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Yosemite install (from Mavericks) has automatically changed the names of my network computers as shown in the Finder sidebar. For example, my name IMac now displays as my name iMac(2). My two additional Mac Airs are displaying the same problem.

I have tried changing the computer names in System Preferences (sharing/computer name/edit) to no effect with or without rebooting.

How can I return to the original computer names?

catbrown
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UPDATE 3: Updating to 10.10.4 fixes this problem. In this point release discoveryd is replaced by the previously ousted mDNSResponder.

The originally supplied workaround follows...

There is a bug between Yosemite (the daemon discoveryd) and sleep servers. These servers reside in Apple TVs and Airports and act as a proxy for a sleeping machine. For now the only fix seems to be:

  • On your computer, go to System Preferences --> Energy Saver, and untick "Wake for network access" (or maybe it is "Wake for Wi-Fi access", I think it depends on your interface type).

  • Shut down your Apple TV/s and/or Airport/s.

  • On your computer, go to System Preferences --> Sharing, and rename it as you wish.

  • Reboot your computer and check that the name change has stuck (a reboot is probably not necessary but I did so for good measure).

  • Power-up your Apple TV/s and/or Airport/s.

I no longer have the incrementing computer name problem, unless I re-enable "Wake for network access".

UPDATE 1: Updating to OS X 10.10.1 (and Apple TV to 7.0.2) didn't help.

UPDATE 2: Whilst improved, it's still broken in OS X 10.10.3. But the buggy daemon discoveryd has apparently been replaced in the 10.10.4 beta by the previously ousted mDNSResponder. So here's hoping it's fixed in the next release. Source: 9to5Mac.

David
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  • Thanks. This worked. And it was immediate; no need to wait a day. I've reported it as a bug to Apple. – catbrown Oct 26 '14 at 15:11
  • The fix was temporary. I can still edit the computer name in prefs/sharing, but replication of the computers continues. I now have iMac, iMac(2) and iMac(3) representing a single computer. – catbrown Oct 27 '14 at 16:20
  • Sorry about that. Perhaps it was just a coincidence that it worked for me. – David Oct 28 '14 at 06:52
  • After making the above comment yesterday, I re-enabled "Wake for network access", and this morning I woke to find my computer name changed to "MacBook (2)". So there maybe something there---or it could still be a coincidence. – David Oct 28 '14 at 23:07
  • This person here claims to have a fix:

    http://ispire.me/fix-yosemite-rtc-alarm-wakeup-issue/

    Namely:

    sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :ProgramArguments: string --no-namechange" /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist

    Although I'm not willing to try it. This seems to be a treatment for the symptom, not the disease.

     – David Oct 28 '14 at 23:20
  • Yes, "wake for network access" seems to be the culprit. I now have it turned off and no replication since. Thanks for the nteresting fix in the link you posted, but I'm reluctant to be an early adopter. – catbrown Oct 29 '14 at 14:44
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Goto System Preferences/Sharing. That's where you can change your computer name.

user97206
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My workaround:

  1. Rename the Macbook to a new name (System Preferences > Sharing): e.g. Jimmy
  2. Restart Time Capsule (Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility)
  3. Make sure there are no identical names in Capsule's connected devices (the red box in diagram below)

  4. Rename the Macbook back to original name

    enter image description here

ohho
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