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Tofupunch

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Dec 4, 2014
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Hi guys,

I cannot seem to change the name of my mac. I initially changed it when i got the mac. But it recently switched back to a default name. Perhaps this happened around the time i installed windows via bootcamp...? Not sure. I have tried the method of system preferences > sharing. The name visible is what i want it to display but when i search for it with the iPhone via airdop, the desired display name for the mac does not show. any ideas? Thanks!
[doublepost=1484848869][/doublepost]actually i noticed none of my apple devices show their 'proper names' when displayed in the airdrop screen (only showing default names) help!
 
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