If you have any questions, leave me a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible or you can find me on Twitter will write a new post with some more advanced techniques where we can add a whole lot more to our desktop very shortly. Here is the one that I just made while writing this blog. That’s it really, move it to where you want it and get creative. Once you have completed the steps and played with the font you should see both the date and time on your desktop. To enter the date, all you have to do is drag another shell to the desktop and repeat the steps again but use the date script instead. You can then move it around to where ever you want on your desktop. Once you have entered what you want simply click out of it and you should then notice that the time is on your desktop in the chosen font/size that you chose. Simply enter the font you want and choose a size.įor the purpose of this blog these are the settings that I chose. Once there you will see the font box open. Take a look back at the settings/properties box that you just entered the script on and scroll down to the choose font tab. It looks a little boring right now so lets play with the font a little. (see picture above) You will then notice that the time will appear in the grey box on the desktop. I put all of my scripts into /bin/gt-scripts/ to keep. ![]() This page provides some scripts that I have written or adapted from others I've found to provide useful information on the desktop with GeekTool. For the clock it is recommended that you set it at 1 second. GeekTool is a great application for OS X that allows you to display the contents of shell scripts, images, and files directly on the desktop. Here is the code that is needed to enter the live clock onto your desktopįrom here you will also need to enter a refresh rate. This is where you will be able to enter some simple script. So after you have dragged the shell plug-in you will notice that there is a black setting box that appears on your desktop. For simplicity of this blog I will show you how to enter the clock and date. ![]() Using the ‘Shell’ plug-in you will be to enter a live clock, date and weather settings. Launch the application and the software will open on your desktop.ĭrag on ‘Shell’ plug-in to your desktop to open up the default settings tab. Once downloaded and it has installed it will be located in your applications folder. Image mode helps you monitor bandwidth usage, CPU load, memory availability on your server.ĭownload Geektool from the mac app store or click here for the file GeekTool Download ![]() Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands like “df” to check space left on filesystems or “uptime” to monitor load on your machine. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via three default plug-ins:įile plugin to monitor MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow. GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for use on Mac OS 10.6 and higher. I recently became familiar with a great feature for use on Apple computers.
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