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Q: Shared mac showing up several times

My media mac is showing several times in my other mac and iphone (remote) withe different numbers. Why?

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 3:39 PM

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I have the same problem with my MacBook Pro.

 

I've set the machine name to "wotex", soon it's "wotex (2)", then "wotex (3)" and so on. On my MacMini when I browse all the network I see all "instances" reported.

 

So far "renaming" the machine does not help, as it starts all over again the (2) and (3).... really annoying.

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 3:49 PM

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  • by Scott Newman,

    Scott Newman Scott Newman Oct 29, 2014 7:35 AM in response to srod94
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    Oct 29, 2014 7:35 AM in response to srod94

    This is very clearly a bug in Yosemite given that it began for most people when they upgraded to Yosemite. I realize that this happened on a small scale during previous Mac OS X updates, but not to the extent it's happening now.

     

    If you have a computer where file sharing has to be turned on and where "wake for network access" has to be turned on, my best advice is to either wait for a fix from Apple or else reintstall Mavericks--not an easy task because you must wipe the disk, reinstall mavericks and then use Migration Assistant to bring over your apps and data from your previous install. We have a home media server (an older MacBook) and I got so frustrated that I did reinstall Mavericks. And that was a 100% fix for this problem.

     

    If you can turn off file sharing and turn off wake for network access on the problem computer, that MIGHT work.

     

    Also, if you have an Apple Airport Express or Airport Extreme where that device is providing your local network, open Airport Utility and click on the device picture and then click "Edit." In the Base Station tab, add your iCloud ID towards the bottom of that window. Then click "Update" to update your Airport device. If you have multiple iCloud IDs that are accessing the shared computer, do the same thing on each of those computers. That MIGHT also work.

  • by Bobby Wan,

    Bobby Wan Bobby Wan Nov 2, 2014 5:58 PM in response to Scott Newman
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    Nov 2, 2014 5:58 PM in response to Scott Newman

    I've got this same issue as well.

  • by Brian S. Campbell,

    Brian S. Campbell Brian S. Campbell Nov 17, 2014 12:51 PM in response to purensimple
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    Nov 17, 2014 12:51 PM in response to purensimple

    FWIW, the new OS X 10.10.1 update seems to be promising. I've updated my laptop and a few of the computers i routinely access and so far BTMM seems to be working and the multiple computer listings have gone away. Obviously more testing is required before i can be sure though

  • by Tony T1,

    Tony T1 Tony T1 Nov 17, 2014 3:05 PM in response to Brian S. Campbell
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    Nov 17, 2014 3:05 PM in response to Brian S. Campbell

    Brian S. Campbell wrote:

     

    FWIW, the new OS X 10.10.1 update seems to be promising. I've updated my laptop and a few of the computers i routinely access and so far BTMM seems to be working and the multiple computer listings have gone away. Obviously more testing is required before i can be sure though

     

    I'm still seeing on 10.10.1

     

    Screen Shot 2014-11-17 at 6.03.50 PM.png

  • by Tony T1,

    Tony T1 Tony T1 Nov 17, 2014 5:13 PM in response to Tony T1
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    Nov 17, 2014 5:13 PM in response to Tony T1

    Tony T1 wrote:

    I'm still seeing on 10.10.1

     

    Rebooting my AirPort Extreme cleared it.

  • by roc19472,

    roc19472 roc19472 Nov 18, 2014 1:45 AM in response to Tony T1
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    Nov 18, 2014 1:45 AM in response to Tony T1

    Same problem here.

    Yosemite 10.10.1

    Rebooting Airport cleared all the shared mac, but the one still visible has a suffix number that let me think the problem is not solved yet

     

    Schermata 2014-11-18 alle 10.40.13.png

  • by Chris Wardman,

    Chris Wardman Chris Wardman Nov 24, 2014 7:19 PM in response to Tony T1
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    Nov 24, 2014 7:19 PM in response to Tony T1

    This fixed my (extremely annoying) issue.

  • by Brian S. Campbell,

    Brian S. Campbell Brian S. Campbell Nov 24, 2014 7:25 PM in response to roc19472
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    Nov 24, 2014 7:25 PM in response to roc19472

    Yeah, i spoke too soon. The problem isn't nearly as bad as it was before, but one computer on my network INSISTS on having the (2) appended to it. It's really flaring up the OCD...

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