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Q: My mac is showing up as multiple shared servers

I am having a problem that is best illustrated in the attached screenshot. Essentially, my mac is showing up multiple times as a shared server, both in the sidebar and in my full network window. This has only been happening since I upgraded to Yosemite last year. It is impossible to eject these "servers" and clicking on them reveals nothing (that is, it pops up a message saying the server doesn't exist or is unavailable at this time). I can't find any information about it. It is not really a problem when I'm working on my iMac (27" Mid 2011, 3.1GHz Intel Core i5, OS X 10.10.2), but when I try to connect from this computer via either of my Apple TVs, there are usually 2 or 3 versions of this same computer showing up in the shared list. In the past I have logged out of home sharing (both in iTunes on the desktop and on the Apple TVs) and logged back in and sometimes that seemed to work. But it really is hit-or-miss and that's the real inconvenience of this problem. My worst fear is that this is some kind of security issue. Anybody have some thoughts on what might be going on here and how to solve it?

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Posted on Feb 2, 2015 7:54 AM

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