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Manually specify desired timeserver
Authored by: brett_x on Apr 02, '08 08:45:04AM

This is a hint? I hope I can add validity by adding to it.
That field is not restricted to just one time server. You can put in multiple time servers separated by commas. This is helpful if you have laptops and your company has a proxy server to get to the internet (so you can't reach Apple's time server). You can use an internal ntp server while in the office, and use time.apple.com when you're outside the company's firewall.



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Manually specify desired timeserver
Authored by: bassmaster_jeff on Apr 02, '08 05:59:18PM

In Leopard, you can use spaces (instead of commas) between potential NTP servers:

Example: 0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org

Results in the following written to your /etc/ntp.conf file once you navigate away from Date & Time.

server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org



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