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Bob-SF
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Unable to change the name of a device

I am unable to change the name of a device (an iPad) that appears in the online Security panel of my account. On the iPad I delinked the device from my Dropbox account, then confirmed that it disappe...
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Bob-SF
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Walter, I did as suggested, but it didn't change the situation. Attached is an annotated screenshot that indicates the problems I'm having.

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Michael Leddy
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

Same problem here. My device's name shows as Mac.lan, which is not the device's name. It appears that Dropbox is truncating the name and adding a .lan to it.   I have tried unlinking the device from Dropbox and adding it again — nothing changes.

I think you need to make it possible for users to rename devices to make device names meaningful/intelligible.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago
    Michael Leddy wrote:

    I think you need to make it possible for users to rename devices to make device names meaningful/intelligible.

    That used to be possible but the option was removed long ago.

    Also, Dropbox isn't adding .lan to the name. That would be your local network name, so it's either being added by macOS or your router.

    • Michael Leddy's avatar
      Michael Leddy
      New member | Level 1
      2 years ago

      Thanks for your reply, Rich.  It's all newly strange to me — looking closely at these things for the first time in a long time after adding Dropbox to a new device.

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