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User profile for user: alastair159
alastair159 Author
User level: Level 1
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Automatic Date & Time settings do not work

MacBook Pro 13" 2020.


Automatic time setting is not working properly - it sets itself to June 2020.


Source is time.apple.com – I've tried others, but not matter how I set the field, it immediately reverts back to time.apple.com


I've reset PRAM, booted in safe mode, reset the time using Terminal, followed every "fix" I can find on Mac forums etc. and nothing works.


Can anyone help ???


(PLEASE, no links to "how to set the time on your Mac" articles, this is a technical bug, not user error)

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.1

Posted on Nov 18, 2023 2:01 AM

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User profile for user: Luis Sequeira1
Luis Sequeira1
User level: Level 9
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Posted on Nov 18, 2023 6:52 AM

There were other threads with the same problem, and it appears that deleting a certain stuck file was the solution.


In Terminal, type


sudo rm /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist


then type your password when asked, and press enter.

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Automatic Date & Time settings do not work

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