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How to automatically or manually change the date, time, and time zone on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV

Ankur Thakur ∙ Updated March 3, 2023

Keeping your devices' date, time, and time zone settings up-to-date is crucial for ensuring accurate scheduling, time-based reminders, and smooth functioning of various applications.

Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV offer several ways to change the date, time, and time zone settings, both automatically and manually. In this article, we will explore different methods to update the time and date settings on your Apple devices, so you can stay on top of your busy schedule and never miss an important event.

How to add, turn off, delete, and manage alarms on your iPhone or iPad

Ankur Thakur ∙ January 3, 2023

This simple tutorial will show you all the ways you can set, edit, and manage alarms on your iPhone or iPad.

How to set any song as your alarm sound on iPhone

Ankur Thakur ∙ December 12, 2022

The Clock app offers several alarm tones to choose from, but if you are tired of being woken up to the default sounds like Night Owl and By the Seaside, you'll be happy to learn that you can use your own music as the alarm sound. We'll show you how to use a song from the Music app or Apple Music as your alarm sound on your iPhone.

How to set and manage alarms on your Apple Watch

Ankur Thakur ∙ December 7, 2022

Learn how to set up, edit, delete, and manage alarms on your Apple Watch in this full walkthrough guide.

These steps apply to any Apple Watch model such as Series 8, 7, 6, 5, SE, or Apple Watch Ultra running watchOS 9.

Some of the best time management jailbreak tweaks for iOS 14

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 28, 2022

Keeping track of the time on a busy schedule is important, and that’s why iDB used the fast-paced 2022 Thanksgiving holiday to reminisce on what we believe are some of the best jailbreak tweaks for time management on the iOS & iPadOS 14 platforms.

How to customize the color, font, and script of the Lock Screen clock on iPhone

Ankur Thakur ∙ October 4, 2022

You glance at the time, date, day, and month on the iPhone Lock Screen several times daily. Therefore, styling it with your favorite color and font will go a long way in personalizing your iPhone.

In this post, we will show you how to change the color, font, and even the script for the clock on the Lock Screen of your iPhone in iOS 16.

TimeJump helps cure chronic lateness by letting the Lock Screen clock run fast

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 26, 2022

There are a subset of people in society that purposely set their clocks fast, often by almost 10 minutes or so. This is purportedly supposed to help with chronic lateness, as it makes the individual believe they need to be somewhere 10 minutes earlier than they actually do.

How to set an alarm on Mac

Ankur Thakur ∙ Updated December 12, 2022

If you spend most of your day in front of your Mac, sometimes you might want to set the alarm on it to help you wake up from a quick desk nap or remember something.

In this piece, we'll show you how to set an alarm on your Mac using the built-in Clock app and Siri on macOS Ventura. In case your Mac is on macOS Monterey or earlier, you can use suggested third-party apps to set the alarm.

Tip: Edit an alarm on your iPhone without hitting an Edit button first

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 24, 2022

Think twice before concluding there's nothing new to learn about editing iPhone alarms. If you have iOS 15.0 or later on your iPhone, use this handy tip to quickly edit an alarm.

This jailbreak tweak replaces the Lock Screen’s digital time with an analog clock

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 18, 2022

Do you have a soft spot for the timeless aesthetic of an analog clock? If so, then a new jailbreak tweak subtly named Analog by iOS developer ginsudev could be right up your alley!

DualClock 2 adds a second time zone’s clock to your Lock Screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 18, 2022

The old saying that goes “out of sight, out of mind” has a lot of truth behind it, and if you border two different time zones or have friends outside of yours, then it can be easy to forget what time it is in that other place.

StatusBarTimer puts the remainder of your iPhone’s active timer in the Status Bar

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 3, 2021

After setting a timer on your iPhone, you can either glance at the Lock Screen or open the Clock app to see the remainder before it rings. Sadly, there’s no in-between; your iPhone either needs to be locked or you’ll have to glue your eyes to the Clock app.

That’s something that a new and free jailbreak tweak called StatusBarTimer by iOS developer ldefix2020 aims to fix, as it puts the timer remainder in the Status Bar so that you can see it from just about anywhere in iOS.