Change Time Server in Mac devices
  • 29 Sep 2023
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Change Time Server in Mac devices

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The following Payload helps the IT Admins to set up a Time Server on their Mac devices. Time Servers help to ensure accurate and synchronized timekeeping across devices on a network, as these are critical for compliance, security, troubleshooting, and logging purposes.

  1. Copy the contents directly from below and add it in Custom Settings in the Device Profile or click here to download the file and import it in the Device Profile.
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    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>PayloadContentkey>
        <array>
            <dict>
                <key>timeServerkey>
                <string>time.euro.apple.comstring>
                <key>PayloadIdentifierkey>
                <string>com.example.mytimeserverpayloadstring>
                <key>PayloadDisplayNamekey>
                <string>Time Serverstring>
                <key>PayloadTypekey>
                <string>com.apple.MCXstring>
                <key>PayloadUUIDkey>
                <string>7bc24f5a-5ad8-4ad0-b05e-8f5f4418ff05string>
                <key>PayloadVersionkey>
                <integer>1integer>
            dict>
        array>
        <key>PayloadDisplayNamekey>
        <string>Time Serverstring>
        <key>PayloadIdentifierkey>
        <string>com.example.myprofilestring>
        <key>PayloadTypekey>
        <string>Configurationstring>
        <key>PayloadUUIDkey>
        <string>a18b9fa3-dbdc-4e60-89e0-d785c7c6a1a0string>
        <key>PayloadVersionkey>
        <integer>1integer>
    dict>
    plist>l
    
    
    
  2. Please change the string: <string>time.example.com</string> in the payload with the Time server of your choice. For example,
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    <dict>
                <key>timeServerkey>
                <string>time.euro.apple.comstring>
  3. Follow our guide on how to add the Custom Payload in the Device Profile & deploy it to devices.

You can find the list of top Public Time Servers here: https://gist.github.com/mutin-sa/eea1c396b1e610a2da1e5550d94b0453

Notes:

1. The Payload and its contents are sourced from various, albeit authenticated, Apple Developer communities and forums.

2. Please validate them on a test machine before deploying them on all your managed devices.

3. Scalefusion has tested these Payloads. However, Scalefusion will not be responsible for any loss of data or system malfunction that may arise due to the incorrect usage of these payloads.


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