Well, your phone has inbuilt GPS and will automatically check for network access and soon obtain the info to know where it is the macbook has to get that info from somewhere.
According to this <http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/automatically-set-time-zone-by-loca tion.php> > Generally your Mac won¹t have GPS, so instead this works by checking the > visible Wi-Fi networks against a database of their locations. As a result this > only works when your AirPort is turned on, but it isn¹t necessary for you to > be connected to the internet through it. Of course this also works much more > accurately in urban areas where there are lots of Wi-Fi networks around. > So, did you have your macbook turned on, with Airport turned on, whilst in range of local wi-fi networks? HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 9/6/13 15:51, Stuart Breden at [email protected] wrote: > An interesting question about international travel. > > I went on a conference in South America recently. > > As you know when you fly east from Australia you cross the international date > line. > > Presumably both the iPhone and MacBook Pro would adjust to local time if you > set the Settings and System Preferences correctly. I did this supposedly but > had problems with my Mac Book Pro. > > Hints or suggestions? > > Stuart Breden > PO Box 132 > Kalamunda WA 6926 > Ph: (08) 9257 1577 > Mbl: 0417 053 266 > > Please consider the environment before printing this email > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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