Date and Time vanished from menu bar since Sonoma upgrade

I just updated my Macbook Air (M1, 2020) to Sonoma (14.1.2) from Monterey. The date and time are gone from the menu bar and I can't figure out how to get them back.


I've looked at settings under both Date & Time and Control Center and no red flags there. Date is even set to "Always" show. And I've read other threads that if the menu bar is too full they get crowded out, but happens across apps, even when there is very little in the menu bar.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.1

Posted on Dec 12, 2023 6:34 AM

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Posted on Dec 12, 2023 7:27 AM

Make sure "Analog" isn't selected in System Settings > Control Center under Menu Bar Only > Clock > Clock Options…

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Dec 12, 2023 7:32 AM in response to Wendy Griswold

Wendy Griswold wrote:

Thanks. Just updated to 14.2. Still have the same problem unfortunately.


Verify you Select Digital in your >System Settings>Control Center>Menubar>Clock options


if no insight:


To trouble shoot further you can:


 —A SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Login and test. Reboot  as normal and test.  Caches get rebuilt automatically.

 

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 




no resolve—

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS


Dec 12, 2023 6:42 AM in response to Wendy Griswold

Wendy Griswold wrote:

I just updated my Macbook Air (M1, 2020) to Sonoma (14.1.2) from Monterey. The date and time are gone from the menu bar and I can't figure out how to get them back.

I've looked at settings under both Date & Time and Control Center and no red flags there. Date is even set to "Always" show. And I've read other threads that if the menu bar is too full they get crowded out, but happens across apps, even when there is very little in the menu bar.



The current stable release of Sonoma including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 14.2 — I would start there

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