When I installed Yosemite, the default was my full name. You have three options for how the Fast User Switching icon is displayed in the menu bar. Also, you can't drag to reorder the Spotlight and Notification Center icons they remain next to one another in the right-hand corner. You can use the Command-drag maneuver to reorder many third-party app icons on the menu bar, but I found I couldn't use it to remove them from the menu bar. Be careful you don't accidentally drag them off of the menu bar because they will go 'poof!' and disappear, forcing you to open System Preferences, find the settings panel for the icon you just removed, and check the box to show it again in the menu bar. You can also use Command-drag to move these icons to a different spot on the menu bar should you want to change the order in which they appear.

You can go into System Preferences and drill down to the panel for each of these icons and uncheck a box to show its icon in the menu bar, but a quicker way to remove these icons is to hold down the Command key and drag them off the menu bar. Command-drag to remove or reorderĪpple includes a number of icons on the right side of the menu bar, from the time and battery life remaining (if you are on some flavor of MacBook) to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi indicators. Should your menu bar begin to look cluttered, you have a handful of options at your disposal to clean things up. In addition, many third-party apps - Dropbox and Skip Tunes to name but two - install icons in the menu bar for quick access. The menu bar at the top of your Mac's display acts as a convenient tray on which Apple serves you menus of your current app to the left along with more static status icons to the right.

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