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HD Partitions on Networked Mac Pro Listed Incorrectly in Finder

I'm using a late-2013 iMac running Mojave. It's connected to a mid-2010 Mac Pro running Sierra, through a router, via SMB.


I've changed the partition names on a few of the Mac Pro's hard drives, and they're appearing in the iMac's finder incorrectly.


For example: an external USB3 HD appears in Finder multiple times (i.e. 4TBMAC, 4TBMAC-1, 4TBMAC-2) and an internally connected SATA HD appears twice, first with its old partition name and again with its current partition name.


I don't know how to fix this. I tried logging out both computers from the network, it didn't help.


I would appreciate any advice. It's very distracting when moving large numbers of files. Thank you.

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 9:13 PM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2021 8:36 AM

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


In Finder's Menu, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes". (no quotes)


Volumes is where an alias to your hard drive ("/" at boot) is placed at startup, and where all the "mount points" for auxiliary drives are created for you to access them. This folder is normally hidden from view.


Drives with an extra 1 on the end have a side-effect of mounting a drive with the same name as the system already think exists. Try trashing the duplicates with a 1 or 2 if there are no real files in them, and reboot.


If it does contain data...


http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2474

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User profile for user: BDAqua
BDAqua
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Sep 21, 2021 8:36 AM in response to TheUncannyValley

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


In Finder's Menu, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes". (no quotes)


Volumes is where an alias to your hard drive ("/" at boot) is placed at startup, and where all the "mount points" for auxiliary drives are created for you to access them. This folder is normally hidden from view.


Drives with an extra 1 on the end have a side-effect of mounting a drive with the same name as the system already think exists. Try trashing the duplicates with a 1 or 2 if there are no real files in them, and reboot.


If it does contain data...


http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2474

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HD Partitions on Networked Mac Pro Listed Incorrectly in Finder

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