, to customizing its layout, here are the basics of the menu bar that you need to know, along with some tips to help you use it more effectively.
How to put a calendar and time zones in your Mac Menu Bar
Learn how to easily add a calendar and multiple time zones to your Mac Menu Bar in order to improve your productivity and organization using the Dato app.
How to add the weather forecast to your Mac menu bar
The menu bar on your Mac is a handy spot to quickly see the date, time, or battery level, plus have fast access to your Notification Center, Spotlight Search, or Siri. So, why not have your weather conditions there too? Then at a glance, you can check the current temperature and click for your forecast.
Instead of opening a separate app to get these details, here’s how to add the weather forecast to your Mac menu bar.
How to quickly toggle dark mode using a keyboard shortcut on Mac
Dark mode is one of the more popular features of OS X Yosemite, because it allows you to add a dark tint to both the dock and the menu bar on Mac. The standard way to enable dark mode involves venturing to System Preferences, opening the General section, and clicking on the enable dark mode option. But wouldn't it be cool if you could toggle dark mode using a simple keyboard shortcut?
How to make third-party menu bar icons look better with dark mode on Mac
OS X Yosemite introduced a new dark mode option to change the tint color of both the menu bar and the dock in OS X. While I'm a big fan of dark mode, some of the third-party apps that I use have not been updated to play nice with dark mode. This results in menu bar icons that look weird with dark mode enabled, because they don't invert after toggling dark mode on.
If you're someone who always uses dark mode and never switches to regular mode, there is a way to force these menu bar icons to look better with dark mode enabled...
How to restart the menu bar on Mac
On rare occasions, I encounter a frozen menu bar on my Mac. Perhaps you have also faced a scenario where the beach ball appears when hovering over the menu bar. A lot of time, this can be resolved by killing the single app that's causing problems. However, in other situations, you may need to completely kill and restart the menu bar to do the job.
The menu bar, more specifically the menu bar extras located on the right side of the screen, is controlled by the SystemUIServer process on macOS. Therefore, killing SystemUIServer will result in the menu bar restarting. Here's how.