10.4: Show date/time (and more) in the login window

May 16, '05 09:49:00AM

Contributed by: sharumpe

Tiger only hintI don't know if this worked in Panther or not, but if you click on the System Name (grey text just above the username/password form) on the Login Window, you can see different information, such as the installed OS version, the machine's serial number, and the current (updated) date and time:


Not the most useful thing in the world, but I've thought about trying to hack something to show the current date in that spot before. Looks like Apple beat me to it!

[robg adds: The above screenshot is from my machine. Unfortunately, the "click state" of the row defaults the next time you login, so you can't leave it on the date/time view...]

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