Q: iMac keeps changing identity adding a number (x) behind byname-iMac
My iMac's computer name keeps changing automatically after
Yosemite upgrade
This started happening once I upgraded my iMac to Yosemite. It will add numbers to the name of my
iMac.
Example: It starts off as say "My iMac"
Then a half day later, it changes to "My iMac (2)"
Then the next day it will be "My iMac (3)"
And if I open the Finder window, it will show "My iMac" and "My iMac (2)" under "Shared" but if you click
on them, nothing happens.
When I go to System Preferences > Sharing the computer name will have the number there "My iMac (3)"
and say it can be found as MyiMac-3.local
If I change it back to just "My iMac", the number process starts all over again. I even tried naming the
iMac something it was never named before and the same process occurs with the adding of the numbers.
Anyone know how I can fix this?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Posted on Jan 9, 2015 3:01 PM