Macos Catalina Time synchronization not happening

My Mac's clock is continually drifting. Even though I have the option selected to automatically synchronize its time, it drifts higher than it should (sometimes by several minutes). I get no notifications that the time sync isn't working. I've tried turning the option off and on. How can I:


1) see any errors related to time synchronization

2) fix any issues that have to do with the time daemon not syncing with the server.


This gets annoying because I post things "from the future" in some services, and file times sometimes are in the future, which can affect certain applications poorly.

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Sep 26, 2020 7:11 AM

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Macos Catalina Time synchronization not happening

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