Macbook Pro clock stops when mac is sleeping.

GazzaGS wrote:

I have a 2019 13" macbook pro that keeps losing time when the lid is closed or the Mac times out and goes to sleep.

To correct, I have to go into System Settings>Time and Date> and turn 'set time and date automatically' off and on again.

Is there a fix? Any ideas what the issue may be?

Thanks in advance,

Gaz

You can set it manually...after you get it corrected, uncheck Automatically and compare your results. No harm there.

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Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.

if you still have issues—

you can re sync with Apples time server from the Terminal.app copy & paste:

sudo sntp -sS time.apple.com

still no resolve—

if it is a corrupt plist, remove the corrupt plist and compare your result; from the Terminal.app copy & paste:

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

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

reboot as normal.