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Q: iOS 8.1 Mesages/Text Message Forwarding - Duplicate Computer names


I just upgraded to iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 6.  On my IPhone, when enabling Text Message Forwarding to my devices I noticed that my Mac's (15" MacBook Pro 5.1 Late 2008 with Yosemite) computer name appeared there twice. As expected, only one of the two duplicate computer names was successfully activated (switched to green) for text message forwarding,

 

I had recently changed/edited the Computer Name of my Mac in System Preferences/Sharing panel.  The duplicate names that appear in Text Message Forwarding is the previous/old name and the existing name of my Mac described above.

 

Is there a way to delete the old name from appearing in Text Message Forwarding by changing something on my Mac, such as editing or deleting a plist?

 

Thanks in advance for any constructive assistance, comments or suggestions that can help me fix this.

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 10:17 PM

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Q: iOS 8.1 Mesages/Text Message Forwarding - Duplicate Computer names

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  • by rayjaynj,

    rayjaynj rayjaynj Oct 27, 2014 9:33 PM in response to rayjaynj
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    Oct 27, 2014 9:33 PM in response to rayjaynj

    Problem solved! 


    I changed my iCloud password and the duplicate device names (ghost devices) disappeared from Settings/Messages/Text Message Forwarding on my iPhone.

     

    I hope this helps somebody with a similar issue.

  • by terra360,

    terra360 terra360 Oct 30, 2014 7:26 AM in response to rayjaynj
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    Oct 30, 2014 7:26 AM in response to rayjaynj

    Thank you very much indeed.  Changing the iCloud password was exactly the fix to the identical problem I was having for months before Yosemite with my MBP, iPad and iPhone.  Jumping through all of the 2-step verifications I needed to do for the three devices to change my iCloud password solved it.  No more "ghost machines" and the computer name now sticks. ~ cheers, Rusty

  • by dminhquy,

    dminhquy dminhquy Jul 12, 2015 5:22 PM in response to rayjaynj
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    Jul 12, 2015 5:22 PM in response to rayjaynj

    Thank you very much! This helped me.

  • by Ceres1,

    Ceres1 Ceres1 Mar 15, 2016 5:50 AM in response to rayjaynj
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    Mar 15, 2016 5:50 AM in response to rayjaynj

    This also helped me - Thank You!

     

    Still a problem in 2016! I encountered the issue when I clean rebuilt a couple of my Macs - I ended up with these machines being listed twice - once for the old build and a second for the new build. Changing my iCloud (=AppleID) password as per rayjaynj's post got rid of the "ghost machines". For anyone else attempting to do this, just make sure you do it when you have plenty time to go through updating all your Apple devices with the new password...can take a while!

     

    Perhaps if I had signed out as per https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201065 prior to rebuilding the machines then this would not have been an issue for me...