Adding a calendar to your desktop

In a few shorts steps you can add a calendar like the one below to your desktop (OS X only).

Step 1: Download and install GeekTool

Step 2: Open up the System Preferences and select the GeekTool icon

Step 3: Click on the New Entry button (make sure the Enable GeekTool box is checked)

Step 4: Click on the newly created “Console” entry under Groups

Step 5: Click the drop down on the right hand side, and select Shell


Step 6: Cut and paste the following code into Command box

cal | sed “s/^/ /;s/$/ /;s/ $(date +%e) / $(date +%e | sed ‘s/./-/g’) /”;

Step 7: You’ll have to drag the the calendar to your preferred location on the desktop, then you can edit text color, font, etc.

And there you have it…