{"id":1021,"date":"2019-02-20T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T10:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-put-your-name-on-macosx-menubar\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:42:17","slug":"how-to-put-your-name-on-macosx-menubar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-put-your-name-on-macosx-menubar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Put Your Name on macOS Menubar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a little personalization you can do for your macOS (works for latest macOS Catalina). If your name (nickname or just in case you named your mac something else) did not appear on the menubar, here\u2019s how you can get it display on the right hand corner.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"step01\">Step 1<\/h3>\n<p>Click the <strong>Apple<\/strong> logo, go to <strong>System Preferences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/menubar-name02.jpg\" alt=\"menubar name\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"step02\">Step 2<\/h3>\n<p>Click <strong>Account<\/strong>, click the icon at the bottom to unlock so you can change the settings.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/menubar-name03.jpg\" alt=\"menubar name\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"step03\">Step 3<\/h3>\n<p>Click <strong>Login Options<\/strong>, check \"<em><strong>Enable fast user switching<\/strong><\/em>\" and select \"<em>View as<strong>: Name<\/strong><\/em>\"<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/menubar-name04.jpg\" alt=\"menubar name\" width=\"450\" height=\"146\"><\/figure>\n<p>Voila, your name should now appear on the menubar, right hand corner.<\/p>\n<h2>Video tutorial<\/h2>\n<p>You can follow the steps via the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7rbZyWTdqQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a little personalization you can do for your macOS (works for latest macOS Catalina). 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