MacBook Pro showing incorrect time and date

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MacBook Pro showing incorrect time and date

Hi All,

Since an update about a year ago my MacBook has started displaying the wrong time and date. It looks like the clock just turns itself off when the MacBook lid is shut and then when reopened just acts like its that time.

E.g Finish working on Saturday night at 7.30pm. Shut the lid and then reopen on Sunday Morning at 11.30am and the time still shows Saturday 7.30pm.

Gone into settings, turned off auto update and back on again (which fixes the issue until the next time).

Anyone have any ideas? It's really annoying!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 28, 2024 03:47 AM

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Answer 1

KatieApple Author

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Apr 28, 2024 10:05 AM in response to kaz-k

Hi

It's on set time automatically using current location. The only way I can get it to reset to the actual time is to turn that off and back on again.

It's whenever I shut the laptop, it freezes on the time I shut the lid until I reopen and then continues (but on the wrong time!)

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May 16, 2024 08:41 AM in response to KatieApple

Same issue, have had it for a long time...

Are you a "power user" by chance? Worried that maybe one of my apps would be the root cause of this.

Alternatively, does your Mac happen to be an Intel one? Mine is; the 2020 version. If yours is similar, it could be a hardware thing.

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KatieApple Author

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May 26, 2024 02:44 PM in response to wmarciano

Hi I'm sorry for late reply! I'm not sure what a power user is lol so I dont think it's that! I do have a safari extension in place for the Momentum app so have been wondering if it's linked to that.

It's really annoying and seems to be no real fix for it - everything Apple has told me to do hasn't worked

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May 26, 2024 03:08 PM in response to KatieApple

<< It looks like the clock just turns itself off when the MacBook lid is shut and then when reopened just acts like its that time. >>

That's because that is EXACTLY what happens.

But for most Users, nothing interferes with the update that happens so quickly you never even notice.

Try running (and sleeping and waking) in Safe Mode, where most third party add-ons are not loaded.

"Works in safe mode, fails in Regular mode" implies "it's something you added"

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kaz-k

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Apr 28, 2024 05:48 AM in response to KatieApple

Hi,

How do you set System Preferences > General > Date&Time?

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