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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
Yes, it's ethernet through thunderbolt. – chrismealy Jun 28 '12 at 21:18
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 7 '12 at 20:54
another possibility, do you plug into the same display every day or do you hot desk between multiple available Thunderbolt displays? – Stu Wilson Jul 7 '12 at 21:15
nope, one laptop, one display, one unique name on the network – chrismealy Jul 9 '12 at 23:34
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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.

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Thanks. I'll give that a try. – chrismealy Jul 30 '12 at 21:58
If it works, would you mark the answer as accepted? Thanks! – rsanchezsaez Aug 7 '12 at 21:08

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