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How to set your Apple Watch time

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Don't run late again
The worship of Mac After you turn this feature on, you will not be legally liable if you are late.
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Pro tip error Set your Apple Watch time a few minutes earlier common sense Time and you can cheat yourself from running late every day. This is an officially supported feature, not a hack, but has nasty and annoying side effects. And it doesn’t want you to set your smartwatch out of sync with internet time.

What do you get? By speeding up your Apple Watch for a few minutes, you can nudge yourself to get out the door a little earlier. And that might be enough to get you somewhere on time instead of being late. If procrastination is a recurring problem for you, this small change could save your skin.

How to set up your Apple Watch a few minutes ago

Setting Apple Watch five minutes ahead of real time
Set your Apple Watch ahead of real time.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/The Cult of Mac

Here’s how to set up your Apple Watch a few minutes in advance:

  1. On your Apple Watch, go to Settings > Clock (Scroll to the bottom).
  2. Tap +0 min.
  3. Turn the digital crown (the dial on the side) to determine how many minutes ahead you want your watch to be.
  4. Tap ✓ When you’re done.

I recommend setting your watch a few minutes faster; I don’t want to go over 10. You don’t want to confuse yourself too much by going between your Apple Watch and your iPhone.

As I mentioned above, using this feature is much better than turning off the automatic date and time. Here, your Apple Watch will maintain the correct time as soon as it is synced from the Internet. easily Demonstrations It was a few minutes ago.

Turning off automatic date and time, and leaving your Apple Watch out of sync can cause all kinds of weird, unexpected errors and problems. Also, your watch won’t automatically adjust for daylight saving time if that’s where you live.

Two other Apple Watch devices to keep you on time

Turning on chimes and talk time in the Apple Watch settings
You can set your Apple Watch to run faster, but these settings make sure time doesn’t get away from you.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/The Cult of Mac

If you’re constantly fighting, you can use two other Apple Watch features while logging in. Settings > Clock.

  1. Scroll down and turn on Chimes To make a little tap on the clock, every hour. Don’t worry – even though it’s called Chimes, your watch won’t make a sound if you have it on silent (which everyone else does). It just gives you a tap. It’s very simple, but it can cause you to lose track of time.
  2. You may find faucets very confusing with the usual notifications. If that’s the case, turn it on Speaking time Have your Apple Watch read the time aloud. Control in silent mode mutes when in silent mode; Always speak It ensures that your watch tells the time no matter what.

Get yourself on time or early for appointments with these Apple Watch timing tricks. (If you’re early, I recommend killing some time with one of these five fun iPhone games.)




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