[chris v]

Topic pretty much says it all. Date & time sdeems to be working in Sys. prefs, but I get spinning beachball when mousing over the clock in the menu bar, & I can't turn it off in prefs. What process to I kill to unhang it?

(logging out/in didn't work, and caused a looong hang at finder launch)

CV

[chris v]

Logged out again, then in as different user, and now all is well when logging back in to my main account. Weirdness. System UI server was using 80% for a while there, too. I guess it will remain a mystery...

Still would like to know if there's a process you can kill in the terminal when the clock hangs.

CV

[Basilisk]

killall -HUP SystemUIServer will do it.

The clock isn't a separate process. Like all true MenuExtras it runs as a plugin to SystemUIServer.

Alex

[chris v]

Thanks I did a basic kill SystemUIServer once, but that didn't do it. I'll try your method the next time it crops up.

CV