Travelling with a Mac questions...

[NDA]

A very numpty question - apologies.

I will be in France for a few weeks and will be joining various meetings on Zoom and Teams.

I assume my MacBook will automatically adjust the time - or should I set manually? More importantly, does my calendar adjust, let's say, a 10:30 GMT meeting to an 11:30 local time? Does this happen across my Teams calendar too?

[eeLee]

You will need to inform your MacBook that you're in CEST. Then it will magically do the rest.

Your phone will automagically know you're in France.

[NDA]

eeLee said:

You will need to inform your MacBook that you're in CEST. Then it will magically do the rest.

Your phone will automagically know you're in France.

OK - thanks.... my MacBook says it adjusts the time and date automatically, but it's easy enough to set.

Will my phone also adjust the timings in my calendar from GMT to CEST?

[Jenny Tailor]

My Iphone did.

[eeLee]

The phone will get updated from the network provider.

The MB may or may not swing over to CEST, this should be simple to do on the device itself.

[megaphone]

Be warned, you phone and Mac will automatically switch language to French, then you'll need to work out how to switch it back.

[NDA]

megaphone said:

Be warned, you phone and Mac will automatically switch language to French, then you'll need to work out how to switch it back.

Hahaahaha.

Thanks - I am not actually that daft.

[Alorotom]

NDA said:

A very numpty question - apologies.

I will be in France for a few weeks and will be joining various meetings on Zoom and Teams.

I assume my MacBook will automatically adjust the time - or should I set manually? More importantly, does my calendar adjust, let's say, a 10:30 GMT meeting to an 11:30 local time? Does this happen across my Teams calendar too?

If the MacBook is controlled by / deployed by an IT department rather than your own equipment it may not change timezones without administrator authorisation - I know none of the laptops / surfaces / iPhones at my current employer do which is a right nuisance.

[NDA]

Alorotom said:

If the MacBook is controlled by / deployed by an IT department rather than your own equipment it may not change timezones without administrator authorisation - I know none of the laptops / surfaces / iPhones at my current employer do which is a right nuisance.

It's my own laptop - but thanks for the thought.

[LeeM135i]

My M1 MBP has a pop up which asks if you would like to update to local date / time as soon as you connect it to the hotel / company WiFi and it realises its not at home any more.

[LeeM135i]

Sorry to add, calendar also updates to local time if using MS outlook so a 10am uk meeting will move to 11am CET meeting automatically when the time updates.

[Miserablegit]

Don’t update the time zone
If it sees it is in France it won’t start working until after 10, will turn off completely between 11:30 and 4 and will then try to ignore you after 4:30

This is only half in jest - I had a most unfortunate experience in France when travelling there for a meeting only to discover my counterpart was “too busy” for the meeting - feet up on desk with a Gauloise in his mouth…

I had plenty of other good experiences in France but they don’t support my flippant remarks.