"iMacs" in finder and shared

I have installed yosemite and since then I have a couple of issues. In finder i have multiple imacs under shared.
And my computer changes number all the time
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I started getting multiple Shared Connections after updating to Yosemite. I found at least five discussions here in the Apple Support Community about this problem. After sifting through the various solutions this is what worked for me.
I unplugged Apple TV and my Time Capsule. After plugging them back in the multiple shared instances in of my MacBook Pro in Finder disappeared. I'm not sure if the Apple TV had anything to do with it.
I'm pretty sure the Time Capsule was holding on to a pre-Yosemite "instance". After using the MacBook on and off the Time Capsule's WiFi network for a couple of weeks I was up to MacBook(19). I started to become concerned when my Reminders on the MacBook stopped syncing with my iPhone. All the IOS devices that shared those Reminders synced with each other just fine.
I suppose the Reminders issues could be unrelated, but it did seem that completely restarting my Time Capsule's WiFi (unplugging and plugging back in) cured both problems.

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