Why is my cell phone time and time on my iMac are 5 minutes apart?

6:18 cell phone

6:23 iMac

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 6:18 AM

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dialabrain

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Aug 17, 2020 6:26 AM in response to AppleSauce101

Is "Set date and time automatically" enabled in System Preferences > Date & Time > Date & Time tab?

den.thed

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Aug 17, 2020 6:28 AM in response to AppleSauce101

On the iMac, go to > Apple > System Preferences > Date & Time > Date and Time tab > make sure that "Set date and time automatically" is checked.

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