Macbook Air (2)?

[Imory]

Not really sure how to explain this, but at iCloud.com and Safari on my iPhone (links from my Air), my Macbook Air gets a nr "(2") at the end of it for some reason? How do I remove this? I'm not sure, but think it happened after I installed Yosemite. I only have one Air so it's not like I'm having two with the same name.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Intell]

Look here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1804719/

 

[Anonymous Freak]

The linked thread explains it perfectly. My iMac is currently "iMac (12)".

What's funny is that the hostname is only iMac-9.local, so the hostname doesn't increment as often as the "display name"... Every few weeks, I get tired of it and reset it back to just-plain "iMac" But it invariably starts incrementing a few days later.

(Note, my computer is not actually "iMac", I'm just using that to be generic.)

 

[Imory]

Look here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1804719/

The linked thread explains it perfectly. My iMac is currently "iMac (12)".

What's funny is that the hostname is only iMac-9.local, so the hostname doesn't increment as often as the "display name"... Every few weeks, I get tired of it and reset it back to just-plain "iMac" But it invariably starts incrementing a few days later.

(Note, my computer is not actually "iMac", I'm just using that to be generic.)

Thanks! Well I just changed the name in preferences -> sharing, but I'm not sure how long that's going to last.