The Name of my Hard Rive on the Desktop Changes randomly
For some reason, I find that the name of my Hard Rive changes. Right now it is named "9-99......9". I've tried to change the name, but it seems to change itself on its own.
There is no apparent affect on any of the saved information though. Does anyone have any thoughts/solutions?
Thanks.
it doesn't really matter but the standard name is "Macintosh HD"
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