Question MacBook Device Name & Dropbox Device Name ?

Aug 9, 2020
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Hello,

Which name does dropbox pick up and display in the list of synced devices for mac OS?

For ios devices, the device name on the iphone/ipad is the name displayed by dropbox in its synced devices list (Including caps and spaces). However for my macbook, the name I have in "System Preferences->Sharing->Computer Name" is "ABCD's MacBook Pro" and the name displayed in the dropbox list is "abcds-mbp.lan".

Does anyone have any idea about what I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
 

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Jan 15, 2018
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Hello,

Which name does dropbox pick up and display in the list of synced devices for mac OS?

For ios devices, the device name on the iphone/ipad is the name displayed by dropbox in its synced devices list (Including caps and spaces). However for my macbook, the name I have in "System Preferences->Sharing->Computer Name" is "ABCD's MacBook Pro" and the name displayed in the dropbox list is "abcds-mbp.lan".

Does anyone have any idea about what I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
May I ask what is the reason for using DropBox?