wrong automatic date and time

Suddenly my MacBook Pro changed the time and date altogether, setting it back to October last year and to a different time.

This is the automatic setting.

I now have set the date and time to today’s date and time manually.

Could I get some help pls

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.1

Posted on Jan 24, 2024 3:57 PM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2024 9:55 AM

Bpnunes wrote:

Suddenly my MacBook Pro changed the time and date altogether, setting it back to October last year and to a different time.
This is the automatic setting.
I now have set the date and time to today’s date and time manually.
Could I get some help pls

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.1



The current stable release of Sonoma including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 14.3 - I would start there.

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there was an old bug in Sonoma... You can turn off "Automatic" and set it manually as an option.



alternatively from the Terminal.app copy & paste:

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



this will remove the corrupt plist. reboot and compare your results

(note—your psswd will not echo on screen, type it in any way use the enter\return key to proceed.)



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Jan 25, 2024 9:55 AM in response to Bpnunes

Bpnunes wrote:

Suddenly my MacBook Pro changed the time and date altogether, setting it back to October last year and to a different time.
This is the automatic setting.
I now have set the date and time to today’s date and time manually.
Could I get some help pls

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.1



The current stable release of Sonoma including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 14.3 - I would start there.

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support


there was an old bug in Sonoma... You can turn off "Automatic" and set it manually as an option.



alternatively from the Terminal.app copy & paste:

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



this will remove the corrupt plist. reboot and compare your results

(note—your psswd will not echo on screen, type it in any way use the enter\return key to proceed.)



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