Date & time: date getting hidden in macOS 12

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Date & time: date getting hidden in macOS 12

I have my Display set to default on my 13" MacBook Pro Early 2015 Retina. I like to see the date in my Menu Bar because otherwise I won't know what date it is. In macOS 12, when I'm working in Google Chrome, the number of menu headers in Google Chrome plus the number of icons I have in my Menu Bar make it so that macOS 12 hides the date and just says "Mon 1:11 PM" (example). If I switch over to Finder, which has fewer menu headers, it'll say "Mon May 20 1:11 PM" as I'd like it to. How do I make it stop hiding the date when I'm in an app that has more menu headers, like Google Chrome?

What I mean by "menu headers" is:

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on May 20, 2024 1:13 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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May 20, 2024 3:47 PM in response to ykt28403

I realize that, but have you clicked on Scaled & held Option key as you did?

Perhaps a floating Time Date Window?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiP0srgpp2GAxVxIDQIHRqCAesQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Ffloating-date-and-time%2Fid1574027006%3Fmt%3D12&usg=AOvVaw03E_ljemtZrutrQnDntSWk&opi=89978449

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ykt28403 Author

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May 20, 2024 3:54 PM in response to ykt28403

I held down the Opt key, it didn't let me know what the actual display dimensions are, just "default", "more space", etc.

Mojave used to let me see the date & time all the time. It's only been since updating to OS 12 that it's been doing this. I'd just like the option to decide for myself if I want to see the date rather than having that decided for me, with no option to set it how I want it.

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ykt28403 Author

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May 20, 2024 4:57 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for this. It looks like, if I hover over one of the choices (without the Opt key being held down), a pop up eventually shows up that says what the dimensions are (1280 x 800). Any smaller than that, I can't quite read with my older eyes.

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