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How to access user installed menubar icons with the keyboard?
I understand that Ctrl + F8 can be used to access the built-in Apple menu and Ctrl + F2 can be used to access program menus (e.g. this existing answer).
However, I have a bunch of user-installed ...
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Set the date and time in menubar to be in a specific format
I want the menubar to display the date and time in the menubar as follows:
2012-10-03 09.12.14
which translates into Year-Month-Day 24hr.min.second
What I've tried:
Gone into System Preferences ...
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How to remove your name from the menu bar after 10.7.5 update?
After the 10.7.5 update to Lion, I'm getting my name to appear in the menu bar. I don't particularly like it there. Any way to remove it?
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Menu bar icons get hidden by long menu bar items
Sometimes on my Macbook Pro when I have a lot of icons in the menu bar, if I start an application which has a lot of menu items, some of these icons get automatically obscured by the menu items.
For ...
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None of my apps are keeping a list of recent documents?
Example:
If I open an image in Preview, the "File/Open Recent" menu lists the name of the file.
If I then close the file, but still leave Preview running, the "Open Recent" menu still lists the file.
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Is there a way to hide, stack or collapse menubar icons?
Right now I have far too many icons on my menubar. I know I can command drag them off of there. But I do need to use them on occasion. Is there any app that will combine menubar items into one such ...
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Translucent menu bar option is simply gone after system reboot / freeze (Mac OS X Lion)
I'm on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2. I just had one of the infamous 'blue screens' when the MBP freezes (known for the early 2011 models).
After my system booted up again, my menu bar isn't translucent ...
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Add a delay to menubar dropdown in fullscreen apps
In Lion, the menubar drops down way to fast when I'm in a fullscreen app. This mostly becomes a problem when I have multiple tabs open in Terminal. When I move to the top to change tabs, the menubar ...
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No ethernet icon in Lion?
I remember having an ethernet icon in Tiger and Leopard in the menu bar. This was very convenient since it gave quick access to the settings just like you need it for airport:
In Lion I do not see ...
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Can I hide the sync icon in the menu bar on Lion?
This menu bar icon is useless and takes up space.
I use iCloud on Mac OS X Lion to sync contacts, calendars, and the like. On Snow Leopard I could use an option in the iSync preferences to remove ...
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How can I get rid of this icon in my menu bar?
I have this icon (which I never use) in my menu bar:
What is this icon for and how can I get rid of it?
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How do I change the Lion menubar selection color?
I really hate the blue-purple color of the Lion (and Snow Leopard before it) menu bar selection. Isn't there some way to change this? I've tried tweaking everything, but Apple seems to have decided ...
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How do I change the menubar transparency in Lion?
So I love the login screen in OS X lion, and I want to make my desktop look like that. I found the background image they use, but now I want to make my menu bar completely transparent like it is in ...
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Remove rogue app from menu bar
I have a rogue item on my menu bar from a terrible piece of printer/scanner software. I long ago removed the app, but the button for the app remains in the menu bar.
Is there any central way for me ...
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MenuBar doesn't show up in full screen mode
I'm trying to use the full screen mode in Lion, but I can't get the menubar to show up at all. I push my cursor up to the top of the screen, wait a second, and nothing. Some apps will seem like ...
