This simple tool can be used to add a wide range of customizations. Here is an example of our desktop running several different Geeklets for iTunes, IP info, iCal, Weather – which pulls weather data from Yahoo, and the Time and Date we looked at above. There are a lot of different Geeklets available that you can find at the link below. For this example we did a block format and resized the date areas to be closer to the text they held.
Geektool mojave install#
Toward the bottom of the page youll see an install section with a command line you need to copy and paste into the Mac Terminal. PreReqs: Install GeekTool Install HomeBrew, if you dont already have it. Once you have laid out all of your pieces, you can align them anyway you like. (Geeklet is simply another term for a widget specific to geektool.) Continue through to the page break to learn more.
The different sections we are interested in for this example will be:ĭate +%X – for the locale formatted hour, minute, and second You can use date /? in the terminal to see all of the options available. I want to bind a certain command to show a terminal on screen without window frame with the command of my choice.
There are many options that can be used with this command. For this example we are using the default font face, black and white, with a font size of 45 for everything except the day of the week which is at 50.Įach of the sections is a different Shell using the date command. To change the font styles use the Click here to set font & color. To start you will drag a Shell onto the desktop and place it in the approximate location you want the information to be.įor the static texts, Today is: and The time is:, you will use the Override text section.