With all of that great knowledge that we gleaned from the previous step, adding the time to our desktop should be a cinch. Resize the container and set a refresh rate. I'm keeping things pretty simple so I went with white, 13pt Lucida Grande.

In the Properties window, click on the button near the bottom that says 'Click here to set font & color' and customize the text to your liking. Once you insert this code, your result should automatically update. %d'Īs you can see, I used the long form weekday format followed by a comma, a space, the short form month, a period, a space and finally the day of the month. Copy and paste the following code into the Command field. Now that we can see how to get all the pieces that we need, we can easily toss them all together into a single script. date '+%Y' - 2012 (year with four digits).date '+%e' - 1 (day of month without zero).date '+%d' - 01 (day of month with zero).I especially appreciate what I can do with it for my work.See how that works? Here's a larger list that should come in handy. At some point it is possible the iPhone will no longer provide me with what I need, but until that time, I appreciate the security and its ability to support my needs for home, and the integration with my Apple watch. Good luck with your choices, and hope you find what works best for you. It is the security of the closed Apple system that many prefer. As Idris said, Seems your desire for customization of your OS is important to you, and Apple's iOS does not provide that. Setting a time and configuring Reminders in Notifications always provides me with a screen and sound notification, as well as a vibration as configured. I constantly use Reminders and have them set to notify me at certain times and locations. I have experienced the same issue with the Reminders. Maybe people who never used android don't have a point of reference, but most of the convenience I enjoyed on my Galaxy is either non existent in apple or you have to find an inferior work around.

How to get reminders on mac desktop