Displaying the Host Name” things got weird for me. Therefore, in my case, the NetBIOSName “Apple” clearly isn’t derived from the Bonjour name (which apparently is the same as the LocalHostName), because my LocalHostName is “MacBook-Pro”.Īfter using the 3 commands from your chapter “5. The question for me is, where does my machine gets this name from? Where else is this NetBIOSName “Apple” configured? (This I configured myself in the GUI under Shares)

(Which is the default name created from the initial computer setup) I used and checked all of your commands for the terminal. In my case the NetBIOS name can’t be derived from the Bonjour name. Well In my initial post I forgot to mention that my attempts also included several reboots of the MacBook itself plus my router of course. For me it’s even harder because it’s my very first Mac, thus I’m still an unexperienced beginner with macOS and have to learn everything piece by piece myself with the help of the Internet. Apparently I’m not alone fighting with this inadequateness of macOS.

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