Q: OS X 10.10 Yosemite .local names via Bonjour & DNS?
I have a MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009) running OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.3. It also has OS X Server.
I'm having some trouble with the computer resolving .local hostnames. This happens on a home WiFi network and on another Ethernet wired network. I've been looking for troubleshooting ideas. I found Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5, 10.6: How to look up ".local" hostnames via both Bonjour and standard DNS - Apple Support that looks like just what I want, except it doesn't cover Yosemite. I have searched support.apple.com for an article like this.
Can anyone help me find the article ,or find some other material thjat might help? Alternatively you might like to take a look at my symptoms and suggest other things I might try. Here are some of the symptoms.
- The Synergy app cannot resolve the name of the MacBook.
- I can't get the Synergy app to work as usual; it resports that it cannot resolve the MacBook's name.
- I can't get another computer on the LAN to resolve the MacBook's name.
- I can't get the MacBook to resolve its own name.
- The MacBook can resolve the other computer's name.
- Non-local names, such as discussions.apple.com, get resolved.
I haven't found a cause of the problem. Restarting the computer has made the problem go away in the past. I tried logging out and logging in again, but that didn't help.
MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Mariel
Posted on Jun 7, 2015 1:16 AM