Display Seconds on Clock and Flash Time Separators for Mac OS X Yosemite

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to display the seconds for the time and flash the time separators for the Mac using OS X Yosemite.

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   To get started, we need to open the Date & Time Preferences panel, which we can do by clicking on the digital clock at the top of the screen

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   Then go down to "Open Date & Time Preferences..."

   

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   Alternatively, we can go to the dock at the bottom of the screen

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   There we can access "System Preferences", where we can reach the Date & Time Preferences

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   We can also click on the Apple icon in the top left-hand corner of the screen

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   Then click on the second option, which is "System Preferences..."

   

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   If we choose that route, we'll need to click on "Date & Time" in the "System Preferences" window

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   Otherwise, go up to click on the clock, and then down to "Open Date & Time Preferences"

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   This will open the "Date & Time" preferences window

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    Under "Time options" we can click on the check box next to "Display the time with seconds"

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    As soon as we click and add a check mark next to that option, we'll see that the clock at the top of the screen has changed to show the seconds

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    We also have the option to check the box next to "Flash the time separators"

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    This will take the colons in between the hours, minutes and seconds, and it will cause them to flash.

    

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    Let's click on "Flash the time separators"

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    Now, each time a second goes by, the time separator colons change. Personally, I find this to be a bit annoying, so I will turn this option off. However, it is based on preference, so feel free to leave it on I desired.

    

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    Some people may want to turn off "Display the time with seconds", but the colon will still flash each second

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    Once we've made all desired changes, we'll have our clock set to our personal standards, and we can close the "Date & Time" preferences window by clicking on the red circle with the black "x" at the top left-hand corner

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    This concludes our tutorial on how to add a time separator or show the seconds on the clock on the Mac running OS X Yosemite

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