System clock will not update - RESOLVED

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darrell
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System clock will not update - RESOLVED

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Hi all...

Lately my Mac clock will not show the current time. I go into System Prefs and change it, but when I go to turn on my Mac a few days later it shows the old date! The date still runs, but it is 2 days old. Any ideas?

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Re: System clock will not update

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Mac battery dead? Probably not.

Time zone incorrect? Hours, not days off would likely result.

No idea, really. :banghead:
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Re: System clock will not update

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Is it possible you have a firewall blocking a network time server?
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Re: System clock will not update

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figured it out....operator error. in system prefs/time, I had 'set date and time automatically' unchecked.
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