upon wake from sleep 10.7.4 Lion changing my iMac name

[mtbdudex]

This has happened twice, upon wake from sleep 10.7.4 Lion changing my mac name

Why is this happening?

system info:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB

System Software Overview:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53)
Kernel Version: Darwin 11.4.0
Boot Volume: iMac 27" 2TB HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: iMac27 (4)

 

[mtbdudex]

300+ views and no replies..........guess must my set-up, I'll run disk first aid

 

[popcorn-in-sac]

Not just you...

I've seen this issue myself. It's happened a few times on my 2010 Mac Pro. Also running Lion 10.7.4, and it seems to have started fairly recently -- perhaps even coinciding with 10.7.4, but not really sure.

I've seen other threads on this, and one user even suggested it may have been related to turning on CD/DVD Sharing, which I had also done recently. No real evidence on this though.

I've been renaming it back manually, and it hasn't been a huge problem for me, but it is certainly annoying.

Mark

 

[scottsjack]

My 2010 mac Pro does this all the time, very annoying because it confuses the other computers connected to the network. A solution would be welcome. If the solution's name is Mountain Lion that's even better.

 

[mtbdudex]

well thx for chiming in, this seems to need a genuine help desk ticket at apple to address it, as widespread across different hardware models.

 

[Menge]

My 2008 MacBook does this, too. Hadn't seen it before 10.7.4. It's VERY annoying...

 

[mtbdudex]

Just an update - I never solved this problem, and now look at what's going on

It's up to name 116!
What sort of Mac OS X data accounting error is going on here??

 

[mtbdudex]

Still doing it, this morning upon awake I got this message:

I'm at 10.7.5

System Software Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Kernel Version: Darwin 11.4.2
Boot Volume: iMac 27" 2TB HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: iMac27 (178)

This is kinda like the energizer bunny, keeps going and going and going