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PC desktop and docked MBP. Best practices?
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PC desktop and docked MBP. Best practices?
Hey there. I have a PC connected to two monitors and I just bought a MacBook Pro with the intention of docking it to the same two monitors and in a perfect world, same keyboard and mouse.
What’s the best way to do this? Do I have to plug in my Mac, change the input on both monitors and move my USB Bluetooth adapter for my mouse? How are people managing a windows and Mac environment?
Right now I have an Apple keyboard and a Logitech G603 mouse that connects with a Bluetooth dongle. I figured for the MX Keys keyboard is a good keyboard, but not sure how to manage my mouse and monitors. Surely I’m not the only one here.
What’s the best way to do this? Do I have to plug in my Mac, change the input on both monitors and move my USB Bluetooth adapter for my mouse? How are people managing a windows and Mac environment?
Right now I have an Apple keyboard and a Logitech G603 mouse that connects with a Bluetooth dongle. I figured for the MX Keys keyboard is a good keyboard, but not sure how to manage my mouse and monitors. Surely I’m not the only one here.
ilikewhey
macrumors 68040
May 14, 2014
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i pretty much have the same setup.
i don't personally go this route since my dell monitors have build in usb hub, but you can buy a hub and connect everything to it, so whenever you want to switch just plug the usb c port to either the pc or mac.
i don't personally go this route since my dell monitors have build in usb hub, but you can buy a hub and connect everything to it, so whenever you want to switch just plug the usb c port to either the pc or mac.
svenmany
macrumors demi-god
Jun 19, 2011
1,069
I work with 3 monitors on my Mac, 2 external. I use Microsoft's Remote Desktop to work on my PC. It does support the use of all the monitors in full screen mode, but I don't use it that way since I don't need that much room for my Windows apps.
I do spend nearly all day on Windows working this way and it's completely usable. I do have an gigabit ethernet switch between the two. It allows me to comfortably switch between windows and mac apps (well, unless I get confused). I always have to remember the choose between things like ctrl-tab/cmd-tab, ctrl-v/cmd-v, etc. But, I've pretty much mastered keeping track of which to use when.
I suppose if you only want to work with one computer at a time, a KVM switch would work. If you're happy to dedicate one monitor to each operating system you could use something like https://symless.com/synergy just to share the keyboard and mouse. I've used Synergy in the past and it worked great.
I do spend nearly all day on Windows working this way and it's completely usable. I do have an gigabit ethernet switch between the two. It allows me to comfortably switch between windows and mac apps (well, unless I get confused). I always have to remember the choose between things like ctrl-tab/cmd-tab, ctrl-v/cmd-v, etc. But, I've pretty much mastered keeping track of which to use when.
I suppose if you only want to work with one computer at a time, a KVM switch would work. If you're happy to dedicate one monitor to each operating system you could use something like https://symless.com/synergy just to share the keyboard and mouse. I've used Synergy in the past and it worked great.
mfram
Contributor
Jan 23, 2010
1,246
San Diego, CA USA
I have two monitors. Each plugged into a PC, a work laptop, and my Mac docking stations (from a 2020 MBP). For keyboard and mouse I'm using the Logitech MX Mechanical and the MX Master 3S. They keyboard and mouse can pair with 3 different devices. I select where the keyboard and mouse should go based on the device switch keys on those devices. Then I select the monitor inputs as needed. Paired the K/M over Bluetooth to the Mac and PCs. Over a Logitech unifying receiver to the work laptop.
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