Bert Bassett

Q: Yosemite [erroneously] displays multiple Shared Instances under Finder

Since upgrading to Yosemite I have noticed that my iMac appears several times in the Shared area of Finder

e.g

 

Devices

iMac (13)


Shared

iMac

iMac (2)

iMac (4)

iMac (5)

iMac (6)

iMac (7)

iMac (8)

etc..

 

I had noticed something similar under Mavericks;  the System Log suggested that there was another system [duplicate] on the network using the same Name/IP Address.  In that case the Device Name was changed to iMac (2).

 

I have tried to edit the Device Name under Sharing in System Preferences - but the system changes it back to some other "random" number

 

Interestingly it says:

 

Computer Name: iMac (13)

Computers on your local network can access your computer at: iMac-12.local

 

Any ideas what is happening ?  [I have noticed a few other folks (on other forums have encountered the same problem - although no solution as yet!]

 

Many Thanks

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 24, 2014 12:18 AM

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  • by steve14699,

    steve14699 steve14699 Oct 30, 2014 9:58 AM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Oct 30, 2014 9:58 AM in response to Bert Bassett

    Does this still apply to me if I don't use an AirPort Extreme?... I just have a DSL modem/router from my ISP but I'm having this problem as well.

  • by AKvenice,

    AKvenice AKvenice Oct 30, 2014 12:44 PM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Oct 30, 2014 12:44 PM in response to Bert Bassett

    I am having similar issues and none of these leads are working

  • by ActiveSkip,

    ActiveSkip ActiveSkip Oct 30, 2014 1:25 PM in response to aloysius3
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    Oct 30, 2014 1:25 PM in response to aloysius3

    Try one of these:

     

    1) Finder method:

     

    Finder...Go...Go to Folder and enter ~/Library/Preferences/

     

    Scroll through the list (sort it by name) until you get to com.apple.finder.plist

     

    (It really should be there - its autocreated everytime Finder launches...)

     

    2. Terminal method:

     

    Open Terminal.app and at the shell type to open that hidden folder:

     

      open ~/Library/Preferences/


    or


    open /User/[your name here]/Library/Preferences/

  • by Christian Tillinger1,

    Christian Tillinger1 Christian Tillinger1 Oct 30, 2014 3:22 PM in response to lecho
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    Oct 30, 2014 3:22 PM in response to lecho

    I have been troubleshooting this issue with my two computers (iMac OS X 10.10, Mac mini OS X 10.10) by following the instructions given here for about 3 weeks. (1. Reboot/Reset Airport Basestation.  2. Delete com.apple.finder.plist.) Issue was resolved in first place but did reoccur pretty soon after again and again. Today I notice that this issue has become persistent. TB steps won't help anymore.

  • by ActiveSkip,

    ActiveSkip ActiveSkip Oct 30, 2014 4:22 PM in response to Christian Tillinger1
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    Oct 30, 2014 4:22 PM in response to Christian Tillinger1

    I wonder if something else on your network is trying to keep Wake on Network alive? (AppleTV maybe?) Also - is every computer being reported with multiple names have Wake on Network off?

  • by William Kucharski,

    William Kucharski William Kucharski Oct 31, 2014 1:06 PM in response to steve14699
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    Oct 31, 2014 1:06 PM in response to steve14699

    Unfortunately, this seems to be a Yosemite bug that has no permanent solution at the moment.

     

    I personally know of several bug reports filed with Apple both from beta testers and after the full public release. Reinstalling Yosemite will accomplish nothing and most of the tweaks that seem to make the problem go away will only provide relief for a few days, with the problem recurring within a week.

     

    The bottom line is, we will have to wait until Apple actually fixes this one in Yosemite.

  • by Andy Epprecht,

    Andy Epprecht Andy Epprecht Nov 1, 2014 4:29 AM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Nov 1, 2014 4:29 AM in response to Bert Bassett

    Still the same here happening on all of my Macs on Yosemite (never before under Mavericks, and before.).

     

    None of the proposed tricks helped. Resetting the host name in preferences > sharing helps for a while but suddenly iterations appear again (2), (3), etc. on all machines in my LAN.

     

    It really drives me nuts here! 

  • by locus91,

    locus91 locus91 Nov 1, 2014 1:11 PM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Nov 1, 2014 1:11 PM in response to Bert Bassett

    I am also having similar problems, and none of the fixes mentioned work for me either.

  • by tonyfromwhitestone,

    tonyfromwhitestone tonyfromwhitestone Nov 1, 2014 7:59 PM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Nov 1, 2014 7:59 PM in response to Bert Bassett

    I have four iMacs, but it's only happening to one. Waiting on a solution.

  • by dreamburn,

    dreamburn dreamburn Nov 2, 2014 2:47 PM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Nov 2, 2014 2:47 PM in response to Bert Bassett

    This is happening to my mother's computer too.  First Yosemite install hosed her computer.  I had to erase her hard drive and re-install Yosemite fresh, and her computer works okay now.  But her computer name keeps duplicating under the "Shared" section on the side bar of the Finder window. 

     

    Apple, please fix.  And please have one of your staff at least acknowledge some of these problems Yosemite is having... dropped WiFi, Duplicate computer names, slow startup, etc.  Are you guys fixing these problems??

  • by Comboi,

    Comboi Comboi Nov 3, 2014 12:42 AM in response to dreamburn
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    Nov 3, 2014 12:42 AM in response to dreamburn

    Same issue, only up to (3) so far so maybe I should be grateful!  Following this thread to wait for an Apple fix.

  • by Robert Karty,

    Robert Karty Robert Karty Nov 3, 2014 9:52 AM in response to Bert Bassett
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    Nov 3, 2014 9:52 AM in response to Bert Bassett

    Same issue here on 2009 Mac Pro, Mac OS 10.10.

  • by kevinski_uk,

    kevinski_uk kevinski_uk Nov 3, 2014 11:16 AM in response to Robert Karty
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    Nov 3, 2014 11:16 AM in response to Robert Karty

    try this

     

    i had a network issue and your issue and your issue disappeared after doing the below so i don't know if it will work or not but it won't harm to try as they all get rebuilt on reboot

     

    you will need to enter your network prefs again if it's not DHCP

     

    hold shift cmd G and paste this

     

    /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

    then Go

    then delete or move

     

    com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

    com.apple.network.identification.plist ( i didn't have this file but it was in the network fix so i included it anyway)

    com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist

    NetworkInterfaces.plist

    preferences.plist

     

    i deleted these as well

     

    com.apple.smb.server.plist

    com.apple.smb.server.plist.lockfile

     

    reboot

     

    i can't test it because i don't have the problem anymore

     

    hope it helps

  • by Christian Tillinger1,

    Christian Tillinger1 Christian Tillinger1 Nov 3, 2014 12:25 PM in response to kevinski_uk
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    Nov 3, 2014 12:25 PM in response to kevinski_uk

    Unfortunately, this procedure has not resolved the issue on my computer systems. Just deleted all those plists as recommended and restarted the machines. Computers now show with a fresh number under Shared on each system. (You bet the shared items will be multiplied soon.)

  • by kevinski_uk,

    kevinski_uk kevinski_uk Nov 3, 2014 12:32 PM in response to Christian Tillinger1
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    Nov 3, 2014 12:32 PM in response to Christian Tillinger1

    soz

    the only other thing i did was change my share name from the one apple defaulted to

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