Every day I come into the office and plug my mac into my Thunderbolt display. It says the name "yourcomputer" is in use and renames it "yourcomputer-2" (or -3 or -4 ...). How do I make it stop?
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Do you have the Mac hooked up to Ethernet through the Thunderbolt display? – Cajunluke Jun 28 '12 at 17:48
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Yes, it's ethernet through thunderbolt. – chrismealy Jun 28 '12 at 21:18
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is the name "yourcomputer" unique on your work's network? i.e. are there other people with Mac's that might have the same computer name or are you also connecting via a second network such as wi-fi? – Stu Wilson Jul 07 '12 at 20:54
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another possibility, do you plug into the same display every day or do you hot desk between multiple available Thunderbolt displays? – Stu Wilson Jul 07 '12 at 21:15
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nope, one laptop, one display, one unique name on the network – chrismealy Jul 09 '12 at 23:34
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Are you also connecting to Wifi / Wireless network at the same time, that is the same network? – MrDaniel Jul 23 '12 at 17:36
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@chrismealy Do you turn the Thunderbolt display off when you unplug the Mac to leave? – Cajunluke Jul 30 '12 at 19:45
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Probably I solved by disabling wake on wlan. I think it was time machine's fault, who was actin as a sleep proxy. Are you still having this issue? – Rnhmjoj Sep 30 '14 at 18:02
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Try making your hostname permanent by typing this command into the Terminal:
sudo scutil --set HostName yourcomputer
My hostname kept changing when I connected to the network because the router was broadcasting a different hostname, and this fixed it.
Ricardo Sanchez-Saez
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In my case is "ComputerName" that keeps changing. This does nothing more than setting it from system preferences. A few seconds later it will return to "computername (n)". This is the log of what happens exactly after it changes. – Rnhmjoj Sep 30 '14 at 14:28