I noticed today that my Macbook pro terminal is showing an alphanumeric number with the name. What is this?? How to remove this???
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MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
You can customize the prompt, in your case the @host name is picked up from .local you can change this
>System Preferences>Sharing>Computer name> Edit
a reboot maybe necessary...
ref: Change your computer's name or local hostname on Mac ...
It could be this unique identifier because other @Macbook-Pro on your Network (?)
From Terminal you get a sense of this, both ip and mac addressess of all devices connected— copy and paste:
arp -a
Most routers have this feature built in, if you are admin log into your Router for ex a NeatGear router enter into the address bar: 192.168.1.1/
log in>Advanced>Administration>Attached Devices here you get to see actual device names for conflicts.
You can customize the prompt, in your case the @host name is picked up from .local you can change this
>System Preferences>Sharing>Computer name> Edit
a reboot maybe necessary...
ref: Change your computer's name or local hostname on Mac ...
It could be this unique identifier because other @Macbook-Pro on your Network (?)
From Terminal you get a sense of this, both ip and mac addressess of all devices connected— copy and paste:
arp -a
Most routers have this feature built in, if you are admin log into your Router for ex a NeatGear router enter into the address bar: 192.168.1.1/
log in>Advanced>Administration>Attached Devices here you get to see actual device names for conflicts.
Your description is so convoluted, I have no idea what name you are talking about.
What do you expect?
what do you get instead?
MacBook Pro terminal is showing an alphanumeric number with the name
