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Neal_SE30
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Reply #15 on: February 16, 2023, 20:14
Oh one to try 
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #16 on: May 28, 2023, 07:56
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One thing I found out after using SuperClock for several months is that it does slow down the performance of your 68k Mac in games. I had been playing a round again after a while and I noticed that SuperClock stays on top of the z-index (that is, it stays in the foreground even though the game goes full-screen) and the games run a tad bit slower as the Clock keeps getting redrawn. So really if you're playing a game that needs all your 68k Macs performance, you better turn off SuperClock before doing that.
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MTT
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256 MB Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #17 on: May 29, 2023, 00:43
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When SuperClock gets itself in the road of what you are doing, like in instances as you've described: Hold the Option key down and click with the mouse pointer onto the menubar clock. Option-clicking toggles the clock on or off, and it will remain off until you either reboot, or Option-click into area where the clock should be, to turn it back on. When Apple bought the rights to SuperClock and incorporated it into the Mac OS from 7.5 onward, the Option-click feature remained through to Mac OS 8.1, and appears to be removed from 8.5 on. A few more SuperClock features that may be unknown: Holding the Shift key down as the Mac starts up, prevents SuperClock from loading. If installed in a portable Mac, SuperClock displays a battery indicator. Control-clicking the indicator puts the Mac to sleep. Clicking the clock with no keys held down toggles the clock between time, date and a count down/count up timer. Clicking the timer icon start/stops the timer.
Last Edit: May 29, 2023, 02:31 by MTT
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #18 on: May 29, 2023, 06:28
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Great tips, thank you for sharing MTT!
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MTT
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256 MB Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #19 on: June 01, 2023, 01:58
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YW. Requiring Option-clicking the SuperClock menubar clock, also becomes apparent if you run old screensavers which aren't SuperClock aware and the menubar clock stays visible. Additionally, if you need to run software requiring the Appearance Manager and you have the AM set to change System 7 to a Platinum look for that software. The clock isn't AM aware and makes the menubar look out of step... to my aesthetic senses anyway 
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #20 on: June 01, 2023, 02:38
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I appreciated your tips on SuperClock. I am pretty sure I never knew of them. One of the big advances that came with OS X was the ability to go to system preferences and turn off the darn clock. (I do not understand the obsession with having the time always visible.) I am sure if I had realized the classic Mac clock could have been turned off, I would have done that.
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1179 System 7, today and forever
Reply #21 on: June 03, 2023, 00:03
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Nice! I loved SuperClock back in the day!  So I held the shift key down when booting my Mac and indeed the clock didn't load.. but so did a few more items
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