The New Big Screencast, OS X Tips, Edition One: the Menu Bar February 17th, 2008 | Comments Off
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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Show Notes
- 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