I LOVE iStat Menus. The three menus I use the most are Network, CPU, and Date/Time. They help me know when my computer is actually doing the work that I've told it to. (They also tipped me off to the fact that on Snow Leopard, Software Update defaults to automatically download updates in the background. That's bad if you're on a slow DSL connection, like I currently am. Hurry up, Comcast!)

iStat Menus 2.0 came out ten days ago with support for Snow Leopard. I was thrilled by this news, as my attempt to install it a couple months ago failed (1.3 didn't work on Snow Leopard). I got all of my menus back, but with one problem. The date was stuck on Sep 9, 2009.

Is the date stuck on iStat Menus in Snow Leopard?

Here's the fix

The problem appears to be due to the fact that I attempted to install iStat Menus 1.3. I found this hint over at macoshints.com which talked about some weird things that can happen when upgrading to Snow Leopard and trying to run iStat Menus 1.3. If you've run into some issues, they won't go away if you uninstall and reinstall version 2.0. There is some artifact left behind by 1.3 that the 2.0 uninstaller doesn't catch. So you need to get rid of 1.3 altogether.

1. Download the iStat Menus 1.3 from iSlayer's website. There is a link to 1.3 all the way at the bottom on the right.
2. Right-click on the installer and Show Package Contents
3. Navigate to
   

   Contents/Resources

   and run

   iStat Menus Uninstaller

4. On your hard drive, navigate to
   

   ~/Preferences

   and delete the file

   com.iSlayer.iStatMenusPreferences.plist

5. Install iStat Menus 2.0 from

You should now have a fully functioning iStat Menus installation on Snow Leopard!

I suggest you donate to their cause while you're there. It's a great piece of software. That reminds me...I need to make a donation.