Do you know how to display the date in your menu bar or how to reorder your Spotlight results? Kirk McElhearn shows you these fundamental System Preferences tweaks and more.
When using the Stickies application in Mac OS X v10.6 on a Mac with multiple displays, any notes moved off the primary display (the display with the menu bar) will re-appear on the primary display the next time Stickies is opened.
When using the Stickies application in Mac OS X v10.6 on a Mac with multiple displays, any notes moved off the primary display (the display with the menu bar) will re-appear on the primary display the next time Stickies is opened.
In the Sync pane in MobileMe System Preferences, there is an option named “Show status in menu bar.” This option activates or deactivates the Sync menu extra. When you activate this menu extra, you can sync certain items from the Mac OS X menu bar, monitor sync status, and access advanced features like Sync Diagnostics.
When you connect the Nike + iPod Receiver to the iPod nano, you should see the Nike + iPod menu on the iPod nano. If this menu does not appear, try the following steps to address the issue:
You can display the status of your AirPort connection in the menu bar. You can use the AirPort status menu to switch between AirPort networks, turn your AirPort Card on or off, open Network preferences, or create a computer-to-computer network.
Portable Mac computers (introduced before Late 2008 models) have sets of custom and pre-defined energy settings in the Energy Saver System Preferences pane. These settings cannot be changed from the battery status icon on the menu bar after updating to Mac OS X v10.5.6.
