Macs don’t offer this feature, at least not out-of-the-box.
But there are programs that can add one.
Our favorite free option is a program calledItsycal.
It’s lightweight, shows your Calendar appointments, and even supports keyboard shortcuts for quick browsing.
Getting Started With Itsycal
Head to theitsycal homepageand download the system.
It comes in a ZIP file which you’ve got the option to unarchive by clicking.
Drag the program to your Applications folder.
Launch the utility and you’ll see a calendar icon in your menu bar.
Click this to bring up a tiny calendar popup.
Don’t like using the mouse?
At the bottom of the pop-up window is an icon that looks like a gear.
Click to to dive into the preferences.
The “Appearance” tab lets you configure a few more things.
you might use the outline icon if you want something less dark.
you could also add a datetime pattern…more on that later.
If you want to replace your clock entirely with Itsycal, you might do that.
First, let’s remove the default Mac clock.
Click it, then click “Open Time & Date Preferences.”
In the window that opens, uncheck “Show date and time in the menu bar.”
Now the clock is gone!
Head back to the Itsycal Appearance preferences.
Remember the dateline pattern?
It’s time to use that.
If you want a more advanced option,Fantastical 2is very good.
