Can't change the time zone and it doesn't detect my location

The thing is, I recently bought a macbook and it has misidentified the time and my time zone right from the start. And when I want to manually change the time zone, I can't change this item, it is highlighted gray, I understand that for some reason I have a blocked time zone and in addition it doesn't detect my location on any map. Can you please tell me what to do?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Sep 21, 2023 8:59 PM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2023 10:37 PM

A Mac needs to see wi-fi access points that have their locations set in Apple’s database. If it can’t find any, it can’t determine location.

To change the time zone, you have to disable the automatic settings. You should then be able to type a city name into the field to establish your time zone.

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