- Introduction
- Understanding System Preferences
- Viewing System Preferences
- Locking and Unlocking Preference Settings
- Changing Appearance Options
- Setting Up the Desktop
- Setting Up Screen Savers
- Setting the Date and Time
- Changing Language Options
- Changing Text Substitution Options
- Saving Energy and Managing Power
- Selecting a Startup Disk
- Changing the Way a CD or DVD Starts
- Controlling Sound
- Dictating Your Speech
- Letting Mac Do the Talking
- Setting Accessibility Options
- Having VoiceOver Read from the Screen
- Setting VoiceOver Preferences
- Using VoiceOver Commands
- Setting Ink Preferences
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Setting the Date and Time
The date and time you set on your computer is very important. When you save a file or send and receive an e-mail, your computer uses the date and time you set in the Date & Time preference pane. You can set the date and time manually, or if your computer is connected to the Internet, you can have a time server set it automatically. If you have an Internet connect, such as DSL or cable, use the time server, otherwise you should set it manually. To make sure your files and e-mail times are not off by a few hours, you need to set your time zone, either manually or automatically. When you travel, OS X can automatically change your time zone using Wi-Fi. You can also set the date and time to display as a digital (12:05 PM) or analog (round face with hands) clock in the menu bar, or have the computer speak, announcing the time at certain intervals.
Set the Date and Time
Click the System Preferences icon in the Dock, and then click the Date & Time icon.
Click the Date & Time tab.
To set the time automatically over the Internet, select the Set date & time automatically check box, and then use the pop-up to select a time server.
To set the date and time manually, use any of the following methods:- Select the individual date and time fields, and then enter a number, or use the up and down arrows.
- Click a date in the calendar and drag the hands on the clock.
Click the Time Zone tab.- To automatically set the time zone, select the Set time zone automatically using current location check box.
Click the part of the map closest to your location.
Click the Closest City pop-up, and then select the closest city to your location.
Click the Close button.
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Set Date and Time Options
- Click the System Preferences icon in the Dock, and then click the Date & Time icon.
- Click the Clock tab.
- Select the Show date and time in menu bar check box.
- Select the view as (Digital or Analog) option you want.
- Select or clear the following check boxes:
- Display the time with seconds. Check to add seconds to the time (Menu bar).
- Flash the time separators. Check to show a blinking colon.
- Use a 24-hour clock. Check to show military time (18:00 instead of 6:00 PM).
- Show AM/PM. Check to show AM or PM.
- Show the day of the week. Check to show the day of the week (Menu bar).
- Show the date. Check to show the date (Menu bar).
- To speak the time, select the Announce the time check box, click the pop-up, and then select an interval.
- To change the computer voice, click Customize Voice.
- Click the Close button.
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