NTP Server Settings in OS X

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dstranathandstranathan
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in macOS edited January 2014
What .plist does OS X strore its date and time and NTP server info in. I know that the System Prefs Pane can adjust/configure those settings, but I need to know which physical .plist file the data/configurations are stored in.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Perhaps grep could figure it out....
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    jellytusslejellytussle Posts: 86member
    /etc/ntp.conf
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    mithmith Posts: 6member
    I have a powerbook and I had configured it to automatically update the time from about 2-3 server set in ntp.conf.



    What is annoying is that if I get offline (since it's a notebook!) the automatic update gets DISABLED until I re-enable it.



    Any solution?
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  • Reply 4 of 5
    dstranathandstranathan Posts: 1,717member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mith

    I have a powerbook and I had configured it to automatically update the time from about 2-3 server set in ntp.conf.



    What is annoying is that if I get offline (since it's a notebook!) the automatic update gets DISABLED until I re-enable it.



    Any solution?



    lock the config file or run a cron job?
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    mithmith Posts: 6member
    lock what file? The config doesn't get changed, ntpd is stopped.



    I might run a cronjob to re-sync, but then when I'm offline it would ask me to start an internet connection, I suspect.



    I'll try and maybe post here again in case anyone else cares.



    PS: even if I sync my clock every minute or so, I'm regularly late!
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