Incorrect Mac OS Computer Device Names
Our Mac Studio has the name “Name1” on the Desktop [1]:
Under Apple Menu > System Settings > General > Local hostname it is named “Name1.local” [2]:
Yet under Apple Menu > System Settings > Apple Account > Devices it is named “Name2” (but with the correct computer model, a Mac Studio, listed directly under the incorrect name) [3]:
How do I change the Devices name from Name2 to Name1?
Sorry for what is likely an ignorant question, but we had a major crash/restore on our MacBook Pro 14” and I’m into a week of trying to dig out from that :(
OS Sequoia 15.2
Thank you!
PS I Photoshopped the actual names to Name1 and Name2 for privacy, but you get the idea.
PPS I searched Perplexity for an answer [4]:
But this doesn’t seem correct cuz there is no Apple Menu > System Settings > Sharing menu that I can find [5]:
PPPS: Interestingly, under Apple Menu > System Settings > Apple Account I also see listed under the Mac Studio our now normally functioning MBP computer (a MacBook Pro 14”) with the text “(3)” appended to the otherwise correct name [6]:
So, in other words, I’m asking how I can change names so that (in the last screen image) Name2 changes to Name1 for the Mac Studio, and Name2 (3) changes to Name2 for the MacBook Pro 14”
Mac Studio, macOS 13.2