When I view my devices while signed in under my Apple ID, my MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid-2013) shows up as "Simulator" rather than "Joe's MacBook Air." All of my other devices show up with the proper name. I've searched the forums and elsewhere and can't find out any information about this. Any ideas?
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), 11-inch, Mid-2013
Can you not change it?
No, I can't (at least not that I know how). The name appears correctly under the system information, it only lists as "Simulator" when I log into my Apple ID account and view my devices.
Make a screen shot and post it here.
Here is what I see. My MacBook Air should be listed as "Joe's MacBook Air."
So if you go to System Preferences > Sharing, you see the Computer Name as "Joe's MacBook Air"? And you cannot change it there? Are you logged in as an administrator?
I also wonder why my iCloud display has different wording than yours (toward the top, under "My Devices"). Might you have one or more iOS device that is not current?
Just go into sharing and change the name.🙂
Hi,
You can go to MY SUPPORT PROFILE and change the description there.
https://supportprofile.apple.com
Hope that helps.. 🙂
Yes, the name is correct under System Preferences > Sharing (Joe's MacBook Air) and yes, I can change it, though this has no effect on how it shows up under Devices when I log into my Apple ID account. I tried changing the name a few times to see if it would make any difference, and it did not.
The name is correct under System Preferences > Sharing. It's only when I log into my Apple ID account and view my devices that it shows up with the name "Simulator."
Yes, though this doesn't change the name of the device when I view my devices while logged into my Apple ID account. My MacBook Air still shows up named "Simulator."
In that System Preferences > Sharing area that you checked, where you say the name is correctly set as "Joe's MacBook Air" ...
Check the fine print immediately below your computer name, where the network name is specified. Does that show up as something like "Joes_MacBook_Air.local"?
It should. If it does not, press the "Edit" button to the right of this line and change it.
Yes, the print below shows as "Joes-MacBook-Air.local".
Why does my MacBook Air show up as "Simulator" under my Apple devices?
