#Macbook desktop clock how to#
#Macbook desktop clock mac#
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You can also change the color as well and whether or not there is a shadow underneath. So here I can go and choose from all the different fonts I have. I can turn off or change the date display, the time display. So here I have a TextEdit window and you can see the clock is always on top of it. So for instance I could have it appear at the bottom of the screen if I wanted to or at the top. I like that you can change the horizontal and vertical position and it snaps to center there. You could size to make it larger or smaller. You can change the background blur so if you don't want it to blur the background at all you could turn that off. You get a Menu Bar item up here and you can control things. Here you get a clock that just goes right over the screen and it blurs the background. But the previous app and this one are both priced at $2.99 at the moment.

#Macbook desktop clock mac#

Now prices change in the Mac App Store all the time. Note here you've got in the Menu Bar Start at Login which you're going to want to turn on if just want this to be automatically running. You can Hide the icon in the Dock if you'd rather not see it down there. You can set a hot corner for it to move on top. For instance you can have it automatically jump to the top if there's a period of inactivity. So under General there are a few more things. So you can still get to things behind it. Notice if I move my cursor over it it goes away. This, of course, would be more useful if you make it small and put it in one corner.

#Macbook desktop clock windows#

You can have it always on top which means other windows will actually go behind it. You can make it semi-transparent if you like. This is the largest it gets but by largest means it's not going to quite fill the screen. It's kind of frustrating that I can't automatically center it though. Then I can click this and drag it around to where I want. So under clock I can change position by clicking Click & Drag. Let's go to the digital clock style which I know a lot of people like.

Just go right into Preferences here and we can see there's a bunch of different clock styles that we can choose from. So when you start you get this clock here on your Desktop and you get some help information. I just went ahead and bought Desktop Clock + to get all the functionality right up front. So first let's take a look at one called Desktop Clock +. So here's a look at some that get the best rating. In order to do this you're going to need a third party app. So I know a lot of people like to put a clock on their Desktop background. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 750 supporters.

#Macbook desktop clock how to#

Today let's look at how to put a clock on your Desktop wallpaper.

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