I have used ”Set date and time automatically” and the time and date its still wrong.

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I have used ”Set date and time automatically” and the time and date its still wrong.

My M1 MacBook Air its been sitting there for more the 3 months without power. When I turn it on yesterday I have noticed the date & time its not correct. So I have fallow the instruction on Apple's website to set the date & time. I have tried clicked on ”Set date and time automatically” and it did not work! The date still stock on the 2nd of March. For that reason I can not open any websites while I have internet connection. Then I have tried to set time Date & time manually which everything works as normal (can get website open). However, once I turn on the ”Set date and time automatically”, the date will turn back to 2nd of March then no internet. I have tried both safe mode and normal condition. Is there any other way I can make it work? I really don't want to reinstall the system.

MacBook Air Apple Silicon

Posted on Jul 11, 2022 11:24 PM

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poetachu Author

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Jul 14, 2022 10:17 PM in response to poetachu

Hello guys I have solved the problem. This is how I did it:

Right click on Finder and go file "/var/db"
Inside the file "db" and find a file "timed", delete it
Restart your Mac
Go to System Preferences, then click Date & Time
On the "Set date and time automatically", turn it off then turn it back on.

Things back to normal.

Thanks to everyone who is trying to help me on this issue. You guys are the best.

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poetachu Author

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Jul 14, 2022 12:55 AM in response to picas

I have done that and still not working. I have tried both manually or automatically set the time zone. I still get the wrong time and date when I choose ”Set date and time automatically”.

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poetachu Author

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Jul 14, 2022 01:14 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

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I have vpn since I am in China which I need it to get access to the world. Never the less I have tried both turn on and off vpn which working on this issues. It still not working.

Thank you for the help.

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Jul 14, 2022 02:18 AM in response to poetachu

Proxies - Network proxies detected. This could be evidence of malware.

Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed that could be malicious and should be reviewed.

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.macpaw.zh.CleanMyMac4.Agent.plist

Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.macpaw.zh.CleanMyMac4.Agent

Cleanmymac is awful, and something that you should never let loose on your mac.

I'd start by completely uninstalling it. Note that you'll have to follow their developers' instructions. It is NOT enough to drag it to the trash.

[Running] com.west2online.ClashX.ProxyConfigHelper.plist (Fuzhou West2Online Internet Inc. - installed 2022-07-12)

I am not familiar with this. Is this how you are setting up your vpn?

A proxy is something that will redirect your internet access.

I can only wonder if those proxy configurations have anything to do with it.

They may be necessary to reach the outside world.

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Jul 14, 2022 02:20 AM in response to poetachu

I forgot to ask: when you set date and time automatically, which time server is selected? Is it time.apple.com or something else? There are many ntp servers around the world. I wonder if you are accessing one that is not working correctly.

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Jul 14, 2022 08:12 AM in response to poetachu

poetachu wrote:

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I have vpn since I am in China which I need it to get access to the world. Never the less I have tried both turn on and off vpn which working on this issues. It still not working.

Thank you for the help.

So you are using a VPN to hide your real location yet you want the time to reflect your real location. Appears this may be a contributing factor.

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poetachu Author

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Jul 14, 2022 09:26 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I will try to uninstall CleanMymMac and see how it works. Hopefully things will get back to normal.

ClashX its what I use to host the VPN. I will try to turn it off while I work on this "Time" issue.

Thank you very much for you help.

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picas

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Jul 12, 2022 12:03 AM in response to poetachu

In Date and Time make sure Time Zone is correct.

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Jul 12, 2022 01:19 AM in response to poetachu

Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.

Are you using any sort of vpn?

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poetachu Author

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Jul 14, 2022 09:19 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I am using time.apple.com

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poetachu Author

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Jul 14, 2022 09:22 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

I have tried to set time up without VPN. Its just happen to have VPN on when I ran Etrecheck. Because I could not download Etrecheck without it. I need VPN to access google.

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Jul 15, 2022 06:59 AM in response to poetachu

Happy to hear you found a solution.

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