What are the ways for both an iMac and an iPad to share the same physical keyboard?
If it's possible to share a regular Apple bluetooth keyboard between both devices without jailbreaking the iPad, I think it would be my favored option.
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Logitech made a solar bluetooth keyboard allowing keyboard to pair 3 device . With your apple bluetooth keyboard, JUC400 Wormhole switch will do this. Or If you use mac, app "type2phone"is a altinative solution. |
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This has worked well for me - especially when I turn off the bluetooth on the current device that has the bluetooth keyboard paired, then turn on the bluetooth on the other. Sometimes, then pair to the closest device when I power cycle the keyboard. You have to do the initial pairing on each, but I've not had issues using one Apple Bluetooth keyboard with more than one "computer" - be it a Mac or an iOS device like an iPhone or an iPad. You of course can't have the one keyboard drive both at the same time - this only works in sequence. |
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Theoretically using the computer as a middle man, You could set a hotkey to switch between the two? No program exists to do it though :( |
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This might help you, or at least lead you in the right direction. http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-news/716935-synergy-ipad-share-your-mouse-keyboard.html |
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Bluetooth only allows pairing with one device at a time. |
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I don't think you can. Bluetooth is designed such that pairing is two-way (computer <-> device). You can't pair to a second device without un-pairing from the first device. |
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