Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Change the menu bar clock format on Mac
On your Mac, a clock is always displayed in the menu bar. In addition to showing the current time and date, you click it to open Notification Center.
Set up the menu bar clock
Go to the System Settings app
on your Mac.Click Menu Bar
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Go to Menu Bar Controls, then click Clock Options.
Below Date, set the options you want for the date display.
Show date: Click the “Show date” pop-up menu, then choose when to display the date (When Space Allows, Always, or Never).
Show the day of the week: Display the day of the week before the date.
Below Time, set the options you want for the time display.
Style: Choose a digital or analog clock. If you choose an analog display, the remaining options for the time display are unavailable.
Show AM/PM: Display AM or PM following the time.
Flash the time separators: Turn the characters that separate the time components on and off at one-second intervals.
Display the time with seconds: Display the time as Hours:Minutes:Seconds. If this option is turned off, the time displays as Hours:Minutes.
Announce the time: If you turn on this option, click the Interval pop-up menu, then choose when to announce the time (on the hour, on the half hour, or on the quarter hour). Click the Voice pop-up menu, then choose a voice for the announcement.
Customize Voice: If you turned on “Announce the time,” click Customize Voice to set the speaking rate, pitch, volume, timbre, and sentence pause. Click
to hear a sample of the voice.
If the menu bar clock is dimmed
The menu bar clock is dimmed when a Focus is active and the Focus status menu 
isn’t shown in the menu bar. To prevent the clock from being dimmed, change the Menu Bar settings to show the Focus status menu.
Go to the System Settings app
on your Mac.Click Menu Bar
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Select Focus, then choose either Always Show or Show When Active from the pop-up menu.
To learn how to use a 24-hour time format or change your time zone, see Change Date & Time settings.