I upgraded to Ventura 13.2 (22D49) and now my location is fixed to Cupertino, CA in date and time. Under location it is set to South Africa but I cannot change it in Date and Time so now I have only incorrect date and time on my laptop.
How do I fix this please?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.2
Type a different city into the "Closest city " field, don't just use the drop down menu. You can use the drop-down menu "closest city" to change to a city not on the list. The timezone on my Mac seemed to be locked to Central Europe, but when I typed "Toronto" or "Kapstadt" into the field with the suggested closest cities, my Mac asked for a password to unlock the Date&Time and I could switch the timezone to a different city, also ro South Africa.
Type a different city into the "Closest city " field, don't just use the drop down menu. You can use the drop-down menu "closest city" to change to a city not on the list. The timezone on my Mac seemed to be locked to Central Europe, but when I typed "Toronto" or "Kapstadt" into the field with the suggested closest cities, my Mac asked for a password to unlock the Date&Time and I could switch the timezone to a different city, also ro South Africa.
- Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.
2 - Safe Mode will also eliminate Third Party Software, extensions and drivers from loading. It will only load the Minimum amount of Core Apple Processes to allow the the computer to function at a reduced Level of Performance
3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?
4 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.
Forgot mention I did try that but I only get USA cities to choose from as my location. I have scrolled all the way to the top and bottom.
Wowzer! This was the fix! Thanks so much léonie and P. Phillips for helping me. Typing my city into the "Closest City" section changed the Time Zone to the correct one. Have a great day!
Try Turning OFF " Set time zone automatically using your current location " and then choose your current Location
Change the Time Zone in your above image
It is still showing Pacific Standard Time
I can't. It remains as read only. It doesn't change to a dropdown menu after I turn off " Set time zone automatically using your current location ". It remains as the default.
Now, when a " Heavy Hitter " ( respectively ) aka léonie joins this question, I very much tend to follow the advise very closely
You're welcome. This problem had me also stumped for a while. 😀 Then I remembered that we can type into the "Closest City" field in Photos for Mac and tried it also in the System Settings.
I MUST Thank You Too 🇨🇦 for refreshing the old Grey Cells on that method.
Disregard - Double posting as Apple Servers were sloooow to respond on posting reply
This is a true example of " Collaborative " work
Important, the issue was fixed 👍
Cannot change Date and Time
