The New Big Screencast, OS X Tips, Edition One: the Menu Bar
Howdy, y’all. I’m trying a little experiment today: a screencast that I whipped up to show switchers and other Mac newcomers how to manage the OS X menu bar. Just click on the embedded player below to check it out. Show notes are located beneath the video, and I’ll post some thoughts about the screencasting process separately. #
I’d love to hear what you think. Please leave a comment here, or email me at stuart@thenewbig.com. #
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- Turn off the translucent menu bar in Leopard 10.5.2 by opening the Desktop & Screen Saver Preference Pane and unchecking the box next to “Translucent menu bar.”
- Many menu items can be turned off by clicking on the icon and then clicking the bottom-most menu item
- Move icons using Command+Drag (left or right). Remove icons by Command+Drag off menu bar. (thanks to this forum thread on MacWorld.)
- iStat Menus is available at iSlayer.com
- Caffeine (to keep your display awake) is available from Lighthead Software.
- Slim Battery Monitor by Colin Henein can be found here.
- And you can download Free Ruler from Pascal.com
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