On 08/10/2009, at 1:42 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
My computer is named "Sevs G5" and has been for a long time.
Recently, I noticed in Sharing that it is named Sevs G5 (5) and the
accompanying message tells me that other users can connect using
Sevs G5-2.local which proves correct, and Sevs G5 by itself no
longer works.
What is going on? Leopard 10.5.8.
Hi Severin,
This happens when the system detects two computers with the same name
on the same local network.
You can change the computer name and get rid of (5) in system
preferences->sharing.
I've had it happen to me before. Some people think it happens if you
have a "Previous Systems" Folder on your HD, others say it can happen
if you have both Airport and Ethernet connected, or switch between
them (like unplugging a laptop from Ethernet and then using Airport)?
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
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