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Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed

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Skylamar:

> Hi. I have an IMac running Yosemite.
> 
> For the sake of this post, I'll say my computer is named "Computer."
> 
> A few weeks ago, I noticed that my Mac changed its name by adding a 2 
> in parentheses: "Computer (2)"
> 
> I went into the Sharing preferences and removed the "(2)" so its name 
> was back to "Computer."
> 
> I did that a few weeks ago.
> 
> I just looked in the Finder again and noticed the "(2)" has been added again.
> 
> Does anyone know why the "(2)" keeps being added?

This has been widely reported I had (2), (5), and (10). In my case it
went away when I re-started the AirPort base station. YMMV!

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Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Skylamar <Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> - 2015-01-01 20:31 -0800
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-01 23:38 -0500
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-02 00:29 -0500
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    Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-02 11:24 -0500
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Skylamar <Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> - 2015-01-02 10:35 -0800
    Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-02 20:15 +0000
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